Dena Woulfe | Two Coaches, One Mission: Helping Women Find Themselves Again

What happens when you have spent so many years caring for everyone else that you no longer recognize yourself?In this episode, Teresa Reiniger welcomes returning guest and coaching partner Dena Woulfe for an honest conversation about identity, grief, people-pleasing, nervous-system regulation, and the hidden beliefs that shape how women move through life. They explore why feeling exhausted, stuck, or disconnected does not mean you are weak. It may be the result of years spent surviving, carrying responsibilities that were never fully yours, or defining yourself through roles such as wife, mother, caregiver, helper, or fixer. Teresa and Dena discuss how awareness, breathwork, supportive coaching, faith, healthy boundaries, and identity work can help women reconnect with the person beneath those roles. They also explain why the nervous system must feel safe before meaningful change can begin.Listeners navigating grief, divorce, caregiving, burnout, an empty nest, relationship changes, or the loss of a familiar role may recognize themselves in this conversation and feel encouraged to begin choosing themselves again.Meet the guest:Dena Woulfe is a registered nurse, holistic health coach, NLP master practitioner, business owner, and Teresa’s coaching partner. She brings a nursing, faith-centered, holistic-health, and nervous-system-informed perspective to helping women reconnect with themselves.In This Episode● Why coaching should never be one-size-fits-all● How guilt, shame, rejection, and abandonment create repeating patterns● Why the nervous system needs safety before change can happen● How women lose themselves inside roles and responsibilities● When helping others turns into people-pleasing● What women can expect from The Woman I Used to Be retreatWhat You’ll Take Away● Survival patterns often began as protection.● Awareness helps uncover hidden beliefs.● Feeling “tired but wired” may signal high alert.● You can help without carrying everyone’s burdens.● Healing can mean remembering who you already are.Memorable Quotes●Dena: “You can’t change what you’re not aware of.”●Dena: “Shift cannot happen with a nervous system on high alert.”●Teresa: “We get very stuck in the labels and the roles we have carried for so long.”●Teresa: “Put down everybody else’s backpack and let them carry their own stuff.”●Dena: “How you show up for one thing is how you show up for everything.”●Teresa: “Healing isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering the woman who has been there all along."✨ Resources & Links:👉 Visit our website page and see what we offer: https://livingaftergrief.com/podcast-page📍 Upcoming Experience:💛 The Woman I Used to Be - A Retreat to Help You Find Her Again Click here: https://livingaftergrief.com/the-woman-i-used-to-be🔗 CONNECT WITH THE GUEST📘 Facebook: / holisticdenawellness📸 Instagram: / denawoulfern📧 Email: [email protected] the Conversation📩 Email: [email protected]📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/femalevoiceslifeandloss/📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/femalevoiceslifelosspodcast/🎵 TikTok: @femalevoiceslifeloss● Subscribe, share, and leave a review to help more women feel seen, supported, and less alone.