CHARMAINE BELL

Co-Founder

Charmaine is a coach, mentor, author and community builder with 20+ years' experience helping people build confidence, unlock their potential and navigate change.

She began mentoring in 2004 and has been coaching since 2014, across youth development, wellbeing, leadership and community engagement. She holds a BA (Hons) in Childhood and Youth Studies, is a qualified Personal Performance & Parent Coach, and is a trained Mental Health First Aider and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.

"I built The Lounge because I've spent two decades watching women pour into everyone else and pretend to be fine. I wanted a space where we don't have to

KEMILA GOPPY

Co-Founder

Kemila is a physiotherapist with 21 years behind her, working as an Advanced Practitioner within NHS primary care, alongside running her own Pilates practice.

She's a certified Pilates instructor and founder of Your Body 4 Life, a private 1:1 clinic offering personalised Pilates and reformer sessions. With a passion for helping people recover from injury, manage chronic conditions and prevent them in the first place, she believes in giving people the tools — through education, movement and hands-on therapy — to look after their bodies and support their wellbeing.

"So many of us carry stress in our bodies without realising it. I wanted to help women move better, feel better, and actually rest."