I’m Danielle, I am an author, editor, book coach for doulas whose latest essay A Sister's Salve is out in No Contact: Writers on Estrangement.
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My writing attempts to explore, capture,and honor the spaces, moments, and transitions between numbness and presence on the path to becoming emotionally alive. I write to heal and try hard to share the bits I can with others in hopes that my ramblings can help someone in this life. I am an emerging writer whose prose has been published in Madame Noire, Nourishing Word Blog, Your Tango and I even have a New York Times cred from a three line Tiny Victory Story published in their parenting newsletter and quoted in a Washington Post article about Rihanna before becoming an invited contributor to the No Contact anthology edited by Jenny Bartoy.
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I write books and essays for parent survivors of childhood abuse and neglect.
Author. Editor. Book coach for Doulas.
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I am writing for parent survivors of childhood abuse and/or neglect who want to love their children well but sometimes feel afraid they can’t, especially in moments when the present awakens the past and they disconnect despite all the work they have done on themselves. What they may not realize is that underneath the fear and self-judgement is a deeper belief: that maybe they are like their own parents and do not have the capacity to love their children well. Here is the truth - your ability to love is not a fixed trait you inherit—it is a capacity you can nurture. By the end of this book, you will feel seen in your struggle and have a greater trust in your capacity to love.