"It's been a lesson in letting go,": Dearbhla Mitchell on growing her fitness business in 2020
Fitness and barre entrepreneur Dearbhla Mitchell caught up with Her for Career's Month to talk business, barre and the joy of movement.
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Fitness and barre entrepreneur Dearbhla Mitchell caught up with Her for Career's Month to talk business, barre and the joy of movement.
As a self-proclaimed emo kid, Dearbhla hated school, but ballet lessons proved to be an unexpected outlet for this this Bettystown native. "I was super uncomfortable in school," she explains. "But exercise gave me an identity. It gave me an escape. It gave me this feeling of empowerment." From there, Dearbhla took her ballet training to the next level. She danced principal roles with the Monica Loughman Ballet company, and studied dance at the University of Ulster. However, it was when she was leading beginner's ballet at UCD that she discovered she had a real knack for teaching. "I wanted ev...