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Today's guest is Danielle Boone. 

Danielle believes that with resilience, anyone can rise above their circumstances-and that Everybody Has a Story worth sharing. Growing up, Danielle earned the nickname Hummingbird - for her small size and constant motion - qualities that helped her pivot through life’s unexpected challenges.

After enduring years of personal loss, she chose to grow stronger from her experiences, collecting lessons that now guide her work.

As a writer, creative producer, and restorative coach, her mission is to help her clients rediscover their inner strength and find the courage to tell their story. Through personalized coaching and storytelling, She empowers those who have experienced loss to view challenges with a fresh perspective and move forward with confidence.

Danielle and I discussed- 

• Her writing journey and evolving from journalism to more creative storytelling
• How her view of her own story shifted as she came to appreciate the power of storytelling
• How she realised that her own grief was blocking her creativity
• How her book evolved as the story of moving through experiences in her life and the lessons she learned
• What she learned in the absence of so much of what we strive for 
• Her coaching process called “The Boardroom” 
• Understanding how sharing her story helps people to see the value in their own story
• How Shonda Rhymes inspired her to say yes
• How she works with client to find lessons from their loss to create legacy

You can head over to Danielle’s website to find links to her book "In the Absence of... Finding Confidence in the Quiet Spaces of Noise and links to follow her on LinkedIn.

And you can follow the Writing Black Joy podcast:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writingblackjoy/

Substack: https://writingblackjoy.substack.com/

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