I Am Delphine
For over 25 years, I built and led global product and technology teams as a senior leader in tech — operating across ambitious startups, high-growth scale-ups, VC-backed organisations, PE-owned businesses, and global enterprises navigating rapid transformation and change.
On paper, I was successful. Behind the scenes, I was surviving.
Like many high-performing leaders in demanding environments, I built my success on overperformance, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and suppression. The higher I climbed, the more disconnected I became from myself. Burnout, chronic stress, suppressed rage, anxiety, emotional numbness, and deep exhaustion became the hidden cost of leadership.
I now understand that what many organisations call “high performance” is often survival mode in disguise.
Breathe With Delphine was born from rebuilding myself from the inside out.
Today, I guide organisations, executives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries through deep personal and professional transformation — helping them navigate change, regulate their nervous systems, break inherited patterns, reclaim their voice, and lead without self-betrayal.
Built from inside the pressure, not outside it.
My programs were not created from theory, research papers, or second-hand insight.
They were built from experience – sitting in the meetings, carrying the pressures and navigating the expectations that come with leading in high-growth tech.
With over 25 years in corporate, I’ve operated at senior leadership level as a VP of Product in VC-backed and PE-owned SaaS companies.
I’ve led the journey of building and aligning product organisations, successful exits, mergers, acquisitions and integrations. I’ve sweat it, shed the tears and learnt from it.
I understand the pace, complexity, the constant demand to perform and the emotional load that rarely gets acknowledged. I also understand what happens when that pressure goes unexamined . . .
Burnout. Disconnection. Operating on autopilot. Dysfunction. Collapse.
Why Leaders trust my approach
Because it doesn’t come from the outside looking in. It comes from someone who has delivered at a high level, led teams through growth and change and experienced firsthand the cost of sustaining performance without internal alignment
This is not leadership theory. It’s leadership reality – translated into a practical, repeatable process for change.
Where Performance Meets Human Experience
Most leadership development focuses on strategy, communication frameworks and performance outputs.
My programs go far deeper – into the internal patterns that drive behaviour under pressure.
My approach bridges high-performance leadership & business strategy with nervous system science and human behaviour. Because how you lead is not just cognitive. It’s physiological, emotional and patterned.
And unless those patterns change — behaviour doesn’t.
Rare and Unique Expertise
Alongside my corporate leadership career, I’m a trauma-informed coach, a breathwork facilitator, a space holder, an entrepreneur and founder of Breathe With Delphine
My work integrates nervous system regulation, burnout prevention, emotional regulation, leadership presence and psychological safety.
I offer a very rare and unique combination that allows me to work at the level where real change actually happens — not just what leaders do, but how they operate.
Grounded in Real Life - not ideal conditions
My perspective has been shaped not only through leadership roles, but by life outside of work. As a solo mother of two, I understand sustained responsibility, competing demands and navigating leadership alongside personal challenges.
This creates an approach that is practical, grounded and deeply attuned to the reality leaders are operating in today.
Client Stories
Before joining Thrive with Delphine, I was working hard, juggling my responsibilities as a father, and trying to figure out how to move forward with launching my own business. I felt stuck—lacking clarity, direction, and a real plan. I knew I wanted to change but didn’t quite know how.
What I found in this 12-week journey was more than I expected. Coming from a conventional mindset, I was genuinely surprised by how much I learned about the nervous system and emotional regulation. Tools like the 4-8 breathwork and learning about the Terror Barrier and 4 Stages of Transformation gave me the ability to move through moments of anxiety and uncertainty with more confidence.
— Marc, Founder
If you’re considering working with Delphine but you’re unsure, I can only say: do it. You’ll uncover truths about yourself you didn’t even know were there—and you’ll walk away with practical tools to help you live them. This experience was nothing short of transformational.
— Nicola, CPO
“Delphine created a space that felt safe, open, and powerful. Even though we were a group of strangers at the start, she held the space in a way that allowed real trust and growth to unfold. Week by week, I found myself becoming clearer, more grounded, and better able to take action on my goals—both in business and in my personal life.
Now, I’m closer than ever to launching my business and have made breakthroughs in areas like family and relationships. I understand what it takes to create lasting change, and I’ve adopted a mindset that small, consistent steps lead to big wins.”
— Janine, VP Product
