02/03/2026
I help women heal and recover from the trauma of food and body image issues.
I help women understand their bodies, find ease and make peace through menopause.
I empower women to lift weights not to become smaller, but to LIVE LIFE FULLER.
I have also helped women find their ideal partners and also navigate themselves through challenging relationships, intimate partnerships, friendships and complicated family dynamics.
Just yesterday one of my clients told me she took another incredible job offer and gave notice at her current position. This is TWICE now she has up-leveled her career since working with me over a 4 year period. (She originally came to me because after 2 gastric bypasses she still couldn't understand the missing pieces to the food equation.)
I created an online program back in 2017 that continues THIS VERY DAY to facilitate breakthroughs and permanent identify shifts in the women who go through this framework along side me, Mandy & the other women of this collective.
There are 4 components that I see to be part of why I call it a mentorship and why itās so fu***ng powerful.
1. Self paced modules that are laid out in a way that untangles the chaos of your mind into linear, compounding concepts that create a deeper understanding of yourself as you move through them. They are designed to meet you where you are at every step of your becoming. You are NEVER behind. You are ALWAYS right on time.
2. Sharing your thoughts out loud with a group where other women can support you, you can support them, and come together as women are biologically wired to do. We NEED each other to process life. Itās a fu***ng fact. This component in and of itself can start bringing out the wisdom that is within you which leads to a greater confidence and trust in yourself naturally, over time, just by showing up to group calls or listening to the replays.
3. One-on-one time with me or with Mandy Wrazen, our group's Recovery Mentor, once a month is the place where we go as deep as you are ready to go. This is curated to YOU in the reality that is your life. This is where you may start our conversation feeling heavy, sad, overwhelmed, and yet every single time- you leave feeling lighter, having more answers, clarity and direction. I have client calls most days of the week and this not only gives LIFE to my client, it gives LIFE to me. Itās an incredible gift we share (my private VIP mentorship offers calls once a week)
4. The breathing room of working together for an entire year. (6 months as a private VIP client) Nothing to rush. Nothing to force. Nothing to prove, chase or attain. Instead, the feminine energy takes over.. the allowing, the openness to receive and the ability to see the beauty of your life as you recreate yourself day by day, month by month, season to season. We slow down so that you can acclimate to who you want to be, over time and with undeniable presence.
I received this text message from a client yesterday which moved me and inspired me to be more out there about the REAL work I do. It's time you get to know more about what I do behind the scenes.
Most people know me for fitness. That is a fraction of who I am and is why I rebranded as The Dana Lee Project a couple years ago. I am so much more than fitness. Just like you are so much more than āmomā āwifeā ācareer womanā
Carla writesā¦
āGood Morning Dana. With our talks about the mentorship program I felt the need to write about it - my feelings on the program.
Today is one month before my year anniversary with The Dana Lee Project & MindFit Mentorship Program.
Last month I received an email letting me know that I had 2 months left of the year long commitment I made to myself and Dana.
In my mind I was upset that the year was coming to an end and mentioned to it her - even though I knew I had options to continue my work in the program.
A week later, Dana approached me regarding my comment about the email. At the time I hadnāt realize the negative (for lack of a better word) energy I gave off by saying āmy year is up and itās sadā.
Last week I received another email letting me know I have one more month left.
This time instead of being upset that my year long commitment was coming to an end and I havenāt finished the modules - just completed module 8 of 12 - I thought about how far I have come with the work I am doing (this lesson of changing my mindset is from one of the modules).
When I first met with Dana I was interested in joining her workout program. But when she explained all she had to offer in the mentorship, I was totally in and this was the perfect time since I had already decided I needed to change mentally, physically and spiritually.
I started this program not because of my issues with food but wanting to better myself, my relationships with others and just to be happy in life.
At that time I couldnāt have imaged how my life would change in a little less than a year. And yes also realized food was a little bit of an issue as well. The one-on-ones with Dana are awesome. I love that she is her authentic self and adds her personal growth into the sessions. She makes the sessions comfortable and easy to have those difficult conversations.
The Tuesday mentorship calls are a great way to connect with other women who are on similar journeys. These women will lift you up, they will cheer you on, they will cry with you and all without judgment.
The 12 modules are a good way to work on your own between your one-on-one sessions.
I love that there is no pressure on how fast you need to get through them allowing yourself to receive what you need from each one. The reference materials Dana provides at the end of each module are a bonus. They have also helped me expand on my self discovery.
So with my year anniversary of the mentorship program coming up, I now look at it as a celebration of how far I have come on my journey with the help of not only Dana, Mandy and even Amanda but all the women who have listened to me and have offered their own experiences/advice to help me better myself and for this I am grateful. I canāt wait to see how much I grow in the next year of my journey with the continued assistance of the Mentorship Program!ā
That text message is a keeper! š„°š„°š„°
As Carla and I talked about it further, the feelings that came up it knowing our first year was coming to a close was bittersweet for her because it was symbolic. She is receiving all she wanted from our work together (and more she didnāt even expect!) so it stirred up a kind of grief for letting go of previous versions of herself, knowing the best is yet to come for her.
I remember when her and I sat down to talk about my mentorship program for the first time. She was a 95% yes. When I asked her what the 5% no was, I sensed the apprehension and my intuition kicked in.. āAre you afraid itās going to actually WORK?ā
Yes. Yes she was. That was it.
And yet, it just took some shedding of the light and admitting it out loud. I told her āTHAT? Well, THAT we can work with because every single woman holds inside a fear of change. And when she can be brutally honest about it, a strange thing happens. It doesnāt hold a grip on her so tight anymore.
I think Iām a bit of an alchemist. I can fairly easily help women turn negative thoughts and hard conversations into insights, contemplation, wisdom and empowered action.
So that is why I call it a mentorship. Iām here alongside you. not above you. Not better than you. Only sharing the wisdom of all the s**t Iāve been through in life and the plethora of lessons Iāve learned and how I changed because of it. I help your healing by not judging your life or decisions, rather, helping you make sense of them. Why?! Why is this s**t happening in my life? From food dysfunction to relationship conflicts to even helping female entrepreneurs who struggle with wanting to grow their businesses yet canāt find the confidence to come out of hiding⦠the most important thing here is that YOU AND I feel connected. Like we are meant to be together. Work together. Spend time together. That part can only be felt. No amount of words I type are here to convince you of anything. Itās not about that. Itās about a deep desire, the REAL craving if you will, that there is more for you. More inside that needs to come out and that you recognize you cannot do it alone. Nor do you even want to anymore. You are seeking another woman (and possibly a community) to lean on and lean into. To be able to show up without make up, through tears, through celebrations, through the real actual beautiful sadness that can be your life and make sense of it.
If that is you, I would love nothing more in my day than to have a conversation with you about whatās really on your mind and in your heart. You could be sending me a similar text 10 months from now.
I mean⦠Can you imagine?!
I can!!
It happens to me every week, I just donāt usually publish them. Iāve been keeping them to myself.
However, that is doing a disservice to other women who are struggling in silence.
As your mentor who āeats her own cookinā ā as they say, I promise to share more of my client wins (which are my wins too) this year.
I want every woman reading this who has not yet worked with me on a deeper level to know that I could possibly be the ONE right under your nose to facilitate the next phase of your own personal evolution.
How easy can I make this? DM me.
Share what youāre inspired to share in a private message, immediately after readi g this, no filter and letās see where it goes! maybe we can set up a zoom call or an in person meeting if you live close to my studio in Butler, NJ.