I believe that real knowledge has never been separate from the heart that guides it. That's why the K in my trademark is shaped by a heart — and why everything I do is rooted in the philosophy: Knowing ~ with heart.
Your heart already knows the way.
Who I am
Executive. Mother. Coach.
Someone who has lived it.
I'm Dale Kennedy — a former corporate executive of 34+ years turned heart-centred retirement transition coach. I've lived the corporate life fully. I understand its demands, its rewards, and the identity that quietly builds around a title over decades.
After spending 8+ years in deep study of brain science, heart-mind connection, emotional intelligence, and trauma, I brought everything I'd learned — from the boardroom and from within — into the coaching practice I was always meant to create.
I'm also a mother of three daughters, each of whom taught me that growth happens through connection, and that every person has a unique capacity to flourish when they feel truly seen.
What I do
I coach people into
their next chapter.
I work with — I work with two groups of people: professionals stepping into retirement who are ready to discover who they are beyond their career — and their partners, who are lovingly, urgently, wondering the same thing. — either of whom are ready to ask that deeper question “what will I do?" Together we explore who you are beyond your title and career, rebuild your sense of purpose and identity, and create a life that is rich, connected, and genuinely fulfilling.
I do this by weaving together brain science, emotional intelligence, heart-mind coaching, and a clinically validated stress assessment into a deeply personalised experience. My approach brings together two things that rarely meet in a coaching room: decades of executive experience, and the rigour of evidence-based heart-mind science.
What makes me different
Three things almost no one else
in this space can offer together.
1
I've lived what my clients are navigating.
I'm not coaching from a textbook. I spent over three decades in the corporate world myself. I understand the identity that gets built around a title — and I know what it truly costs to step away from it. My clients feel that, and it changes everything.
2
I bridge heart and science.
Most coaches lean one way — either warm and intuitive, or analytical and evidence-based. I hold both. Brain science and emotional intelligence sit alongside genuine empathy and heart-centred wisdom. That combination is rare, and deeply credible.
3
I have a language of my own.
Heartshine. Knowing ~ with heart. A registered trademark with a K shaped by a heart. These aren't marketing slogans — they're expressions of a genuine philosophy that I've spent years living and developing. This brand has a soul that can't be copied.
My work in one sentence
I help people who've spent a lifetime building a career — and those who've loved them through it — discover the life their heart has always known was waiting.
My promise to you
The wisdom you need
already lives within you.
Everything you need for your next chapter is already inside you. My role is to help you hear it clearly, trust it fully, and build something extraordinary from it — using the right combination of heart-centred guidance, proven brain science tools, and the kind of coaching that meets you exactly where you are.