The Smooth Transitions Story
Like most things great, it started by filling a need.
Smooth Transitions founder, Barbara H. Morris, saw that there was an enormous need for compassionate and professional transition when helping her own family move from home to independent living.
In 1995, she took her 20 years of experience in the health care industry and brought that same level of compassion and professionalism to Smooth Transitions®. Since then, she has spread the Smooth Transitions brand internationally. She personally trains each locations owner, and provides ongoing education through the Smooth Transitions Academy.
Her leadership and exemplary service has been recognized by the National Association of Senior Move Managers, who presented her with their most prestigious award, The Margit Novack Award of Excellence.
Each Smooth Transitions location embodies the same compassion, professionalism, and exemplary quality of its founder.
Jessica Lucey-Brzoza
Jessica's path to this work was deeply personal. After caring for her grandparents during the end of her grandfather’s life, Jessica found herself drawn to end-of-life care and the question of how we honor and support elders in our communities. That experience shaped her values—and later, her career—guiding her into massage therapy, death doula training, and an interdisciplinary degree in somatic psychology: aging, death, and dying from Western Washington University. With Smooth Transitions, she found the perfect alignment of her education, practical help, and human connection.
Jessica approaches each move as a unique and deeply human process. She supports clients at their own pace, bringing patience, honesty, and respect to every interaction. Her style is rooted in listening, not pushing—meeting people where they are, honoring their agency, and helping them let go of items and spaces with care. Her favorite part of the work is helping people resettle into their new homes—creating order, beauty, and a sense of possibility in a new chapter.
Jessica hopes to grow Smooth Transitions into a cornerstone elder care resource in the region, where community members of all generations feel supported, connected, and seen.