Danielle A. Vann

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About Danielle A.

• I’ve always loved writing and was fortunate to start my career as a writer in a newsroom at 18 years old.
• I earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Central Oklahoma and continued building my career in broadcasting—I loved interviewing people and thought it would be my life’s work.
• When I had my first daughter, I experienced some uncertainty and ended up making a career switch.
• I became a young adult writer.
• In 2016, after having just lost my father-in-law and stepmother, my daughter ended up in the hospital for kidney failure—my emotional pain from all of this landed me in the hospital as well.
• I spent seven weeks in and out of the hospital and decided I didn’t have to live like this, so I decided to make another career shift.
• I went back to school for cognitive behavioral therapy, neurolinguistics, meditation, and positive psychology.
• I now work as a cognitive behavioral therapist, neuro-linguistic programming practitioner, life coach, author, speaker, and meditation instructor.