Hello Tigress,
I’m Rachel.
I help women stop hiding their bodies–and themselves both at work and at home.
For the record
Fierce Confidence™ coach. Christian. Previous small business owner. Master pole dance instructor. Sensual mover. Enneagram 3. Extroverted Gemini.
But for reals—I'm passionate about inspiring women to embrace their full, vibracious selves. That means knowing who the eff you are, loving and appreciating your sensual body, and empowering yourself to claim the life you actually want to live.
The first turning point
I wasn't born with confidence.
8th grade. A roller rink. A boy.
I distinctly remember being in 8th grade and realizing that if I wanted to talk to that boy at the roller skating rink, I had to walk over and start a conversation out of thin air. Up until that monumental moment, the only way I met new people was surrounded by the armor of my friend group. Safe. And limiting.
That's exactly what your comfort zone feels like. Safe… but limiting.
Making that first solo connection felt exhilarating. Little did I know that one small moment of confidence would transcend into every other corner of my life.
Mid-twenties
Pole dancing built me up. Go-go dancing tore me down.
I started teaching pole at a studio and go-go dancing for an entertainment company. Pole boosted my body confidence. Go-go depleted it.
Promoters wouldn't re-hire me because my body wasn't "athletic" enough—meaning I was too fat for their taste. Every time I didn't get booked, I felt like absolute sh*t about my body.
I became obsessed with my weight. Starved myself when I wasn't at my "goal." Constantly chased external validation. Another turning point.
The brick & mortar years
Then I built something I was both scared and excited about.
I opened a pole dance studio in Lancaster–right smack in the middle of Amish country, and ran it for 11 years before selling it. I hired people, managed schedules, handled the finances, navigated conflict and showed up for my team of 12 even when I didn't have all the answers. I even had to fire a friend once––one of the most challenging things I've ever done. I did it anyway because that's what the moment required.
Nobody handed me a leadership manual. I learned it by doing it scared.
When I started working with a business coach, she taught me how to communicate with my team, make better decisions, and show up as the leader my business needed. But the reason I could take everything she taught me and actually run with it was because I already trusted myself. I had built that trust in my body long before I built it in my business. That's what embodied confidence does—it's not just about how you feel in your skin. It's what makes you capable of doing the hard thing even when every part of you wants to hesitate.
How I got here
So how did I become the body-loving, fierce, don't-giva-sh*t-what-anyone-thinks woman I am today? Pole dancing… kinda.
The real key
What pole gave me was the chance to discover what my body was actually capable of—and to develop an unshakeable trust in myself. Trust was the key. What I built in my body, I brought into my business.
And what I learned leading my business, I now bring to you.
My approach
Confidence isn't a mindset. It lives in the body.
Women in leadership are some of the most capable, accomplished, and quietly exhausted people I know. They've read the books. Done the therapy. Said the affirmations. And they still shrink in rooms they've earned. That's not a knowledge problem. That's shame living in the body, and you can't think your way out of it.
I teach confidence through sensual movement and embodiment because the body is where shame hides and where confidence actually lives. Not in your head. In your breath, your posture, your voice, your ability to take up space without apologizing for it. This work goes places traditional coaching doesn't. We release the stories you've been carrying about your worth, your body, your right to lead, so you can stop performing confidence and start feeling it.
