In what feels like a previous life, I built a successful 14-year career in global digital marketing, marketing strategy, and global media operations. For five years, I was a high performer for one of the world’s leading software technology companies. Abruptly, my career was taken from me. At that point I was sitting in sorrow and depression, dwelling in my wounds, getting far too comfy with tearing myself down. I was feeling pain deep within my heart and reaching out for help, failing to realize I had choices. I started to CHOOSE my thoughts, keeping the ones that helped me lift myself up and dust off a bit and chucking the ones that didn’t serve me. I started to give myself permission to look at things in new ways, with a different perspective.

In 2018, I decided to use my heart to take control in writing MY story. For much of the previous decade I’d achieved steady success in both my personal and professional life and would have thought I’d continue down that path for another 10-15 years, easy. But, when life really showed up, I was forced into some of the most painful and uncomfortable traumas in my life. It felt as if the scabs from an old wound had been ripped open, like a freight train had pummeled into me rocking me to my core. Only through intense therapy, spiritual healing, recovery for the physical manifestation of trauma, and coaching was I able to rebound from the fall. I decided it was time to begin writing my story from a new lens, instead of reading the pages of as if I were bystander in my own life.

Slowly, I began to rebound. I found courage and began to snapback! I retooled my confidence for the Danielle I was becoming. Now, I dedicate my journey to helping others—especially women—reclaim their worth, confidence, and courage for a life of joy and fulfillment.