Why I Do This

Welcome to Becoming! Let me introduce myself...

Hi, I'm Denee Dole! It's nice to meet you. I'm glad you're here. Like you, I have a story unique to me. I've experienced many beginnings and endings in life. I've failed, and I've succeeded. I've struggled with different health issues. Some I've overcome, and some are still on the radar. I'm a work in progress.

In the first part of my career chapter, I worked briefly in the fashion/retail industry, loving all things about design, which lasted until my pregnancy with twins. An ending of a promising career and a beginning of a new adventure as a mom.

Motivated to get back in shape, I discovered Pilates and soon found myself training and studying in an intense Pilates apprenticeship/certification program. Twenty-so years later, I'm still loving, teaching and practicing Pilates. Movement and health seeking have been a core value that has shaped my life since early on. I like to take deep dives into all kinds of health-related topics, especially ones that help me with my personal health journey, which I'm happy to share with you.

In the fall of 2023, feeling a tug...I became a student again after 29 years. Do that math! I had almost convinced myself I was too old to learn new tricks. I completed the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine's Health & Wellness coaching program, located at the University of Arizona, which was challenging and rewarding. In March of 2025, I sat for the National Board for Health & Wellness coaching exam.

That was one rigorous experience. Whew, I passed!

Now, I'm embarking on starting a coaching practice, which in truth has its own challenges to experience and navigate. Technology is my arch-nemesis.

Why do I do this? I've had to navigate my health & wellness journey alone, at times feeling overwhelmed and discouraged, not knowing how to start or how to break things down into reasonable actions or pieces. It can feel very lonely to make changes in your life, or reach a goal. I want to help guide and be a support to others along the journey, to ease the process of becoming the best version of themselves. I don't want anyone to feel lonely in creating a thriving life, or overcoming health challenges. I used to say my goal in life was to have balance. I thought that meant nothing would ever be out of whack, that I'd live in some perfectly curated life...all the time. Now I realize it's not about perfection, but resiliency and transformation into a life I feel good about.

I am in a new chapter of life that is unfolding. As I continue to write the pages, I hope our paths connect, and we'll be part of each other's continuing stories. Here's to life and brand new chapters.

Still Becoming,

Denee

Random Tidbits About Me

I love learning about lots of different things, except math... I don't like learning about math.

Lover of books, writing, art & listening to podcasts. I'm a podcast hoarder.

I'm a self-diagnosed neurodivergent ADHD brain, and it all makes sense now...the squirrels

in my brain that are highly caffeinated and doing circus tricks.

The mountains in North Carolina are my happy place. I love being in the woods, breathing in fresh air, and being in & around mountain streams. I love trees. But not bears or snakes. Both of which I've seen.

I believe if a Michael Jackson song is played, you must stop everything & dance.

I'm most proud of my three daughters & my husband. Family is paramount to me.

God is my anchor, my source, my everything.