ABOUT COACH DEE
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING WHAT YOU DO, AND WHAT LED YOU TO BECOME A LIFE COACH?
From Pain to Power: Coach Dee’s Story
To truly understand the work I do and the passion I bring to healing others, I want to share a defining moment—a moment that forever changed my life and became the foundation of my purpose.
In the fall of 2017, I experienced the greatest spiritual awakening of my life. That was the moment everything shifted.
I’ve achieved many things in my life, but what most people didn’t see was the weight I carried—the trauma rooted deep within me, tracing all the way back to my childhood. My mother had me at 17, a young girl trying to navigate her own pain while raising a child alone. My father, though remembered as a great man, was murdered when I was just 2 years old. I never had the chance to know him. Growing up, I carried heavy burdens: abandonment, resentment, and unhealed generational wounds.
There were days so dark, I didn’t let anyone in. And then, there was my truth—something I feared more than anything. I was attracted to women. Terrified, ashamed, and convinced that something was wrong with me because of what I’d been taught growing up in a deeply religious environment. I tried to pray it away. Hide it. Deny it. But the more I suppressed my truth, the louder it became.
By high school, I was living a double life. I was a star athlete, popular and outgoing, but inside I was fighting a silent war. Basketball became my escape—a place where I could be strong and confident, even as I struggled with who I was outside of it. I felt like I had to hide the real me from my family, my community, and even from myself.
The inner battle nearly broke me. But it also led me here.
That moment of spiritual awakening in 2017 was when I stopped running. I stopped hiding. And I began the real journey—healing my soul, embracing my truth, and stepping into my power.
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You can read more of my journey in my book, Coach Dee’s Playbook: Five Ways to Become a Champion of Self-Love—a transformational guide that will shift your mindset and change your life in unimaginable ways.
Loving myself was the best damn decision I’ve ever made.
I walked through the storm of growth and came out the other side empowered, awakened, and ready to truly live. I turned insecurities into certainties, abandonment into wholeness, and old limiting beliefs into daily affirmations of truth and power.
Today, I live a life I’m actively and intentionally creating—a life rooted in authenticity, peace, and freedom—because I made the decision to let go of what no longer served me and rewrite my story. And let me tell you... it’s a powerful, resilient story.
Healing that pain was necessary—necessary to tap into my truth, my authenticity, and the soul liberation I now walk in every single day.
That healing journey cracked open my purpose. Now I get to:
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Mentor and coach powerful individuals and private clients
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Speak on stages and panels to share my story
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Travel the world while working for myself
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Create impact, give back while building community, and inspire others to fall in love with themselves
And I’m not just thriving professionally—my healing elevated every relationship in my life. My connections are stronger, my family bonds are deeper, and I now have a soul family that holds space and shows love like never before. Community is everything to me. I cherish the safe spaces I’ve created where others can heal, feel seen, and be supported every step of the way.
My coaching and guidance come from one root: love. Because the more we love ourselves, the more love we can give—genuinely, unconditionally, and freely. And the deeper you dive into your healing, the more your soul comes alive.
What a vibe.
Let’s grow. Let’s thrive. Let’s heal that shit—together.
-Coach Dee, MSP
Self-Love Strategist | Speaker | Soul Healer
