Denise Life Coaching Service

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I’m Denise—a life coach, corporate trainer, and author, but also a survivor, a seeker, and a believer in the power of transformation.

My journey hasn’t been easy. As a child, I endured multiple types of abuse and, like many, carried those scars for years. I survived by suppressing my emotions and learned to wear a mask just to make it through each day. Even as I became a mother, I didn’t fully understand how my past shaped my choices, thoughts, and behaviors. My mind gifted me survival tools—suppression, avoidance—but the cost was chaos, pain, and feeling broken inside.

 

Coming from a third-world country, therapy and mental health support were not options that were accessible or even culturally accepted. The mindset was to press on no matter what. If it didn’t kill you, it was supposed to make you stronger. Keeping family secrets was expected, and silence was a way of life. I was taught to avoid problems rather than confront them, to keep moving forward and never look back. These lessons became deeply embedded coping mechanisms—ones that helped me survive, but also kept me from truly healing.

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For a long time, I saw myself as a victim—reliving my trauma and allowing it to control my life. But I learned that being a victim is not my story’s ending. I made a conscious choice to become an overcomer, a way maker, and a woman capable of evolution and change. True freedom began when I allowed myself to be open, vulnerable, and ready to heal.

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It wasn’t until I began my holistic spiritual, academic, and life journey that I truly started to understand the layers of pain beneath my functioning. Studying trauma and healing during my time at Cambridge College and later earning my Master’s in Mental Health Counseling, I realized that trauma changes the brain—but it doesn’t have to define us forever. With the right support, compassion, and willingness to face our pain, we can heal and reclaim our lives.

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Now, I help people connect the dots, identify blind spots, and slay the dragon of shame that holds us all hostage at one point or another. My mission is to help you remove the mask, peel back the layers of self-betrayal, lack of self-grace, and unforgiveness, and gain a deeper awareness and understanding of who you truly are.

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You deserve to release yourself from the prison of pretending, people-pleasing, and feeling not good enough. I know what it’s like to carry those burdens, and I want to walk beside you as you find the freedom to be your authentic self.

Healing is possible. Transformation is possible. You are not alone—and you don’t have to do this alone.

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My Qualifications:

• Master of Arts in Education (M.A.Ed.)

• Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

• Certified Anger Management Specialist

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If my story resonates with you, I’d be honored to support you on your journey. Sometimes, the greatest progress begins with a single, compassionate conversation.

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