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Last chance to grab your spot for my birthday offer!

The price goes up tonight at midnight ✨🌈

Only 3 days until we kick off the Trauma Sensitive Fitness Deep Dive! 🌈✨😍

Here are 3 things I can promise you will walk away with if you join:

1. A renewed sense of optimism and positivity around exercise and physical activity

2. Priceless connections with like minded folks

3. Science backed strategies to feel ✨magnificently✨ better in your body

That’s just the tip of the iceberg though 😇 🧊

You can still get 27% off until midnight tomorrow (8/31) then the price goes up!

Use code: LEOSZN ♌️🌈🦁

All I want for my birthday this year is for you to enter to win a free spot in my 4 Week Group Program for Trauma Sensitive Fitness 🎂🥳🌈

Comment a ☀️ emoji below and I’ll send you the details about how to enter!

Good luck 🍀🌈💖✨

I have been so full of gratitude lately.

It feels like everything is always working out for me 🥰

Maybe it’s because every day kinda feels like a party during my birthday month 😂☀️ ♌️✨

But it didn’t always used to be that way…

I used to be very serious about most things, especially my weight, my health and my fitness.

That took me down a lot of rabbit holes that didn’t serve me. (I.e. disordered eating, body dysmorphia, workout addiction etc.)

I realized that I could be in alignment without crushing the fun out of everything

So I learned how to make fitness part of my day to day without giving in to the pressures of society or pop culture

I made it work for ME

It was much simpler than I expected tbh- once I moved past my inner protection mechanisms.

After learning about what my needs really were and how to fulfill them, it boiled down to making a workout that works for me and learning how to cope with the tons times when my plans fell apart.

If you want to learn:

💖 Neurodivergent friendly strategies

💖 How to stay regulated in your fitness choices

💖 How to build a workout that works for you

💖 What your needs are and how to meet them

💖 What to do when it all goes wrong

💖 & Trauma Sensitive approaches to building sustainable and lasting habits

This Deep Dive is for you.

I’ll be hosting 4 group sessions starting on August 2nd. This is a great place to meet like minded folks and build community around a new way of being.

When you sign up you’ll get a complimentary coaching call with me for integration afterwards.

You’ll get a complimentary walking meditation (Neurodivergent friendly)

You’ll get the chance to demystify the fitness experience and step into your own power ✨

There’s no going back after this one.

Once you know it, you can’t unlearn it.

You can’t go back to feeling wishy washy or unprepared once you have the right foundations in place.

I promise that by the time you finish this course you will feel:

🔥 Confident in your decision making

🔥 Prepared with realistic action plans and goals

🔥 Supported in your fitness process

🔥 Encouraged to advocate for your needs

🔥 & Reassured that your strategies / goals / movement plans / and accommodations are the best ones for you.

The prices goes up tonight at midnight friends, so don’t miss out!

Send me a DM with the message “I’m in!” And I’ll send you a discount code for 32% off 🥳

Help me celebrate my next spin around the sun and feel better in your own body at the same time.

I’m SO excited to share this with you ❤️🌈✨

I used to think people were lying when they said “I forget how old I am”

But then I totally forgot how old I was 😂

And I made an entire promotion out of it with a code that gives you 32% off….

But y’all I’m 31 next week 💀

Anyway, I’m not changing it now so if you want 32% off of my 4 week Deep Dive then sign up for my email list!

This offer is made with love, straight from my heart.

Who is this for?

It’s for the folks who have tried to build healthy relationships with their bodies and exercise… and just haven’t gotten the hang of it.

It’s for people who have chronic illness or body dysmorphia or trouble relating to movement in a positive or consistent way

This offer is for folks who want to work with me but don’t have the budget for my full coaching package

(I see you sweet beans, hanging out in the wings for the right moment ❤️)

This is for folks who identify as Neurodivergent and haven’t ever had someone honor their specific needs

It’s for the folks who want to infuse their health and wellness with compassion, patience, and love

It’s for anyone who wants to feel radically better in their bodies

It’s for folks who want to build their own workouts in a way that they can maintain and keep up with over a long time.

I’m so deeply proud and excited to be offering this and I would love to see you there!

Any current clients will get this offer for free, and anyone who joins my email list will get a 32% discount 😉😂

The price goes up tomorrow, so check it out friends! It’s gonna be an incredible experience.

Lots of love,
Danielle ❤️🌈✨

I once had a (well meaning) therapist who told me that meditation was really positive and helpful, but she wouldn’t suggest it for her ADHD clients.

She said it almost never worked for them.

I think there’s nuance here- did it “not work” for them? Or did they not know how to make it work for them? 🤷‍♀️

Meditation is a HUGE part of my life and it helps me very much

To say that it’s completely off the table for neurodivergent folks is not fair or true IMO

So for everyone who signs up for my birthday offer- I’ve recorded a lil treat 🙂

Each person who signs up will get a free walking meditation 🌳 👟

(This is coming to you from a person (me lol) who has battled racing thoughts and overstimulation and a wandering brain my entire life)

I’m a straight up ✨day dreamer✨ friends

And meditation works for me

So I’d love to help you find a way that it can work for you too 😊🫶🏼

In 48 hours I’ll be posting my birthday offer on social media and the price goes up!

If you want first access (and the biggest discount) you’ll want to join my email list 📧

“You are really good at telling me what I need to hear when I don’t want to hear it yet…in a gentle way”

(For my human design folks… tell me that isn’t some 3/5 feedback 🤣)

“You mirror back things to me that have me thinking all week”

“Things are starting to get juicy”

“Things are happening in my brain, I can definitely feel the shifts”

-my wonderful client

This is some of my favorite feedback I’ve gotten in a while 😂 🥰 💅

I’m opening up three 1:1 coaching spots starting this weekend at a very special birthday rate 🎂

(you’ll definitely want to keep an eye out on my birthday offer for this)

Invitation to join my email list, or to join my private fb group for the first details tonight! 🔥

Gentle Fitness Movement 💪 Helping ND's Regulate the Nervous System

Ooo y’all I’m so excited ✨🌈💕

I just recorded a freebie for anyone who hops on my birthday offer and it’s 🔥

It’s my birthday in a few weeks and I want to celebrate with you 🥳🌈✨

I’ve been SO grateful lately that I get to spend my life doing this work, and I want to share that gratitude with you! ❤️

Keep an eye out for soon for a special birthday offer, wrapped in love, from me to you ✨🌈

It’s insanely discounted, super special to me, and any of my current clients will get this for FREE ✨

If you want first dibs on this, and an extra discount, you’ll want to join my email list-

I’ll be sharing an early sneak peek there first, and once I share on social media the price will be going up ✌️

You’ll want to keep an eye out on this one… it’s my favorite offer yet 🥰

I wont do the work for you, but I’ll mirror back your own wisdom. 🪞

I am a catalyst of your deep growth. I am an accelerator of your own evolution. 📈

Bullying yourself into excellence will never give you peace
✌️

Imagine starting a movement practice without your inner critic running the show

Workouts that feel good physically AND emotionally 👏

Imagine measuring progress in a way that revolves around your agency and integrity and preference 👏

I dream of a world where we move our bodies because it feels good and we like it

-not because we feel deficient and ashamed

So I made a whole business about it 🥳

I coach clients out of their shame spirals and into their personal power

I help folks identify pitfalls without making themselves wrong for it

I hold space for incredible people to fine their zeal for life again 🔥

And it’s freaking awesome 🥰

Invitation to join me!

Send me a DM, I’d love to watch you shine ✨

📸 Megan Clark

We are a collective of people who are so distracted that we have to relearn how to listen to our own bodies.

We forget to eat, or drink water, or even use the restroom.

We ignore hunger cues, or tiredness and fatigue to “push through”

At what cost?

Our bodies are responding but we aren’t hearing them.

We are so distracted that silence feels threatening

We distract ourselves to the point of losing discernment

What’s distraction? And what is nourishment?

What is solitude? And what is isolation?

What is a want? What is a need?

We are losing track of what is important and necessary to us because our attention has been made into a commodity.

We give our attention away to social media (the irony is not lost on me), streaming services, video games, movies, the list goes on and on.

It’s easier to let others tell us what we want and need…

But it’s not nourishing or fulfilling us anymore

And this collective is starting to step back into their own personal power

It’s beautiful to watch ❤️

I work with tenacious clients who want to tap into their own wisdom again

And we do it every single week 🔥

These folks are done feeling exhausted and anxious and are ready to reclaim their power

You can do it too

Invitation to join in, to shed the distractions and get regulated in your body again.

Send me a DM with a “🔥” emoji to get the conversation started

I had a coffee date with an old friend and potential client of mine recently ☕️

(I asked her permission to share this)

It felt comfortable, honest and promising

We got to the part of the discussion about the cost of investment and I started to sense tension

I gently reminded her that mutual benefit is at the core of my business.

That means: I only work with folks who are financially comfortable with making the investment- because it doesn’t make sense to “chop off your arm to heal your broken foot”

My goofy analogy felt right though

Because it doesn’t make sense to make an inherently deregulating choice (choosing to spend more than is safe to spend) in order to feel more regulated in your body through my coaching 🤷‍♀️

She said something that gave me pause:

She said “but I know that you’re worth it! Working with you will be worth it”

I thought to myself “those are two different things.”

I told her that my worth was not the point here- what I charge is not related to my worth

Not even close!

Making choices out of agency means that you have choices and the authority in your own life to make them based on your own boundaries, needs and desires

Part of the decision does not have to hinge on anyone’s worth.

It can all be about alignment and compatibility and desire.

We are inherently worthy beings ❤️

We are worthy because we are alive

It’s not a matter of worth. It’s a matter of alignment.

Our egos love to make things personal (oh my GOD this used to hurt my feelings so bad 😆)

But the truth is, things are rarely personal if ever.

Someone’s financial ability to invest with me has NOTHING to do with their worth or mine.

Phew. That’s when the energy softened again.

Two souls having coffee together.

Boundaried and supported in our agency 🫶🏼

Anyways, if/when the time is right? I’m here.

You are worthy regardless of how you invest your monies ❤️

If it feels like a mutual benefit- here’s an invitation to send me a DM and get the conversation started 💌

❤️

I was nominated for the Better Business Bureau’s Spark Award 🥇 for character, ethics, and integrity in my small business

I’m feeling grateful, like things are always working out for me lately and that’s pretty cool 🥰

Most of my clients are intergenerational trauma cycle breakers ✨

What a freaking honor to work these warriors of love and peace 🫶🏼

Story time: Client Rupture & Repair

It’s a story about when something wasn’t working 😅

Like *really* wasn’t working. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Basically I missed the mark by a wide margin, and my coaching strategy was NOT effective this client.

(I’ve asked her permission to share this)

I was trying out some new methods and strategies

We had been working together for 3-4 weeks at this point… and they weren’t moving the needle 🤷‍♀️

This client is wonderfully sensitive and kind and acutely aware of how her words and actions can affect people

(Like most of my clients)

So speaking up for herself and asking for a change felt SCARY

She told me “I’m not sure if this is the kind of support I need right now”

I felt a pit in my stomach

She confessed that she almost didn’t say anything and that she would have ghosted in the past…

But this time she felt the courage to say something

I told her that I heard her and that I would of course honor her decision to discontinue sessions if she wanted…

And then I asked her if she would be open to me offering a new strategy that might work better for her

I held my breath, feeling the guilt and shame wash over me.

She said yes.

She trusted me to meet her where she was.

We spoke in detail about what exactly wasn’t working and why

We revamped everything, none of it was personal.

I was actually THRILLED that she said something.

That means that she respected herself to ask for what she deserved!

It means that she gave me an opportunity to make things right for her ❤️

Two weeks later and she mentioned to me that she feels “much more at ease” in our coaching relationship afterwards

An unexpected blessing ❤️

We discussed the importance of rupture and repair and how it can bring clarity and depth to relationships.

It was beautiful 🥰

If my ego was running the show I would NEVER have shared this with y’all lol

But it’s not.

One core pillar of my coaching program is to build agency and self advocacy

This builds self esteem, self respect, and self trust allll at the same time.

Even if it means they have some hard things to say to me 😆

So that’s why I’m celebrating the time when I got it wrong and I was given the opportunity to set things right.

Speak up and use your voice friends, it can get you what you want out of life. (If you wanna 😁)❤️

Spicy Danielle hot take incoming: 🌶️ 🔥

I learned the difference between empathy and compassion recently-

And you might not like it at first.

Empathy is having the emotional sensitivity to pick up on what someone else is feeling and to feel it WITH them

(Different than sympathy- which is feeling bad FOR someone)

We like to think empathy is a noble quality, and to some extent it is, but it can also keep us stuck.

Compassion is empathy, and adding the additional step of taking ACTION to improve the situation…

Even if that action is something that the other person doesn’t necessarily want or like 😅

Because that action would definitely improve their situation or their life in some way.

In a book I’m reading (I’ll cite at the end) they say empathy is telling someone who broke their leg “I can’t imagine how much pain you must be in”

And compassion is the surgeon who operates on their broken leg- even though it will hurt.

Even though this person might not want or like the idea of surgery- they consent to it

Why? They know that having a properly healed leg will benefit them and improve their life.

I bring this up because growth and transformation are UNCOMFORTABLE AF sometimes! 😝

But it’s worse to sit in our own misery.

That old adage “change what you cannot accept or accept what you cannot change” is rooted in compassion.

One of my mentors Mary McCarthy calls it “tough empathy” because she helps clients to do what is neccesary to experience growth and success in their businesses

I’m here to help you do uncomfortable things if it means you can unlock your next level of wellbeing.

I’m here to coach you through your emotions with empathy, and to offer you gentle accountability.

I would be failing my clients if I didn’t 🤷‍♀️

Will I yell at you? No

Will I lovingly and regularly come back to evaluate your own goals, behaviors, and mindsets? Ohhh yes.

And you know what? You’ll probably hate it at first

But you’ll love it once you realize how much easier it was to rip off the bandaid 🩹 and jump into your new life.

I freaking love my job and I am so proud to be a compassionate person with the resources and privilege to offer support to others.

I’ve had two coaching calls today already and I am absolutely floating afterwards.

If you want to feel compassion for yourself and see it modeled to you through gentle accountability?

I’m your girl.

I’m stoked about it.

I cannot wait to help you feel better in your own body ❤️

PLEASE send me a DM.

When the time is right, I am here to meet you there 🥳 (Pom Poms in hand)

📸 Megan Clark
📚 Build the Life You Want by Arthur Brooks & Oprah Winfrey

You might not wanna hear this but 👇🏼

Healthy bodies WANT to move, it’s not a process of negotiation 🤷‍♀️ 👏🏼 🏃🏼

If you feel lethargic and tired most of the time, that is not normal.

And hey- no shade! It just doesn’t have to be that way.

I’ve been all over the spectrum- from couch potato in an anxiety spiral to your local kickboxing coach teaching 12 classes per week.

I’ve experienced the joys of ADHD, the high strung waves of anxiety, and the lows of depression and chronic burnout.

As a recovering people pleaser, I can tell you that if it was “the thing to do” I probably did it.

(Experimenting with extremes is something I enjoy lol)

You can take it from me- none of those options made my body feel how I wanted it to 😅

I didn’t crave movement until I began to nurture my body and care for my nervous system

When I acted from a place from compassion and self respect my body began to heal

And I didn’t have to force myself into the gym anymore

I decided to go on walks because I CRAVED them

I went to yoga because I LOVED IT

I moved my body because it asked me to

You can get there too 🙂

Just ask me how 💪🏼

You claim that you want to be more active (creative, consistent, disciplined) etc.

But our actions demonstrate our true priorities (a thread) 👇🏼

Hypermobile friends:

Did you know that your migraines, jaw tension, chronic fatigue and chronic constipation could all be related?
✨💩 🤷🏽

Feeling tired right after you wake up or right after you eat a meal…isn’t normal friend 🙊

It doesn’t have to be this way 💛

“Rest is lazy and not productive”

I’m not sure which factory owner during the Industrial Revolution started this propaganda, but I’d like to end it please. 🏭 😝

When I have PREGNANT clients coming to me, worried that they aren’t being productive enough, feeling guilty about resting… we have an issue folks.

Rest is NOT lazy or “unproductive” it’s an absolute requirement for ALL human bodies to function 😅

That isn’t a flashy, broad, blanket statement- it’s backed by scientific evidence. Lots of it.

The conversation of balance aside- because yes, we can have too little physical activity in our lives, and yes that can have adverse affects on our health…

But that’s not what I’m talking about.

Im talking about all of the folks who don’t EVER allow themselves to truly rest.

Shut off their problem solving brains

Dim the lights and turn down the sound and rest

Folks who don’t offer themselves permission to release control for a moment because they fear being judged as lazy or irresponsible.

This is not a healthy lifestyle and it’s harming us as individuals and within our interpersonal relationships.

Rest isn’t something we have to earn- it’s our birth right.

We are supposed to have moments of ebb and flow! 🌊

We are designed to rest and to operate within a capacity that doesn’t burn us out

“Giving 110%” isnt feasible or realistic and while it might sound nice?

There are a whole lot of (neurodivergent) folks out there who didn’t realize that was just a figure of speech.

And we’re taking it 110% literally. And burning TF out.

So this is my rant about how rest is important and healthy and normal and good.

It doesn’t make you a bad person for choosing to rest 🙂

In fact, I’ve begun to measure my quality of life based on balance.

It’s anti hustle culture, but WOW you should see how much more I get done as a result 🥰

☁️ How many naps have you taken this year?

☁️ How many times have you posted up with a good book?

☁️ Do you have a daily ritual that reminds you that it’s (more than) okay to rest and recover your energy?

I can help you change your relationship to rest and exercise.

I can help you achieve balance and peace if you let me.

Send me a DM, comment below, or sign up for a call with me friend!

I’m so excited to help you feel better in your body-

If the time is right, then I’m here and ready to make magic with you ✨

(Pictured: me feeling the most tired I’ve maybe ever felt? Lol jet lag is real 🥱)

Hey friends 👋🏻

Thanks for being here! I’m so glad to know you.

Lately I’ve been restructuring my business to better reflect my values, and I wanted to share!

🫐Things I Value in my Business🫐
•Authenticity
•Honesty & Transparency
•Community
•Mutual Benefit
•Curiosity
•Playfulness

I’ve been playing by the rule book of wise mentors who came before me, and now I’m giving myself permission to write my own book 😉

🫐Here are some changes you’ll see that feel MUCH more in alignment for me🫐

•Posting that shows my human-ness (and complete disregard for content calendars lol)

•Pricing posted on my website- the exact opposite thing they tell us to do. (this one freaks me out a little bit and makes me feel SO much better already)

•Creating a safe(r) container for folks to share wisdom and find support through common hurdles within neurodiversity.

•I’ll be simplifying everything a LOT, and removing my successes from processes that require me to be glued to my phone. I’ll be out enjoying my life, and I hope the same for you 🫶🏼☺️

•Last but not least… I LOVE to have interesting conversations with folks. So I’m starting a podcast and I’d love for you to join me. (thumbnail teaser for reference)

I’ll be posting episodes to my YT channel when they’re ready.

That’s all I got.

I love you, thank you, you give me wings 🫶🏼

-Danielle

Just finished reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Ruban

& wow it has my gears turning lol

my favorite quote:

"Some things are too important to be taken seriously"
-Oscar Wilde

[Creatives & Entrepreneurs Only]

Wanna actually feel *rested* when you sit down at the end of the day?

do you want free community support from fellow Neurodivergent folks?

looking for a place where you don't have to explain your quirks?

join my free group, with 120+ positive, creative and gentle souls looking for the exact same thing

I would absolutely love to see you there friend!

link in the comments :)

*shakes pom poms* 🥳

my clients are the best 🥰

Balance is a verb, not a noun.

we like to think it's something we can do once and forget about...

but it's rarely that straight forward.

It's an active process of shifting and adjusting to new conditions

focusing inward to find our equilibrium

discerning the elements that work and don't work

the things to keep and the ones to ditch.

The odds are that your original goals are going to look NOTHING like the goals you have 6 months in...

and that's completely okay :)

It's pretty common actually.

You might start out wanting to lose body fat or to feel more energized

and end up falling in LOVE with a new sport or skill...

there's nothing that makes me smile bigger than watching a client find

juuuust enough structure that they can find balance, and then PLAY

we like to learn the rules so we can break them in a way that suits us

and i'm ALL about it lol

whatever suits your fancy, whether that's yoga or rock climbing, or anything in between...

I'm here to help you maximize your joy, ease, and wellness along the way

because you deserve to feel at ease in your body :)

I've helped hundreds of folks do it before, and I can't imagine stopping anytime soon

because it lights me UP to watch my clients transform into their own best version

and I feel honored to be in this position where I can use my life experience and education to lift up others around me

I want to remind you that YOU are the love of your life-

and I want to remind you how to show that to yourself on a regular basis

whether you start with drinking 90 oz of water every day,

or touching up your sleep routine and AM routine,

remember that balance is a VERB, not a noun.

It's a daily practice- and if you show up day in and day out for yourself

I pinky promise you- you will NOT regret it