As a bestselling author, podcaster and university professor, Delores Garcia has focused on helping people experience greater health, wellness and joy in their body.

Delores served as adjunct professor of Human Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles Management at New Mexico State University for 20+ years. In her 50s, she became a physique competitor. And as a Certified Weight Loss Coach and Certified Personal Trainer, she specializes in small group strength training for women.

Throughout her career, Delores has found that “mainstream” approaches to health, fitness and wellness rarely work in the long term. As hard as her clients would try to change their outward behaviors, something always seemed to get in their way.

She realized that the outward behaviors were not the problem to be solved. Rather, the subconscious programming and hidden belief systems under which people operate have the greatest influence on their health, happiness and success. That’s why Delores chose to become a Certified Life Coach and Subconscious Reprogrammer.

As Delores became more involved with Angel Coaching, she began to question whether we even need programs. Rather than reprogramming, her focus shifted to deprogramming.

Delores is the youngest of 9 children, born into a Mormon family in rural Idaho. Her alcoholic, abusive father committed suicide when Delores was just 4 years old.

Also, after being unable to get pregnant, Delores and her then-husband adopted a son and later a daughter, who grew into powerful, beautiful adults.

It was the traumatic loss of her son and ex-husband in July 2022 that led to the creation of Forbidden Grief, a new group Angel Coaching program for moms whose child died in a “shame-full” way.

As a result of all these life experiences (and more), Delores brings a depth of understanding of the parenting journey, religious programming, childhood trauma, grief and the “black sheep” experience to her Angel Coaching work.