Meet the ActiveWomenSG Team
We are a team of female coaches — most of us mums — who have lived through the seasons we coach. Pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, the in-between bits. We know that real life is messy, and we build our coaching around that.
Every coach on our team is certified in strength training and equipped to support women across pre-conception, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause. Some of us carry additional specialist certifications — but every woman who trains with us gets a coach who genuinely understands her body and her season of life.
Daniëlle van der Leest
Founder · Women’s Strength & Wellbeing Coach · Prenatal & Postnatal Specialist · Menopause Fitness Coach
🏋️ Strength Training · 🤰 Pre & Postnatal · 🌿 Menopause · 🧠 Mindset & Wellbeing
Daniëlle is a certified Personal Trainer, Women’s Strength & Wellbeing Coach, and Prenatal & Postnatal Specialist with nearly a decade of experience coaching women through the real phases of life. She founded ActiveWomen out of a simple belief: that women deserve coaching that actually fits their lives — not the other way around.
As a mum of three, she has lived through most of what she coaches. She knows what it feels like to train through exhaustion, to rebuild after birth, to feel like your body belongs to everyone but you. That experience sits at the heart of every programme she builds.
Daniëlle holds specialist certifications in prenatal care, postnatal recovery, and menopause fitness, and has coached hundreds of women through pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause. Her approach is grounded in long-term strength and wellbeing — not quick fixes, and never one-size-fits-all.
Certifications include:
- Girls Gone Strong (GGS) Pre- & Postnatal Coaching
- GGS Menopause Coaching Certification
- ACE Pre- and Postnatal Fitness
- ACE Certified Personal Trainer
- FIT Singapore Women’s Fitness Specialist
- Julie Wiebe Piston Science: Pelvic Health in Fitness
Ati Yusmawati
Women’s Strength & Confidence Coach · Pre & Postnatal Fitness · Menopause Fitness
🏋️ Strength Training · 🤰 Pre & Postnatal · 🌿 Menopause · 💪 Confidence Building
Ati knows exactly what it feels like to walk into a gym and not know where to start. After her third child, she went through that herself — uncertain, unmotivated, and overwhelmed. What changed everything was discovering strength training. Not just what it did to her body, but what it did to her confidence.
That transformation became her calling. Ati now specialises in coaching women who feel unsure, intimidated, or simply stuck — helping them find their footing in the gym and build real, lasting strength. She is especially passionate about supporting women through the hormonal and physical shifts of perimenopause, a season where so many women feel let down by generic fitness advice.
Her sessions are warm, non-judgmental, and grounded in genuine understanding. Ati creates space where you feel seen — and then she helps you surprise yourself.
Swish Goh
Personal Trainer · Pre & Postnatal Specialist · Yoga Instructor · Menopause & Healthy Ageing Coach
🏋️ Strength Training · 🤰 Pre & Postnatal · 🌿 Menopause · 🧘 Yoga & Mobility
Swish brings over a decade of experience across resistance training and yoga — and a deep personal understanding of what pregnancy and postnatal recovery actually demand from a woman’s body. She has been through it herself, and that shapes everything about how she coaches.
Certified by NCSF and as an ACE Pre & Postpartum Specialist, Swish blends science-backed strength programming with the mobility and breathwork knowledge she has built through years of yoga teaching. She also supports women navigating perimenopause and menopause, helping them use strength training as a tool for hormonal balance, bone density, and feeling genuinely well in their bodies.
Whether you are rebuilding after baby, managing the shifts of midlife, or simply trying to feel stronger and more at home in your body — Swish meets you exactly where you are.
Certifications include:
- NCSF Certified Personal Trainer
- ACE Pre & Postpartum Specialist
- Qualified Yoga Teacher
Lastrie Heriantie
Personal Trainer · Body Transformation Specialist · Pre & Postnatal Fitness · Menopause Fitness · Calisthenics
🏋️ Strength Training · 🤰 Pre & Postnatal · 🌿 Menopause · 🏆 Body Transformation · 🤸 Calisthenics
Lastrie has been coaching women for over 10 years, and she leads by example in every sense. As the winner of the FM Nationals Transformation Challenge (2019) and Top 4 in the FIF International Sports Model competition (2022), she brings competitive-level knowledge into coaching that is accessible, empowering, and built for real women with real lives.
She specialises in body transformation — helping women shed baby weight, build lean muscle, and break through plateaus that have held them back for years. She also coaches women through perimenopause and menopause, understanding how shifting hormones change what the body needs from training and nutrition — and how to work with that, not against it.
As founder of Bold Warrior SG, a calisthenics movement for women, Lastrie brings a unique strength-meets-movement approach to her sessions. Whatever your starting point, she believes in your strength before you do.
Certifications include:
- NCSF Certified Personal Trainer & Elite Strength Coach
- Certified Pre & Postnatal Trainer
- Diploma in Diet & Nutrition Advisory
- NITEC in Fitness Training
Amira Binte Abdul Razak
Personal Trainer · Strength & Calisthenics Coach · Pre & Postnatal Specialist · Menopause & Healthy Ageing Coach
🏋️ Strength Training · 🤰 Pre & Postnatal · 🌿 Menopause · 🤸 Calisthenics · 🦴 Injury Prevention
Amira is quietly one of the most knowledgeable coaches on our team. Calm, precise, and genuinely invested in every client — she brings six years of personal training experience alongside a background in therapeutic bodywork at Bone Setting SG, giving her an unusually deep understanding of body mechanics, injury prevention, and how to train safely at every life stage.
She specialises in strength training, bodyweight work, and calisthenics — taking women from foundational movement all the way to advanced skills like pull-ups and muscle-ups. She is particularly experienced with pre- and postnatal clients, menopausal women, and older clients, adapting progressive overload and modifications to exactly what each body needs right now.
What clients consistently say about Amira: she meets you without judgment, she sees your potential clearly, and she helps you get there — one rep at a time.
Certifications include:
- NCSF Certified Personal Trainer
- Higher NITEC in Sport Management
- Diploma in Health Management and Promotion (Republic Polytechnic)
Anna Teh
Perinatal Yoga & Fitness Coach · Pelvic Floor & Diastasis Specialist · Women’s Wellness Advocate
🤰 Pre & Postnatal · 🧘 Yoga Therapy · 🌸 Pelvic Floor Rehab · 💨 Breathwork
With over 15 years of global experience supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery, Anna is our most specialist perinatal coach. Her integrative method blends yoga therapy, breathwork, pelvic floor rehabilitation, and hypopressive core techniques into a deeply personalised approach to healing and strength.
Anna is especially known for her “Perinatal Guns” — a tailored set of pelvic floor rehabilitation exercises she developed to support birth recovery, reduce prolapse symptoms, and rebuild core strength from the inside out.
Her coaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that the perinatal window is sacred — a time when women deserve to be nurtured, supported, and guided back into their bodies with care. If you are navigating pregnancy, postpartum recovery, diastasis recti, or pelvic floor challenges, Anna brings both expertise and genuine compassion to that journey.
Specialities include:
- Pelvic floor strength and prolapse recovery
- Diastasis Recti reintegration
- Holistic preparation for birth and postpartum
- Yoga therapy for mothers at all stages
Emily Song
Personal Trainer · Nutrition Coach · Pre & Postnatal Specialist · Menopause Fitness
🏋️ Strength Training · 🤰 Pre & Postnatal · 🌿 Menopause · 🥗 Nutrition Coaching
Emily’s approach is clear, structured, and evidence-based — ideal for women who want real programming, real accountability, and real progress. She came to strength training through her own fitness transformation, having started as a yoga and barre practitioner, and that journey gives her genuine empathy for women starting from scratch or starting over.
She specialises in helping busy women — especially new mums — rebuild strength, energy, and confidence after pregnancy. She also supports women navigating perimenopause, combining strength programming with practical nutrition guidance to help them feel well and capable in a body that’s changing.
No fluff, no guesswork. Just thoughtful, progressive programming designed around your life.
Certifications include:
- ISSA Fitness Trainer
- ISSA Nutrition Coach
- AFPA Pre & Postnatal Fitness
Eda Hadid
Personal Trainer · Women’s Strength Specialist · Pre & Postnatal Fitness · Menopause Fitness · Kids’ Fitness Coach
🏋️ Strength Training · 🤰 Pre & Postnatal · 🌿 Menopause · 🤸 Calisthenics · 👧 Kids’ Fitness
Eda brings over 4 years of personal training experience and a background as a professional dancer — a combination that gives her coaching a distinctive quality: she trains clients not just to be stronger, but to move with control, precision, and confidence.
She specialises in strength and bodyweight training, working with postnatal mothers rebuilding after pregnancy, women building foundational strength, and children developing physical literacy. As a certified Women’s Specialist and Kids’ Specialist Trainer through NCSF, her programming is grounded in safe, progressive technique.
Eda also supports women through perimenopause and menopause — tailoring strength programmes to meet the specific needs of this stage, including bone density, joint health, and energy management.
Safety, structure, and steady progress. That’s Eda’s promise to every client.
Certifications include:
- NCSF Certified Personal Trainer
- Women’s Specialist Trainer
- Kids’ Specialist Trainer
- First Aid Certified