Communicate With Confidence In Your Life and Work.
This Coaching Helps You Step Into Your BOLD Presence and Express Yourself In Every Arena of Your Life.
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What if you could...
Lead from a place of TRUTH?
Live life fully EXPRESSED and stop holding your tongue?
Celebrate your authentic SELF and stop people pleasing?
Unleash your powerful VOICE and say what you WANT to say?
Share your message with the WORLD and stop self-sabotaging?
With tailored-to-you 1:1 embodiment coaching, you can create this and more, My Friend!
Coaching, Reimagined.
You are a multifaceted, passionate, brilliant human being with a PLETHORA of dreams, talents, and desires…
…So why should your coaching package put you in a box?
As your coach, my goal is to help you become the most fully realized, satisfied, serene, powerful, bold, authentically expressed version of you.
This means we can’t stay in the shallows. We go deep around here—and we take a comprehensive, body-mind-soul approach to meeting your goals.
Here's what Kaeli had to say about our work together!
"I’ve been in a leadership role for a year now and have been struggling with delivering honest feedback to team members that felt like a win for both sides, and without it feeling threatening or overly critical. I was struggling with what being a great leader meant in a practical way.
Elise offered real tools I could use immediately in real situations, I grew and developed my leadership skills from every session. I feel much more confident entering into potentially uncomfortable conversations, knowing that I can hold space not just for myself but for those in my charge as well!
These are real, practical skills that will pay dividends if you invest in them! Sign up with Elise and watch your leadership skills GROW!"
Kaeli Sweigard ~ Online Marketing and Membership Lead for Elise Darma
...and Nikki had this to say about our work together!
“Working with Elise, I was able to let go of some of my fears around perfection or looking silly, and sink into what it meant to identify myself, my desires, and my goals. Elise helped shift me perspective from being a passive character in my own life, to a much more active one. I highly recommend working with Elise if you struggle with communicating not only with others, but also with yourself.”
Nikki Rose Martin ~ Actor/Musician/Writer/Teacher
Our Work Together Includes:
EMBODIED VOICE COACHING
EMBODIED LIFE COACHING
- Harness the power of your authentic voice.
- Feel more confident speaking your truth, anywhere, to anyone, at any time.
- Claim your story so you can inspire others as a thought leader, public speaker, or entrepreneur.
- Overcome your fear and discomfort around speaking, so you can unleash your voice into the world.
- Make powerful impressions with your work, so you can make a massive impact doing the thing you’re on this earth to do.
- Embrace your full range of emotions and responses, so you can understand and express your feelings fully.
- Transform your reactions at a nervous-system level.
- Learn to understand and trust your body’s wisdom.
- Heal the blocks and limiting beliefs that have kept you from stepping into your power.
- Unlock a deeper sense of soul-aligned self purpose.
EMBODIED LEADERSHIP COACHING
- Feel at-ease and fully expressed during difficult conversations.
- Set boundaries with dignity and clarity, without causing harm to yourself or others.
- For Your Personal AND Professional Leadership.
- Inspire a relational communication dynamic that encourages true accountability.
- Curate a sense of felt safety and sustainable results in your life and the work you’re creating.
Why all 3?
Simply put—in 20+ years, I have never had a client who worked on one area of their life or leadership practice without touching the other two.
From a somatic and emotional perspective, your ability to speak up, express your emotions, and lead with dignity are intrinsically intertwined.
The beautiful thing about our work together is that your sessions are 100% fluid and fit to your needs—so while we’ll bring in all three modalities, you’ll get exactly the blend of each that you need to accomplish your goals and start speaking your truth.
“Elise encouraged me to listen to myself ~ REALLY LISTEN TO MYSELF for the first time in my life
~ She helped me open up another door in my life's journey that allowed me to lean into my purpose with new fervour.”
Knowing that you have something special inside of you that needs to be brought out into the world requires a great deal of tenacity. Elise nurtures this tenacity through patience and compassion, even when you may not have enough of it for yourself. If more of us are attuned to our purpose in our work, we can innovate in ways that help heal our societal ills. If that all sounds rather lofty to you, you just need to work with Elise to experience it. Elise is a gentle maverick in the coaching industry!”
Michele Thomas ~ Entrepreneur, Educator and Musician
HERE ARE SOME REALLY NICE THINGS SOME OF MY CLIENTS HAVE SAID
“From the beginning I felt the depth of intention in how Elise works, I was being coached in a way that I had not experienced before. She challenged me to listen to myself…REALLY listen to myself for what felt like the first time in my life. Elise helped me to open up another door in my life's journey that allowed me to lean into my purpose with new fervour.
Knowing that you have something special inside of you that needs to be brought out into the world requires a great deal of tenacity. Elise nurtures this tenacity through patience and compassion, even when you may not have enough of it for yourself. If more of us are attuned to our purpose in our work, we can innovate in ways that help heal our societal ills. If that all sounds rather lofty to you, you just need to work with Elise to experience it. Elise is a gentle maverick in the coaching industry!”
Michele Thomas, Singer/Songwriter, Educator and Entrepreneur
HERE ARE SOME REALLY NICE THINGS SOME OF MY CLIENTS HAVE SAID
"I’ve been in a leadership role for a year now and have been struggling with delivering honest feedback to team members that felt like a win for both sides, and without it feeling threatening or overly critical. I was struggling with what being a great leader meant in a practical way.
Elise offered real tools I could use immediately in real situations, I grew and developed my leadership skills from every session. I feel much more confident entering into potentially uncomfortable conversations, knowing that I can hold space not just for myself but for those in my charge as well!
These are real, practical skills that will pay dividends if you invest in them! Sign up with Elise and watch your leadership skills GROW!"
Kaeli Sweigard ~ Online Marketing and Membership Lead for Elise Darma
What's inside your coaching package?
You'll be fully supported with...
4-6 months of private coaching customized based on your specific goals, challenges, and desired outcomes. We’ll meet privately via ZOOM—or at my studio if you’re local to Halifax, NS!
3 additional hours of ‘after-hours’ coaching support per month. We’ll chat between sessions (via voice memo, email, or video messenger) to make sure you’re staying on track, answer your in-the-moment questions, and hold you accountable to your goals.
Access to guided meditations and somatic exercises to support your embodiment practice. (This is where the juicy stuff happens!)
Access to customized drills, scripts, and resources tailored to your goals, including nervous system regulation drills, personalized leadership dialogue scripts, story and voice discovery tools, and more.
Radical, loving coaching designed to help you step into your power, communicate with dignity, lead with truth, and embody your bold presence!
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Here's what jessie had to say about our work together!
"Working with Elise has been an awakening of spirit. She helped me get the voice back I thought I had lost"
Jessie Brown ~ Award Winning Vocalist & Voice Coach
HERE ARE SOME REALLY NICE THINGS SOME OF MY CLIENTS HAVE SAID
“From the beginning I felt the depth of intention in how Elise works, I was being coached in a way that I had not experienced before. She challenged me to listen to myself…REALLY listen to myself for what felt like the first time in my life. Elise helped me to open up another door in my life's journey that allowed me to lean into my purpose with new fervour.
Knowing that you have something special inside of you that needs to be brought out into the world requires a great deal of tenacity. Elise nurtures this tenacity through patience and compassion, even when you may not have enough of it for yourself. If more of us are attuned to our purpose in our work, we can innovate in ways that help heal our societal ills. If that all sounds rather lofty to you, you just need to work with Elise to experience it. Elise is a gentle maverick in the coaching industry!”
Michele Thomas, Singer/Songwriter, Educator and Entrepreneur
HERE ARE SOME REALLY NICE THINGS SOME OF MY CLIENTS HAVE SAID
"I’ve been in a leadership role for a year now and have been struggling with delivering honest feedback to team members that felt like a win for both sides, and without it feeling threatening or overly critical. I was struggling with what being a great leader meant in a practical way.
Elise offered real tools I could use immediately in real situations, I grew and developed my leadership skills from every session. I feel much more confident entering into potentially uncomfortable conversations, knowing that I can hold space not just for myself but for those in my charge as well!
These are real, practical skills that will pay dividends if you invest in them! Sign up with Elise and watch your leadership skills GROW!"
Kaeli Sweigard ~ Online Marketing and Membership Lead for Elise Darma
Frequently Asked Questions
YOU’VE GOT QUESTIONS, I’VE GOT ANSWERS
What is your qualification to do this coaching work?
I'm so glad you asked! I'm trained as a Transformational Life Coach, A Voice Body Connection Leader (candidate for certification), Certified in Somatic Voice Work, and am ICF certified in Neuro Somatic Intelligence Coaching. I've also studied Non-Violent Communication, PolyVagal Theory with Deb Dana AND have 20+ years experience as a Voice and Stage Performance Coach.
You mentioned this coaching can help with my personal life ~ can you say more?
Yes! Women are leaders in business, yes, and also have the added experience (whether it be societal or personal) of leading families and personal relationships. All of the tools learned in this work directly transfer over to personal conversations and many of my clients say their relationships have improved greatly since working with me!
How is the coaching delivered? Do I have to come to you?
Coaching and VIP Days are delivered online worldwide via ZOOM OR in person at my Halifax NS studio. Want to fly me to you for a 1:1 intensive in your home town*? Let's chat and work the details out!
* travel, and accommodation fees are in addition to coaching/consulting fees.
Can you help me gain confidence to speak in public? I have a TED Talk in me, I think!
YES! And you're gonna ROCK that TED Talk! One of the nick names some of my clients gave me years ago was The Stage Fright Whisperer , so rest assured this work targets all of the concerns that keep us from feeling comfortable in front of crowds or on camera too! CHECK IT OUT HERE!
Is this therapy?
This work is trauma aware somatic coaching and consulting. Although my clients find the work "therapeutic", it should not be used as a replacement for therapy, if that feels like what you need. I started studying Somatic Experiencing and nervous system science because my clients inevitably come to me with trauma. While I am well equipped and trained to support what comes up in sessions, it is recommended that if you have unprocessed deep trauma, this work is best done in tandem with a mental health professional.
Do you work with folks who don't identify as women?
I'm so glad you asked this question. My coaching and consulting is approached from an intersectional point of view and I absolutely welcome non-binary folks into this work. I frame my work from the perspective and experience as a white cis gender woman with privilege AND I have also purposely created this work to celebrate diversity with intention, to create an affirming culture of bravery and belonging, where every client can be their fullest selves and speak their authentic truth.
This is where your nervous system heals so you can BE in your bold presence and speak your truth with unshakeable confidence.
Ready to do this thing?! Book a chat now and let’s go!
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I embody and believe that clear , compassionate communication and advocacy of self and others is the key to building thriving, equitable businesses and creative endeavours. Leaning into this work together means we can inspire each other to create the much needed change this world is craving.
Working with me affirms that YOU ALSO believe in and prioritize that Indigenous lives matter. Black Lives Matter. People of Colour's Lives Matter. You support 2SLGBTQQIA+ rights and you advocate for body justice for ALL bodies. You are actively working to dismantle White Supremacy and colonized practices in your life and business.
I am a white, cis gender fat woman with financial privilege and I frame my coaching from that point of view. I have also purposely created this work to celebrate diversity with intention and to create an affirming culture of bravery and belonging, where every participant can be their fullest selves and speak their authentic truth.
I live and work on the sacred land of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People, and I acknowledge them as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land.