Got This Voice Coaching
Our bodies are constantly communicating to us-
learning to listen takes practice.
I was with a dear friend recently when I heard something in her voice- that quiet voice inside longing to express itself in a new way. This friend had a painful experience years ago and has since metabolized incredible wisdom and compassion from this experience. Because of how she let this heartbreak inform her she now embodies a potent and unique medicine that the world so needs right now. In the first conversation we had about this, she said, “but I don’t know how to share it. There’s no space.”
We are brilliant at “knowing” our own perceived limitations and creating a reality from this space. It takes practice to imagine ourselves beyond who we think we are. So my friend and I set up a time to go to a cafe where I invited her to tell her story and I simply listened, asked questions and followed that quiet voice inside her already expressing itself.
At different points throughout the session when her words and her body aligned, it was like lightning and I paused and said, “what’s that?” Her hands and arms came together like an arrow pointing in a very clear direction, to the left of her body. She could feel it too. For the rest of the session (and maybe still today) this very clear body language became her compass.
This is what I offer. Listening to what is beneath with you, to what is quietly speaking and longing to be heard and expressed. Inviting tenderness to the surface and listening to what it has to say. This work can be as simple as breathing together or telling a story with me as your witness and confidant. Or sometimes we gravitate toward making sound, movement, writing, meditation, drawing or singing, but it can also be just two people listening and speaking from their bodies.
In each 60-minute session, clients will practice getting to know and befriending what's already here, learning how it expresses, what it longs for, and how it wants to move and be cared for.
We do this kind of deep listening through a variety of awareness-based practices which may include: dialogue, guided meditation, breathwork, voicework, movement, storytelling, active imagination, songwriting or drawing. Clients are invited to explore and relate to their patterns and stuck places from the inside out with curiosity, compassion and playfulness. Sessions are done on Zoom or in person. No two sessions are the same and no experience is necessary, just a willingness to show up to yourself. For more information, sign up for an introductory twenty-minute call below.
What does a Coaching Session Look Like?
Kiran, Student/MGMC
Working with Denise and Muslim Girls Making Change (MGMC) is without a doubt, one of the most transformative experiences in my life. I learned about community, vulnerability, care, voice, breath, introspection, expression, and love. Denise encouraged me out of my comfort zone in the most caring way. The lessons learned with and because of Denise have stuck with me since I was 15.
Juniper, Client
I can't begin to express how wonderful it's been to work with Denise....Her kind and spacious presence shines through, and it has helped me feel safe and courageous in exploring and actually healing the underlying fears blocking my free expression. I so appreciate how we always go at a pace that works for me; Denise has a masterful way of providing options for how to move forward any time I feel stuck or shy...I now actually have fun creating and singing little ditties as I go about my day, and I'm so grateful to no longer be afraid of singing out loud.
Sarah, Client
Working with Denise helped me touch into my deepest yearnings and the root of what's holding me back. I was able to access layers that I didn't even know were there.