In addition to seeing people in person at my Sarasota location, I also work via Zoom/Google Meet with people nationally and internationally.
Holistic Wellness & Personal Transformation in Sarasota, FL and Online
Feeling overwhelmed, emotionally stuck, or ready for a meaningful change? Darlene Coleman offers personalized holistic wellness support through EFT, hypnosis, NLP, Reiki, and transformational coaching to help you develop greater self-awareness, navigate life’s challenges, and move forward with renewed clarity and confidence.
Coaching can help adults who feel stuck, face major life changes, or want greater clarity, confidence, and direction. You may be rethinking your purpose in midlife, adjusting after a relationship change, navigating an empty nest, or balancing your own needs with caregiving responsibilities.
Darlene works with women over 45, as well as veterans, first responders, caregivers, professionals, athletes, and homemakers. Whether you are beginning a new chapter or reconsidering what matters most, coaching provides a structured space to reflect on your priorities and identify your next steps.
For people seeking emotional wellness coaching in Sarasota, Darlene offers in-person services, with online sessions also available. The process begins with your current concerns, personal goals, and the changes you want to make.
Hello and Welcome.
I bring professional training, military and emergency services experience, and personal experience navigating major life challenges to my coaching work.
I am a Professionally Certified Life Coach, Certified Hypnotherapist, NCI (Neuro Change Institute) Certified Practitioner, speaker, and transformational guide. My educational background includes studies at Bennett-Stellar University, paramedic training through George Washington University, and Fire Science studies through the University of Maryland.
Before entering the coaching and wellness field, I served in the United States Marine Corps and worked as a firefighter and paramedic in the Washington, D.C., area. Today, I draw on these experiences, along with coaching and holistic wellness methods, to support people as they navigate personal challenges, explore new possibilities, and work toward meaningful change.
With Love,
Darlane
Speaking services for relevant events and audiences.
Personalized support for clarifying goals, exploring challenges, and identifying practical next steps.
Wellness sessions centered on relaxation and energy-based practices.
A technique-based approach described by the business as supporting work with emotional challenges and past experiences. Review the service details to understand its scope.
An energy-based emotional wellness technique also referred to by the business as Energy Balance Healing.
Ongoing support for caregivers managing competing responsibilities and feelings of overwhelm.
Mentoring focused on personal connection and inner growth.
Hypnosis-based support incorporated into coaching, where appropriate to your goals.
Support designed for veterans.
A method included among Darlene's coaching tools.
Considering a Sarasota Life Coach? Working with a life coach is an invitation to befriend yourself. Life coaching helps people identify and achieve personal goals. It teaches you to make choices that create a fulfilling, effective, and balanced life.
Together, we look at what is happening right now, name your obstacles, and choose a course of action that makes your life more of what you want it to be. The coaching relationship keeps the power with you, because you already hold the answers to your challenges, even when those answers feel hidden.
Darlene is a Professionally Certified Life Coach and Spiritual Mentor, a former paramedic and firefighter, a former United States Marine, and a trauma survivor. Drawing on her professional background and lived experience, she offers the S.T.A.R. Program, which focuses on tools and techniques for responding to stress, trauma, and anxiety.
The program is designed for first responders who want to explore practical approaches to managing the demands associated with their work and experiences. Its scope and suitability can be discussed directly with Darlene.
Blue Skies Healing Retreat
Please join us to enjoy a week of healing, connection, and renewal in beautiful Sarasota, Florida. Your soul will thank you.
*Due to Covid, Dates of the Blue Skies Healing Retreat are to be determined*
Some parts of your life, such as your house, job, or spouse, often stay the same, while other parts of each day are brand new, and you help create them. What you create today builds your tomorrow. Your conscious awareness shapes your mood, your choices, and your actions. You can let things “happen” to you, or you can learn to consciously create your life.
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Darlene is a great coach and I am continually impressed with her. She has a variety of tools that she skillfully weaves into sessions and tailors to what I need and am able to handle at the time. She has helped make real differences in my nervous system responses which have changed my outlook and relationships. I highly recommend her!Posted on Google![]()
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Darlene is like a Swiss Army knife, packed with tools that help you figure out where you are and unlock the awareness to live the life you truly love.Posted on Google![]()
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I have been going to Darlene for years! I would recommend her to anyone looking for coaching. She is an amazing person and has helped me succeed in so many waysPosted on Google![]()
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Darlene Coleman is a professional coach. She has a genius intuition. Darlene is quick to grasp and guide transformation goals and provide balanced observations. She is a nurturing soul, unfraid to give of herself in the process of supporting you in your dreams.Posted on Google![]()
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Darlene is absolutely amazing life coach! It was my first and very productive one hour session. Darlene was able to answer all my questions and help me to find a way how to do better in so many different areas in my life. Wow! She’s very smart, sweet and intelligent Lady! Highly recommend to anyone who is stock in their life and can’t find the right way. Please don’t waste your time, call Darlene today. I promise you won’t never regret it.Posted on Google![]()
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Darlene is extremely professional and has helped me gain new perspectives and to set new goals towards what i really want in life.Posted on Google![]()
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Darlene is a true professional, a delight to talk to and very helpful. She charmed me with her tranquility and pleasent demeanor. Her insights are mind blowing and I have come to make many resolutions in my life through working with her.Posted on Google![]()
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Darlene is great! I highly recommend her, she is great at listening and provide you with useful feedback, I have tried other counseling services but never really felt like i could fit in, when I started seeing Darlene is like something clicked and felt right at home! She is amazing at what she does and great with kids too!
A life coach for women over 45 supports identity, confidence, relationships, purpose, and major life transitions such as an empty nest or retirement. Darlene helps you clarify priorities, weigh options, and set practical next steps. You choose the goals, and she provides tools and accountability.
Coaching gives you a structured space to slow down and sort through change. Darlene helps you clarify what matters, rank your priorities, weigh your options, and set goals. You leave with practical next steps to try before your next session.
No. Coaching is not therapy or clinical treatment. Coaching focuses on your goals, self-awareness, and next steps, while therapy treats mental health conditions. Darlene does not diagnose or treat conditions. If you face a crisis or a diagnosed condition, please contact a licensed mental health professional.
Yes. Darlene sees clients in person at her Sarasota location and works online by Zoom or Google Meet with people nationally and internationally. Women over 45 and women in midlife transitions are welcome. You can review coaching packages and book through the services page.
Coaching can help you rebuild confidence, set boundaries, and reconnect with your identity and future goals after a divorce or relationship change. Darlene helps you clarify priorities and take practical steps. Coaching does not provide legal advice, so please consult an attorney for legal questions.
Sessions begin with discovery, where you share where you are and what feels stuck. You then set goals, reflect, and practice tools such as EFT, N.L.P., or hypnosis chosen for your needs. You leave with action steps, and check-ins between appointments keep you accountable.
Coaching may fit you if you feel stuck, face a life transition, and want a supportive partner to help you take action. It may not fit if you need clinical care for a mental health condition. Schedule a consultation with Darlene to ask questions and see whether her approach feels right.
"Nobody can "treat" a war, or abuse, rape, molestation, or any other horrendous event, for that matter; what has happened cannot be undone. But what can be dealt with are the imprints of the trauma on body, mind, and soul: the crushing sensations in your chest that you may label as anxiety or depression; the fear of losing control; always being on alert for danger or rejection; the self-loathing; the nightmares and flashbacks; the fog that keeps you from staying on task and from engaging fully in what you are doing; being unable to fully open your heart to another human being.
The challenge of recovery is to reestablish ownership of your body and your mind — of your self. This means feeling free to know what you know and to feel what you feel without becoming overwhelmed, enraged, ashamed, or collapsed. For most people this involves (1) finding a way to become calm and focused, (2) learning to maintain that calm in response to images, thoughts, sounds, or physical sensations that remind you of the past, (3) finding a way to be fully alive in the present and engaged with the people around you, (4) not having to keep secrets from yourself, including secrets about the ways that you have managed to survive.”
– Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD