About Desley…

I am an Advanced Accredited and Certified EFT Practitioner and member of EFT International. I am also a partner, a parent, a step-parent and a grandparent. My work is enriched with a diverse range of skills and life experiences as a Secondary Teacher, Counsellor, Campus Minister, Astrologer, Yoga and Meditation teacher and various passions and interests. I am an avid learner and have worked with the Enneagram, Dream Therapy, Reiki Healing, ACIM, Breathwork and Power of 8 healing groups.

My journey with EFT Tapping began in 2005 when I took my first course and started tapping with family, friends and students. As a parent and full-time teacher at the time, I tapped with my kids and my students, witnessing firsthand how it helped children become more centered, calm, and present. I tapped with interested colleagues who over time reported feeling less stressed and more relaxed and effective. I then started tapping with a professional on my own challenges. As I cleared my emotional issues I became a more present and authentic person, partner and parent. I discovered an infectious joy for life which ignited my passion for further training enabling me to share this process with others. I have worked with a diverse range of clients over the years and now I am devoted to supporting women to rise into their life beyond the empty nest.

My Empty Nest Story

I experienced the empty nest as a powerful emotional crossroads. After decades of caring, guiding, organising, and holding space for everyone else, life suddenly became quieter. The routines that once shaped my days dissolved almost overnight. The mother role I had poured myself into for more than 40 years shifted, leaving an emptiness and silence I wasn’t prepared for.

For so long, my identity was woven into being the steady presence my children could rely on. I loved that role deeply. But when the last one left home, I found myself deep in a grief that I was not prepared for. It was confronting. The emotional weight of it was heavier than I expected. Grief, pride, loneliness, relief, confusion—they all arrived at once. It was the beginning of an emotional awakening.

Tapping became my lifeline. It helped me process my emotions and gave me a way to soften the grief that sat heavy in my chest and calm the anxiety that came with so much change. It helped me reconnect with the woman beneath the roles, the expectations, and the constant giving. And slowly, it helped me rise into a version of myself that felt clearer, steadier, and more empowered and and joyful than I had been in a very long time.

As I navigated my own transition, I realised how many women move through this season quietly, carrying emotions they don’t always have words for. The grief, the confusion, the loss of identity, the longing for something more—it’s all real, and it’s all valid.

I also discovered how profoundly healing it can be to have support during this time. To have someone who understands the emotional landscape. Someone who can hold space for the unraveling and the becoming. Someone who can help you release old patterns and reconnect with the truth of who you are. This personal experience is what inspires me to support other women through their own.

Supporting women through the emotional terrain of the empty nest is not just my profession—it is my passion, my purpose, and the natural extension of my own healing.

I help women explore the emotional landscape of the empty nest — the grief, the uncertainty, the loneliness, and the deep longing to reconnect with the parts of themselves that were set aside while raising a family. Through EFT Tapping and grounded, compassionate coaching, I guide women to release emotional blocks and conditioned behaviours so they can step into a life that feels authentic, joyful, and truly their own.

As I continue to let go of what no longer serves me (it’s a journey), I discover more life-enriching activities that feed my soul, like walking a Camino in Spain - something I feared wasn’t possible for me in my sixties. But, after tapping on that limited belief I found the confidence to go for it and a couple of years later walked west to east across England.

If you feel called to clear unhelpful thoughts, feelings or behaviours holding you back from living a more joyful life, book a free consultation today.

EFT Tapping Training and Qualifications

  • EFT Practitioner Certification with Alina Frank, Master Trainer of Trainers and Co-director of EFT Tapping Training Institute, Washington USA

  • Matrix Reimprinting with Alina Frank and Dr Craig Weiner, Sydney, Australia

  • Tapping out of Trauma with Dr Craig Weiner and Suzanne Fageol

  • Evidence-based EFT Practitioner Certification with Dr Peta Stapleton, Professor and Clinical Psychologist at Bond University, Gold Coast, AU

  • EFT Self-Compassion for the Inner Child, Gwyneth Moss, Master Trainer and Director or EFT Guild, UK

  • Advanced Accredited and Certified EFT Practitioner Certification with Katie Walker, Master Trainer, Perth, Australia

  • Member of EFT International

  • (EFTi requires continuing professional development as well as regular mentoring and supervision ensuring that my knowledge, skills and competences are up to date and relevant to the services I provide.

  • Member of EFT Guild

Other training and qualifications:

  • Secondary School Teacher - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

  • Yoga and Meditation teacher - Swami Sarasvati, Sydney

  • Counsellor - NMAA, Brisbane

  • Astrologer - FAA Diploma

  • Reiki Master - Sister Theresa, Brisbane

  • Member of QCT - Queensland College of Teachers