Desiree's Story
Women’s Health & Wellness Educational Company in North Vancouver, BCMidlife Crisis, Personal Leadership, Wellness & Life Coaching for Women
“When you know your worth, you won’t let anyone else determine it.”
I started Desiree Leigh Coaching in 2007 because I wanted women to Wake Up to Live! I wanted women to become conscious of their circumstances and the social norms that promoted the oppression, violence, and sexualization of women. I wanted them to wake up to live their lives fully and consciously, leading change from the heart so they could positively impact their personal lives, others, and society at large.
I wanted women to know their worth and to own their worth! This meant that women had to clean up the messes (whether from childhood trauma, sexual assault, or partner violence) to open their hearts and unveil their truth. Wake Up to Live was the name of my first blog, and I still have it today.
For years, I lived beneath the shadows of chronic childhood trauma, emotional neglect, and two sexual assaults (12, 16). With that, I went on to suffer from several self-destructive behaviors such as anxiety and depression, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, substance abuse, dissociation, and suicide ideation forever trying to hide myself from the shame and self-loathing I felt. I finally came to a point in my life where I had to change because suicide was imminent. I was divinely inspired to heal my past, and that’s when the long journey began.
As I healed, I wrote, I created, and I got myself educated. I proved to myself that it’s never too late to escape the legacy of abuse and trauma and change your life for good! I went from a 15-year-old teenage couch surfer and high-school dropout feeling lost, alone, and confused to achieving my Master’s graduate degree, writing three books, and building a successful business.
“I wanted women to know their worth and to own their worth!”
Statistics of Women
The World Health Organization estimated that 1 in 3 women have experienced either sexual and/or physical intimate partner violence or non-partner violence. About 49% of women occupy this world. So out of global population of 7.7 billion people, 3.8 billion are estimated to be women. One-third of 3.8 billion is about 1.3 billion. Definitely this is a rough estimate, but even if we take off a few million, there is an astronomical number of women that have been or are being sexually and/or physically abused and assaulted right now!
There are a lot of women in the world suffering in silence and struggling with life: struggling to find their voice, their truth, or just to understand themselves. They may be hiding from life. They may have the attitude of “I’m just fine”. They may be a highly driven or high-achieving go-getter. They may be in that constant busyness mode. Whatever the reason, there are still a lot of women suffering in silence. Coaching can help!
My Approach to Build Worth
My coaching does not focus on therapy. My coaching focuses on self-inquiry, taking responsibility for our beliefs, choices, and perceptions, rather than blaming others or the world. It involves a willingness to question ourselves when challenged or threatened, rather than immediately defend ourselves. My coaching focuses on honest self-reflection and genuine self-disclosure to gain personal insight about ourselves so that change can occur.
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North Vancouver Women Empowerment, Mental Health & Life Coach
Serving all over Canada including North Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, and the surrounding areas.