When life knocked her down, sympathy was easy to find. What she needed was a sister who knew the way out.
Phenomenal B.L.A.Qu.E. Women is Leatrice De Bruhl’s faith-based speaking, grief coaching and mentorship company. She has lived in the valley: abuse, injustice, public scrutiny, and the loss of her son. She built this company to be the sister she needed, for women who are walking through it now.
- Faith-based, from lived experience
- Author of Craziness Faith
- Certified grief coach and mentor
Pain into purpose. Loss into legacy.
Phenomenal B.L.A.Qu.E. Women, LLC is a faith-based empowerment, motivational speaking and personal development company. Its mission is to empower, educate and inspire through faith, resilience, healing and transformation: to help women overcome adversity, embrace their purpose, and turn what hurt them into what carries them.
Speaking engagements
Keynotes, conference sessions, church and community events, panels and podcasts. Inspirational storytelling from a woman who has been where your audience is.
About booking Leatrice →Grace to Grieve
The signature movement: compassionate grief coaching, mentorship and support for people navigating loss, especially grieving mothers.
About Grace to Grieve →Mentorship
One-on-one, faith-based mentorship for women rebuilding after adversity. No textbook clichés. Real truth spoken into real hurt, and a plan to build lasting purpose.
About mentorship →I didn’t become a mentor because I had it all together. I became one because I lived in the valley.Leatrice De Bruhl
Leatrice De Bruhl
Motivational and inspirational speaker, certified grief coach and mentor, author, mental health advocate, educator, and the CEO and founder of Phenomenal B.L.A.Qu.E. Women, LLC.
In her book Craziness Faith: You Have It or You Don’t, she tells her story plainly: surviving abuse, a career clouded by suspicion and unjust accusations, relentless public scrutiny, a season of incarceration, and then the loss that outweighed all of it, her son Malik, known as Leek. The question she wrestled with is the one many people carry quietly: where is God in the middle of suffering?
Her answer became a company. Read her story.
Get journey ready
Grief is inevitable in life. We learn to carry it with grace. As we push through our healing, we honor the ones we love. We can grow through it together, not alone. Grace to Grieve walks that road in three movements.
Embrace the reality of loss
Learning to acknowledge your grief without shame, denial or suppression, and creating space for honesty and healing.
Find strength in the valley
Building emotional resilience, faith and healthy coping tools so you can carry grief without being consumed by it.
Transform pain into purpose
Discovering meaning in the journey, honoring your loved one, and creating a pathway forward with renewed hope.
Craziness Faith: You Have It or You Don’t
Not a book about perfect belief. A book about the kind of faith that looks impossible to the world, written for readers who are grieving a deep loss, healing from trauma, or searching for hope.
Sometimes the faith that looks the craziest is the faith that carries us through.
Where you may have seen her
She is also a co-author in Maryann Rivera-Dannert’s anthology In the Pursuit of Fearless Living. Hear her on The Maryann Show and A Moment with Erik Fleming: podcasts and media.
Thirty seconds of Leatrice
A reel from her Instagram, filmed in front of the glitter backdrop that shows up in nearly every photo on this site. It is her studio, and it is where the podcasts, the videos and a lot of the coaching calls happen.
Before you reach out
What does B.L.A.Qu.E. stand for?
Blessed Like A Queen in Everyway. It is the conviction the whole company is built on: that a woman who has been through loss, injustice or heartbreak is still blessed, still royal, and still called to purpose.
What kind of events does Leatrice speak at?
Conferences, women's events, church services and gatherings, community programs, panels and podcasts. Her talks are faith-based and built on inspirational storytelling from her own life: loss, injustice, rebuilding and purpose.
What is Grace to Grieve?
Grace to Grieve is the signature movement of Phenomenal B.L.A.Qu.E. Women. It offers compassionate grief coaching, mentorship and support for people navigating loss, with a particular heart for grieving mothers. The aim is to carry grief with grace and grow through it together, not alone.
Is grief coaching the same as therapy?
No. Grief coaching and mentorship are faith-based support for walking through loss and finding a way forward. They are not counseling, psychotherapy or medical care, and they do not replace a licensed professional when one is needed.
Is the mentorship only for women?
Phenomenal B.L.A.Qu.E. Women exists to inspire women, and the mentorship is written for women rebuilding after adversity. Speaking engagements and the Grace to Grieve support reach anyone navigating loss.
How do I book Leatrice or get started?
Send an inquiry through this site or call (757) 284-6283. Say whether it is a speaking engagement, grief coaching or mentorship, and when. You will hear back within one business day.
Start the conversation
Tell us about your event, or about what you are walking through. Whether it is a keynote, a grief coaching relationship or mentorship, the first step is the same: one message, answered within a business day.
Prefer to talk? Call (757) 284-6283 or email ldebruhlmad92@gmail.com.