Life Coach

The Becoming of Her_ Journey LLC 

Deziana Torres 

Life Coach for young children, adolescents, and adults 

Who is Deziana Torres? 

         Deziana Torres was born and raised in the rough yet beautiful streets of East Oakland, California. In Oakland, she personally witnessed the lack of opportunities existing in her neighborhood as well as the survival tactics people in her community were forced to engage in just to survive oppression and poverty. She was raised in a single parent household and as the oldest, it played a major role in her character today. Witnessing her parent’s messy divorce, themes of domestic violence and other forms of trauma already began to impact her mental health as a young girl. With the absence of a parent in her household, her role forced her to become a second-caregiver for her siblings, sacrificing her childhood to step up to a plate way bigger than her. With a painful home environment that was slowly becoming peaceful with her mother’s sacrifices and efforts, she began to give her all to her education. She expresses, “My mother would show me the reality of the world around me. She showed me the poverty, the drugs impacting the city, the young girls on the corners, and the violence that took the lives of many around us. My mom let me know that if we wanted to live a better life, I must stay focused in school and push past the peer pressures of all around me.” Deziana became the first in her family to graduate from high school, graduate from a top university, and also navigate her way through to maintain a Masters in Social Work. Her goal you ask? To learn how to be a therapist and become an active listener to go back and heal herself, her family, and members of the community who also experienced similar traumas. With clinical experience as a therapist, she has decided to push for healing with a more holistic approach that would best empower and inspire individuals and families; thus pushing to become a life coach. She is an author of The Becoming of Her, an advocate for social justice, a daughter, sister, aunt, and mother.  

What is a life coach?

A life coach is a person who finds passion in counseling and empowering individuals on matters related to well-being while conquering through personal challenges and adversities that may impact one’s life goals. As a life coach, Deziana Torres strives to be an active listener, allowing the ones she works alongside with, to be the experts of their life experiences. She grants space for validation, support, goal setting, and a deeper connection to self. 

Deziana’s approach  involves mindfulness practices, narrative shifts, confidence building, and overall healing of the pressures many silently face in society. In Deziana’s words, “Being a life coach grants me the personal opportunity to be the person my inner child wished she had during my hardships. I wish there was someone I could trust in my life that I could be vulnerable with, cry with, laugh with, and grow with. Since I didn’t have this role and generations before me also didn’t have this access, I wanted to create a place where I could be just that.” Deziana has about 10 years of experience working with youth and adolescents in education, juvenile justice systems, and with those who personally struggle with homelessness.

How can a life coach benefit me and/or my children?

          Deziana Torres has always had a passion for helping others that has been recognized by her peers, members of her community, principals and counselors in education, and truly, all who have personally met her. She is well known for having “good vibes and positive energy.” Oftentimes she is asked, “How are you so positive even after all you have painfully experienced in your life?” to which she expresses, “The journey to becoming the woman I am today was not easy. I did give up on myself many times, I did struggle with suicidal ideation, I did battle with imposter syndrome, depression, anxiety, and abandonment struggles, but above all, I never stopped believing that there was still hope for a better life and future. I held onto HOPE, something that many of us lose along the way. Having hope gave me determination and discipline to push through every single time life got hard.”  

Deziana is not just great with her words, she does an amazing job at validating the feelings and real life experiences that impact the dreams and goals of many. She empowers many to build skills to process through trauma and life obstacles, builds confidence, restores hope, and above all, helps others find a purpose in their life again. That is why many comfortably come to her in confidence for guidance. 

How do I know if I need a life coach?

Are you someone who has been left uninspired to pursue your life dreams and goals? Have you been passionate and creative at one point and when life got overwhelming, you felt yourself moving on autopilot? Like you are existing but not really living and enjoying life around you? You wake up in the morning snoozing your alarms, dreading the day because even when the sun is shining, your light feels dim. Maybe you have hope for a better tomorrow. You just need someone to talk to that can inspire you and ignite the fire that already exists within you. Maybe you told your dreams and life goals to someone and they laughed and told you that your creative idea wasn’t worth pushing for, and you carry that voice in your head everyday that reminds you that you aren’t deserving to even try for it. Could be that your entire life has been full of tragedy and some forms of trauma that have blocked your ability to see hope for a better day. Maybe someone has told you that you will never be enough and you accepted that as a part of your reality to where your identity is created by those around you and it's impacting your peace, joy, and happiness for life. 

         Truth is, Deziana believes that we all have a story that deserves time, attention, and someone to listen to understand. If you are in a position where you are ready to discover your highest self, ready to find joy in life and find motivation to pursue your life goals, then Deziana can be the one to help empower you. She is seeking to work with those who need that extra push because she too knows exactly what it was like to not have anyone believing in her goals until she realized, she only needed to believe in them more herself. 

What services does Deziana provide as a life coach? 

Deziana Torres offers the following: 

•  1-on-1 coaching and Group Sessions - Deziana will be coaching you either on 1-on- 1 or through facilitating group discussions. Through engagement in reflective conversations, Deziana believes in the power of storytelling and empowers all to find inspiration through narrative sifting practices. With goal-setting and space to process the journey, Deziana is confident that you will gain much wisdom, power, and motivation working alongside of her.

• Motivational Speaking- Deziana has presented for various of non-profit organizations, colleges such as Sac State, and UC Davis, where she presents authentic speeches that are relatable, understandable, and impactful. She often leaves the room with others wanting to hear more from her life story and journey towards personal growth. Her story is known to validate the silent struggles of many who can relate to being raised in a single-parent household, in an Urban community and the struggles faced on both individual and community levels.

• Online or Offline Workshops- Deziana has about 15 years of experience hosting and presenting workshops on topics ranging from Advocacy, Community Empowerment, Authenticity in Education, Homelessness, Mental Health, Recidivism Rates in Prisons and Juvenile Detention Facilities. She has experience hosting both in person and over Zoom. 

Life Coach Packages and Pricing for Motivational Speaking: 

Payment plans available.

Rates available upon consultation :

Free 1 Hour Consultation

BECOMING YOU- Includes six (6) 1-on-1 engagement and interactive sessions that reflect on various topics such as: Identity, Connection to Self and Community, Self- Care, Storytelling, & Cultural Connectedness. In the six weeks, we will focus on building rapport through fun and interactive activities, followed by reflective conversations that aim to design your personal goal-setting plan. You will receive an agenda with a schedule for all topics and sessions. Meetings are once a week for one hour via Zoom video chats, and/or phone calls. Included in this package is also 4 FREE admission access to any hosted group sessions hosted by Deziana Torres.

DREAM CHASER- Includes ten (10) 1-on-1 engagement and interactive sessions that reflect on various topics such as: Identity, Connection to Self and Community, Self- Care, Storytelling, & Cultural Connectedness, Love & Self- Love, Healthy Habits, & Poetry/ Storytelling. In the ten weeks, we will focus on building rapport through fun and interactive activities, followed by reflective conversations that aim to design your personal goal-setting plan. You will receive an agenda with a schedule for all topics and sessions. Meetings are once or twice a week for one hour via Zoom video chats, and/or phone calls. Included in this package is also UNLIMITED FREE access to any hosted group sessions hosted by Deziana Torres.

Please email: thebecomingofher@gmail.com for more details about scheduling.

Motivational Speaking: 

• Educational Conferences - Deziana Torres has a history of giving back and inspiring students, teachers, and staff with speaking engagements that range around 30-45 min.  Each Speech has left students inspired, motivated, and has validated their own struggles. After each speech, Deziana makes time to hang around for longer to personally bond with all who have personal questions or statements. Her commitment to give back to students has helped restore hope into many. Populations she has mainly served have been those who live in marginalized communities, are BiPOC, and overcome Persistent Traumatic Stress Environments (PTSE). She always has engaged with cultural humility which grants her space to speak to a diverse amount of students and school systems. She has also given speeches in universities, organizations, and juvenile justice systems that have all contributed to her success today. 

Keynote Speaking- Deziana Torres, MSW is an author that has found room for advocacy and awareness with themes of resilience, community, empowerment, healing, and overcoming trauma. Deziana utilizes her book “The Becoming of HER” to bring up conversations and and deep reflections related to the struggles many silently suffer with. Her speeches focus to validate, empower, and inspire people to transform their way of thinking. Keynote speaking engagements normally run between 30-45 min.