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IF YOU ARE:
Successful Outside. 
Self Doubt Inside.

STRONG Outside. 
Scared Inside.

Let's Change That. 

 


You are not here to be fixed. You are here to be free. 

From Self-Doubt to Self-Assured with Debora Gemmell
Leadership Life & Business Coaching 


 

Debora Gemmell | Life & Business Coach | Leadership & Success Mindset Coaching

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Debora Gemmell | Life & Business Coach | Leadership & Success Mindset Coaching
Debora Gemmell | Life & Business Coach | Leadership & Success Mindset Coaching
Debora Gemmell | Life & Business Coach | Leadership & Success Mindset Coaching
Debora Gemmell | Life & Business Coach | Leadership & Success Mindset Coaching
Debora Gemmell | Life & Business Coach | Leadership & Success Mindset Coaching

​​Leadership LIFE & BUSINESS Coaching
with Debora Gemmell


The Mentor for those Meant-For-More

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Recognition 

2023 & 2025

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Debora has been recognized in 2023 & 2025  for her excellence in coaching by

influence digest+ Magazine.

 

In 2023 and again in 2025, Debora was named one of the Top 15 Coaches in Toronto. This award is a testament to Debora's passion and commitment to helping her clients reach their highest potential professionally and personally. Debora has dedicated her career to helping others create meaningful and lasting change in their lives and careers. Her clients can be confident that they are receiving the best in coaching services. As an award-winning coach working with leaders from around the world, Debora is committed to providing exceptional guidance and support to her clients in life and work.

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Glowing Reviews. Hidden Struggles.

You’ve achieved so much.
But deep down, something still feels… off.

No one sees it — but you live with it daily:
Self-doubt. Overthinking. Quiet shame.

Exhaustion masked as ambition.

The Real Problem?

Beneath all the overcommitting, overachieving, and overthinking lies a deeper issue — one you may not even realize you’re carrying:

  • Low self-worth. Outdated thinking patterns.

  • That quiet, persistent belief: “I’m not enough — unless I prove it.”

  • Your sense of worth has become tied to external validation.

And that’s exactly where the real work begins.

The good news? This CAN BE changed, if YOU have even the slightest desire to.

 

In fact, helping people untangle this is my specialty. I have helped talented professionals around the world just like you successfully do this. You CAN TOO. To read their stories check out the APPRECIATION testimonials. 

That belief warps how you see yourself and your success:

  • Being busy feels like being worthy

  • Saying yes feels like being kind

  • External achievements feel like the only measure of value

  • Wealth and status are expected to make you happy

  • Pleasing others feels like proof that you’re good

Time to Reconstruct the Pattern That’s Been Holding You Back

You’ve been living by an outdated, limiting script — one that says you have to do more to be enough.


But it’s time for an upgrade.

  • You don’t have to earn your worth by running yourself into the ground

  • Slowing down isn’t laziness — it’s where your deepest breakthroughs begin

  • Respect isn’t built through self-sacrifice — it’s built through boundaries

  • Your value isn’t tied to what you achieve — it’s who you are

  • Success won’t silence imposter syndrome — but self-trust will

  • You’ve mastered success on the outside.


But inside? The struggle still whispers.

Successful Outside.

Self Doubt Inside. 

STRONG Outside. 

Scared Inside. 

It’s time to break the old pattern — and rebuild from a place of truth, trust, and unshakable self-worth.

Because YOU can. And I’m here to show you how.

My clients are some of the most talented people you’ll ever meet on paper —
Corporate executives, lawyers, designers, creatives, performers. 
They look successful. But inside, they feel:

  • Drained

  • Full of doubt & worry

  • Unfulfilled

  • Confused 

  • Like they’re faking it, despite their resume

 Do You Recognize Yourself Here?

  • You’ve hit big goals — but feel numb or like you’re falling behind

  • You second-guess decisions, even simple ones

  • You’re always “on” — but can’t relax

  • You’re stuck in a loop of doing more to feel more

  • You feel guilty for not being happy, even when life looks good

The Thought Patterns That Hold You Back

  • “I’m not doing enough.”

  • “I should be further by now.”

  • “If I slow down, I’ll fall behind.”

  • “If they changed, I’d feel better.”

  • “I don’t deserve to feel this way — look at all I have.”

  • What would you add? 

Here’s What’s True

You don’t need fixing. You need freedom from distorted beliefs and negative self talk about your worth.

This isn’t about working harder. It’s about thinking differently. Changing your perception — and building confidence that comes from within, not your title or achievements.

About Us
Debora Gemmell | Life & Business Coach | Leadership & Success Mindset Coaching

I'M DEBORA GEMMELL

I am here to help talented corporates, creatives and coaches achieve  success in business and life without sacrificing their vitality, relationships, and  peace of mind.

Clients refer to me as their trusted ally! who believes in you until you do too and who always has your back! 

Debora is trusted and celebrated as

"The Mentor for those Meant-For-More."

For years, I looked like I had it all together. Successful career. Great performance reviews. Always the reliable one.
But inside? I was barely holding it together.

I grew up in an alcoholic home where people-pleasing and perfectionism were my survival tools. I learned early on to keep the peace, read the room, and earn love through sacrifice. I feared conflict, suppressed my needs, and told myself I was fine — as long as I kept performing.

But anxiety, imposter syndrome, and burnout were always simmering under the surface. I spent 12 years in a relationship with a partner who mirrored the very chaos I grew up with. I lost myself completely in that dynamic, and when it ended — I realized I didn’t even know who I was anymore. At 27, I was emotionally hollow, physically exhausted, and spiritually numb.

It wasn’t until my body finally broke down that I began to wake up. Chronic anxiety. Severe stomach issues. Complete burnout. I had no choice but to stop running and start healing.

That’s when everything began to shift.

I leaned into recovery. I started therapy. I worked with mentors. I rebuilt myself from the inside out. And slowly, I stopped tying my worth to what I did — and started reclaiming who I truly was.

In 2019, one of my biggest fears happened, I was let go from my corporate job — but this time, I didn’t spiral. I’d already been training to be a coach, and just two days later, I booked my first client.

 

The universe wasn’t closing a door — it was opening one.

Now, I coach talented professionals who are exactly where I once was:

  • Outwardly successful

  • Inwardly anxious, overwhelmed, full of doubt and imposter syndrome but trying to hide it from everyone.

  • Ready to live in calm, secure confidence

Whether you’re Corporate, Creative, Student or Coach — if you’re tired of hiding behind the mask and ready to reclaim who you really are, to feel calm, confident and capable -I’m here for you.

Because here’s what I know to be true:

The problem isn’t who you are. The problem is who you think you are.

The challenges we face, including myself,  stem not from who we truly are, but from the limiting thinking, beliefs and stories we've internalized about ourselves. Our inner critic.

 

The wonderful news is that these stories can be rewritten.

Let’s rewrite that story — together. Lets build your future where you genuinely are happy, centred and prosperous. Where you walk into any room, meet anyone and know you are equal, that you belong and you have so much to contribute in life and business.

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Appreciation...

Here is what the talented professionals in Debora's community say about Debora, her coaching and her community...

I was introduced to Debora at a time in my life when I was very established: successful career, mother to young children, strong relationships in many areas of my life, highly successful on the outside, but inwardly on the brink of collapse, on the verge of divorce, feeling unfairly judged and struggling to keep it together at work and home. ​ Debora helped me question long-held beliefs and encouraged me to see what actions were my responsibility and what was not. As my self-esteem started to return, my relationships at work and home started to change. ​ Debora has helped me to get there and I will always be grateful for her.

Helena
VP Fashion, USA

 

Who YOU ARE:

 

A talented professional who feels stuck, self-critical, or secretly unfulfilled — even when everything looks like success.

 

You’re the Type Who Gets. Stuff. Done.

You don't wait for the perfect conditions.

You’ve always figured things out. Solved the problem. Carried the load.


But now something feels... off. You’ve tried to fix it, haven’t you?

Do any of the following sound familiar? Maybe you’ve:

  • Read every book on mindset, productivity, confidence, leadership gathering information.

  • Listened to the podcasts, followed the experts, joined the webinars hoping this will be the one.

  • Talked it through — with a therapist, your partner, your smartest friends.

  • Refreshed your LinkedIn, explored job boards, reconsidered everything.

  • Promised yourself you'd try harder... again.

  • Taken on more — at work, at home, in your community — hoping busy would equal better.

  • Tried to ignore it, cover it up, deny it, or outrun it.

But despite all your effort, you're still in the same place: Highly capable, sensing more is possible but drained, confused and questioning your own worth.

Who I WORK WITH

I coach talented professionals who are:

  • Respected in their field but battling imposter syndrome.

  • Outwardly confident, inwardly unsure.

  • Constantly performing, never fully present.

  • Craving clarity, confidence, and peace — not just productivity.

If that’s you, you’re not broken. You’re just ready for real change.

What You Can Expect

As a former corporate marketing leader and personal development mentor for 30+ years), I’ve walked the same path you’re on.

Now I mentor talented professionals like you to move from 'get it ALL done mode' to a slower, better, calmer life energized, capable, confident with peace of mind.

Together, we rebuild self worth from the inside out.

YOU WILL:

  • Get clear on what you really want — and what’s holding you back

  • Identify blind spots you can’t see on your own

  • Address imposter syndrome-- and get good at it! 

  • Build self-belief that matches your potential by identifying and quieting negative self talk

  • Take bold, aligned action toward your next level.

  • Be Your Goal Today--a complete thinking transformation

  • Feel empowered, not overwhelmed — in life, business, and leadership

This isn’t strategy. It’s transformation.

It’s Time to Stop Grinding Through Your Life.

Your Age is not important.

What is important is if this resonates with you AND YOU have a desire to change it then reach out. 

 

Imagine waking up energized, calm, and ready to lead —not anxious, fearful or pressured, but self assured and capable. 

Ways to or togeher

Experience Debora's Transformative Coaching

​​Leadership Life & Business Coaching

 

Working with me is for you if:

  • You’re up to something but can’t seem to get unstuck, get going, or get to the next level

  • You, your business, or your team are facing seemingly overwhelming challenges

  • You are drained. feel like you are losing yourself at work or in relationships or both, and your not sure how much longer you can keep up with the demands.

  • Your at a point where you are wondering if it’s time to change jobs, change industries, quit and take some time off.

  • You are noticing that you are constantly worried, feeling over or overthinking

If you’d like to make real and lasting changes in a fraction of the time and with less struggle, pressure, and stress than you can imagine, here are the ways for us to work together.

PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
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CAREER/BUSINESS COACHING

If you aspire to have a successful career or coaching business but are uncertain about how to go about it or what the next best steps are, Debora is a highly skilled successful coach who can assist you.

With over 30 years of experience in various corporate sectors with Fortune 500 companies and successfully launching and running her coaching business for nearly a decade. Debora guides you as you take action to move forward gaining valuable insights, tools, to success in a shorter time than you thought possible. Debora has a way of  helping you see what is in your blind spot. She coaches you to grow your self-belief and confidence and empowers you to overcome the challenges holding you back in your career or business. She is your secret weapon!

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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LIFE COACHING

 

Get ready to take control of your life with highly personalized boutique coaching! Regain your power and lead your life with confidence, clarity, and peace of mind.

Debora's 30+ years of personal development work, training and coaching will empower you with improved self-belief, confidence, healthier relationships, increased focus, better sleep, vitality, and an inspired mindset.

Clients from around the world attest to their transformative experience with Debora and the positive outcomes, they have created in their lives and relationships.

And you can experience them too! Don't wait any longer - book a consultation today and start living the life you deserve

 

ONLINE WORKSHOP

Next Workshop 
The Art of Creating More Time & Energy

Check back for 2025 dates for our upcoming workshops.

If your curious about coaching and whether it is the right fit for you, book a no commitment discovery call with Debora. 

You are sure to gain insights and have a clear idea of what the best next steps are for you. 

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EXCITING NEWS!
Debora's NEW Book
is almost here

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A NEW RESOURCE & TOOL!

Our new book, a inspiring compilation of personalized coaching tips and tools for navigating life, relationships, and careers in a fun and helpful way.​

 

Our book 'Me, My Thoughts & I' is hitting the press this summer! It includes insights from both Life & Business Coach Debora as well as amazing members of the Thrive community.

 

To Join The Wait list, email contact@coachingwithdebora.com

or click the link below

and be among the first to get your copy.​​ 

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