Our team of compassionate and experienced professionals is dedicated to helping you find the support and guidance you need to navigate the challenges you are facing. Whether you are seeking individual coaching, support groups, or other resources, we are here to help.

Our non-profit organization believes that everyone has the potential to overcome their challenges and find a path to healing and restoration. We are committed to providing a safe and supportive community where individuals can come together to share their struggles, find comfort and encouragement, and discover new ways to grow and thrive.

Dr. Denise Rollins is the founder of the Whole Heart Center. But more than that, Dr. Denise is a Survivor. For her, life was shattered in 1995, at age 29 when a drunk driver killed her mother (who was 49 years young).

Dr. Denise was devastated and felt she’d “died” in that accident. While feeling sorry for herself, Dr. Denise heard her mother’s voice telling her to stop being a victim. That‘s when she changed her perspective and her approach. Despite later enduring the sudden losses of her son, aunt, and husband, Dr. Denise is not death’s victim. She’s a Survivor who honors her loved ones by helping others to learn, grow, and heal.

In working with clients, Dr. Denise discovered that people don’t only grieve death; they also can grieve life.  Life changes, whether good or bad, can trigger loss, emotions, and pain. Examples include the loss of friendships, friction with other people, health changes, unfulfilled dreams, leaving a job or career, and so much more. Dr. Denise wants to help you to grasp all of your grief so that you can grow from it. Why?  Because she too has experience both deep pain and deep healing.

Birthed from this pain (and the power of healing) was Dr. Denise’s purpose: helping people heal from the struggles that have created holes in their hearts so they can become whole again. In fulfilling her desire to help others live wholeheartedly, Dr. Denise and the Whole Heart team use our WholeHearteD Self-Coaching Models (Communication, Connection, Conflict Resolution, and Culture) to aid individuals and organizations in maximizing their success.​ Learn more. 

Our vision is to inspire a self-awareness, self-coaching, and self-care revolution that transforms the total health and wellness of people in every community. In doing so, we create transformative experiences and safe spaces using strategies that wholeheartedly address the issues of life, loss, leadership, and legacy. We serve all people with cultural cognizance, competence, and connectivity and specialize in the “heart work” that makes life work.

This underlying purpose means that as people purchase our products and engage our services related to Whole Hearted Grief and Whole Hearted Life, our investment in our clients’ value, identity and purpose will further strengthen our entire community.

We are leaders, legacy-builders, learners, and lovers of people. We are a diverse group of individuals with hearts for serving our community. Whole Heart coaches, facilitators, and consultants use our models for Self-Coaching to address Conflict, Communication, Connection, and Culture. In doing so, we help people learn, heal, and grow both individually and collectively.​

DENISE ROLLINS, PH.D.

Founder, Former Executive Director, Board Chair, Consultant, Master L.I.F.E. Coach, & Facilitator

Dr. Denise Rollins’ work began as a result of her personal experiences with tragedy and professional experience with self-development. She endured the sudden, successive, and tragic deaths of several family members, as well as losses related to her relationships, career, dreams, security, and more. Her education includes: master’s degree in Thanatology (the psychological study of grief and death); PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy; and a dissertation on the bereavement of African American women.

Dr. Denise also spent over 20 years working for a Fortune 500 company in leadership roles in Consulting, Human Resources, Employee Development, Diversity & Mentoring, and Sales, which allowed her to hone her facilitation, communication, creativity, relationship building, conflict management, and problem-solving skills. With this skill set she founded the Whole Heart Grief & Life Resource Center and assembled a team of dynamic coaches, consultants, facilitators, coordinators, and volunteers who are changing the world via independent endeavors and their collaboration with Whole Heart. Denise is honored to work with every client, coach, and participant. You can find glimpses of her coaching and facilitation style on YouTube and on the 2021 season of “The Real Housewives of Potomac.” She is also the author of “2Grieve 2Gether,” which received an NAACP Image Award Nomination and was later re-released as “Wholehearted Grief” (available on Amazon).

SAUNDRA BOUJAI, LCSW-C

Master L.I.F.E. Coach & Facilitator

Saundra Boujai is a licensed clinical social worker and counselor who retired after many years as a leader in public service. She was extremely effective in developing and supporting the people she managed. In connecting with the community, she helped them with self-sufficiency, self-esteem, and self-determination.

Saundra is an intuitive coach, facilitator, mother, wife, and friend who is extremely driven to provide hope to those around her and who helps all of us to take the “S off our chest” so we can breathe and live.

DENISE “DEDEE” JOHNSON

L.I.F.E. Coach & Facilitator

Denise “Dedee” Johnson is a Certified Professional Life Coach and Facilitator who helps individuals find hope and healing after loss. She draws from both personal experience and professional training to guide others through the grieving process. After losing her husband and two of her children, Denise turned her pain into purpose, creating safe spaces for others to process their grief with compassion and faith. With warmth and authenticity, Denise equips those grieving to honor their loved ones, embrace life after loss, and discover new strength along the way. She in the author of  “Surviving Goodbyes,” available on Amazon.

SHIRLENE ROBERTS

L.I.F.E. Coach & Facilitator

As the former associate director of meetings and events for a non-profit organization serving disabled veterans, Shirlene has had a heart for helping people for many years! Prior to retirement, she gained considerable knowledge in event planning and traveled extensively.

It was in her nonprofit role that she met and then married the love of her life, her husband, Roger. Since his passing, she has increased her focus on using her skills, talents, and experiences to bring light, life, and love to the world.

Whether it’s through kind words, well-planned events, or insightful messages, her heart is set on helping others to become free and whole. In doing so, she uses spirituality to connect participants with their intended power and purpose. Shirlene is the author of “Moments & Memories,” which is a story of love, loss, and legacy.

REV. TONNY HARRIS

L.I.F.E. Coach & Facilitator

Rev. Tonny DeMarco Harris is a certified Christian life coach who offers coaching, books, and teaching to help believers transform their lives and discover their purpose. He is a graduate of Lancaster Bible College and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Bible and a Master of Arts degree in Christian Ministry from Liberty University.  He is currently pursuing his doctorate degree. Rev. Tonny is dedicated to guiding believers in finding and developing their hidden possibilities. And he strives to do so by offering an environment of trust and non-judgement for individuals and couples while prioritizing clients’ spiritual wellbeing. 

Rev. Tonny is the author of several books, including “Last Men Standing” and “Conception - One Man’s Worldview,” both available on Amazon.  Rev. Tonny’s podcast is another way to connect with him. It can be found on YouTube.

ROBIN WASHINGTON

L.I.F.E. Facilitator

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