About Denise

HI, I’M DENISE — COACH, MENTOR & GUIDE, AND THE WORLD’S #1 MOVE WELL COACH

My Story

I used to think I had it all: beautiful daughter, international career, big salary, great holidays and a unique home walking distance from Windsor Castle.

But I was highly stressed. Every day was a push. My constant companions were self doubt, not-good-enough, overwhelm and exhaustion were my companions.

And then, my daughter got sick. With her chronic diagnosis, my stress and worry escalated to stratospheric levels. And there I stayed for the next decade or so.

Meanwhile, I thought I was doing what any dedicated, loving mother would do: fighting for my girl, researching treatment options and rigidly implementing ALL the lifestyle changes that might help her.

I was afraid for her. I worried constantly about the impact of the disease. AND I worried about the future side effects she might experience as a result of her treatment. There was no clearcut path or treatment choice. As a single parent, I made every call. By myself.

Living like this changed me. I went from parenting with love and ease, to an alternating cycle of fight, flight, freeze, then collapse. Over and over and over. Unintentionally, I became another stress in my daughter’s life, instead of the safe port she needed. So, of course, she absorbed and mirrored my stress back to me.

I knew I had to take care of myself and I thought I was ticking all the boxes in looking after her AND looking after me. (I quit my corporate career and became a yoga teacher, running my own studio to accommodate her medical schedule.) I studied yoga and breath work. I meditated, used homeopathy. I learned about essential oils, became a reiki master and certified in theta healing. But nothing I did touched the root cause of my stress.

All the while, my mental, emotional and physical health became more and more strained. This affected my relationships and social life. It created distance between my daughter and I. It shaped my ability to lead and impacted the success of my business. Any sense of happiness, ease, peace or joy leached out my life. So I stayed stuck in my reflex stress patterns for years.

Until one day, I said, ‘Enough!’ I began experimenting to see how I could create a different lived experience for myself — even if my daughter’s disease remained a part our lives. (Which it has…) I found a way to release my own dis-ease, work directly at my patterned, reflex level, and as a result everything shifted.

My Work

Today I help people — especially parents — navigate diagnosis, chronic illness and grief differently by learning to Move Well. I do this so that YOU don’t have to stay stuck in a stress spiral as you move through these big life challenges.

In order to support a different stress outcome, my work involves all layers of being: mental, emotional, spiritual and physical.

It begins with the nervous system and the mind and unfolds through movement. But not movement as you might think of it — not yoga or stretching or simply choosing to think a different thought or speaking affirmations.

Instead, my work begins with mindful, focused micro-movements based on the biomechanics of your body that support the sensory needs of your unconscious brain to open a window. From there, we have easier access to working with mental - emotional patterns through an understanding of science, repatterining ideas, thought pathways and ways of being. This provides an  easier, quicker way into a great sense of peace, happiness and freedom.

Through Move Well work, you release long-held stress patterns and reconnect with a powerful sense of peace, presence and personal leadership — no matter what life or wellbeing challenges are present in your life today.

The Impact

I’ve watched countless clients, of all ages create shifts in how they move, think & live toward: Less pain, more movement. Empowered, authentic leadership. Discovering your purpose. Deeper connection and truer relationships. A pervasive feeling of calm. Self-trust and the ability to show up uniquely yourself. Less pharmaceuticals. Finding your voice. An ease and capacity in moving through challenge. Stepping into new ways of being, for the first time in decades.   

The beautiful thing about Moving Well is the resiliency, capacity and ability you gain to navigate any new life challenges or grief.

In 2024, nine months apart, my parents transitioned from this life. My invitation into these grief portals and the gift of honouring their lives, confirmed for me that it is possible to walk freely and openly through even the most difficult of experiences. I felt grief in their passing but didn’t get stuck in it. Throughout 2024 and beyond, I continued to live, love and lead myself, powerfully, purposefully and with deep presence. In fact, I continued to grow and expand into life, instead of shrinking, stopping and hiding. It’s absolutely true that love, joy and grief can co-exist together and that life gets to be beautiful throughout.

Every day, I practice the work I share with the world and I truly love the life I live. Am I done? No. There is always more to expand into and explore. But life, my life, every day, is happy, peaceful and free.

This is what I’m here to share with you.