Empowering and Inspiring People to Reclaim Their
Authenticity, Wholeness and Potential Moment by Moment

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I invite you to learn more about my featured coaching services through the information on this website.  Besides my email and phone contacts, you can also reach me directly by completing the contact form below.

Denise Palmisano, CICP
International Empowerment Coach
Certified Integrative Coach Professional
985-860-8861
denise@empoweringpotential.com

Also check out my work in progress website, for additional tools and resources.  http://www.femaleandfab.com
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It is out of my own ongoing journey to create a life I love that has led me to my life's purpose which is to awaken people to explore questions that will free them of the mediocrity and sleep walking states that are often settled for in their lives.  This is an invitation to self-trust & wholeness.

My intention is to provide learning opportunities, tools and resources that empower and inspire you to reconnect with what is important to you so that you can live an authentic life without regret, without incompletions and a sense of purpose.

What might be possible in your own life if you truly believed that you had the power and potential to create a life you love and an abundance of possibilities through the transition, change and challenges in your life?
Training, certifications & experience:

DISCstyles Leadership - 2012
Sacred Compass Guide - 2012
Peak Potentials - Total Life Success - Quantum Leap - 2011
LifeCamp - Heart Virtues Expert - 2008
The Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching - Certification in the Spiritual Divorce Coaching Model - 2008
JFK University School of Education and Liberal Arts - Certification in Essentials Coaching Model 2007
The Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching - Certification in the Essentials Coaching Model 2007
The Institute for Integral Living - completion 9 month course of study in the Integral Living Program 2006
The Institute for Integral Coaching - completion 9 month course of study in Integral Coaching 2005
The Institute for Integral Coaching - completion 9 month course of study in Integral Coaching 2004
Education for Living - Senior Ontological Coach, specializing in Ontological Design and Coaching - 1996
The Institute for Movement Psychology, Senior Instructor of Movement Psychology specializing in Ontological Design -1996

  • a Reasons or Results Coach and CEO Mentor with Peak Potentials
  • a mentor for other coaches in training with The Ford Institute, Education for Living and the Iowa City Learning Foundation.
  • a mentor for women in business through the Lifting Loans Program sponsored by The Red Shoes, a center for personal and spiritual growth.
  • a member of Networking Women in Business
  • a member of women's Business Alliance.
  • a member of the Iowa City Learning Foundation where she was principal in its creation and served as its first Executive Director.
  • a coach to individuals, groups and Corporate clients for 20+ yrs.
  • She has designed and facilitated independent workshops including Women's Dignity; Female & Fabulous, Single Living; Communication; Corporate Breakdowns; Ultimate Relationship Boot Camp, Basic Training, Self-Care, Living Fully Expressed  tele-class,  Awakening To Your Untapped Energy and Potential, Education for Action & Growth and The Next Step, a 2 month journey of creating an intention and purpose filled life .  Denise has also facilitated Education for Living's 6 week Results Program in Louisiana and Iowa since 1995.  Denise was also a primary influence in the design and co-facilitator of the six-month Life Design course and the 3 month Discovering Self-Trust & Wholeness courses that were offered through the Iowa City Learning Foundation. 
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Testimonials:

Every time I bust ceilings I think of you, thank you for your support in my life and my vision :0)- Heather

I've had individual coaching sessions and various workshops with Denise and though the titles might have changed the intense learning that takes place within has not. Denise has a special gift for uncovering the "layers" that we bring to these workshops and guides us to the true, authentic being that we all strive for. She accomplishes this in a genuine, loving manner that makes everyone feel safe and secure.
-Tommy Sledge, June, 2010

I have taken a number of personal development courses which were coached by Denise over more than a decade.  I rarely pass up an opportunity for personal or group coaching from Denise because she is insightful and she gently focuses me on the areas of growth which are open to me.  With Denise's encouragement I have made significant changes in my life incorporating a healthier lifestyle and a life which incorporates others more inclusively.  Denise is dynamic, organized, and very funny.  I will always be on the look out for opportunities to hang out with Denise and to accept her guidance.

Very sincerely,
Donna Hirst
Project Coordinator, Library Information Technology
University of Iowa

     I speak and act with greater assurance, even knowing that sometimes I may do or say something that is less than perfect.
     My coaching experiences with Denise have helped me achieve a joyous sense of wholeness and trust in myself.  The jewel of becoming whole is that I feel like celebrating my kaleidoscope nature and appreciate my weaker aspects along with my stronger ones, my serious side as well as my whimsy, my shortcomings as well as my talents.  I experience more sides of myself - both the dark and the light-and welcome them all with greater understanding for their many gifts. 
     I have a greater appreciation of how my choices lead me toward or away from my long-term goals or visions.  I have anchored some of my choices in daily practices, freeing me to live more in the now.
     I look forward to participating in other coaching experiences with Denise.

-Gail McLure, Iowa City, IA

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