burning questions with Patti Digh: poetic choices
Substance. Mindfulness. Deep play. Meaning-making. Patti Digh. (Insert a very humble bow, a Namaste, my hands folded in respect, and a “Woot! Woot! Patti’s the bomb.” Ommmm Patti.) 1. What is the question that you are currently living? The question I live every morning is the one that started me on my current journey: What...
fire starter profile: Financially Smitten’s Lora Sasiela
Lora Sasiela is the founder of Financially Smitten. We did a Fire Starter Session last year and I was truly impressed with her knowledge (she’s a psychotherapist by training and trade) and spirit (she’s on a full tilt mission to help women make and manage real money.) When she launched her new site and workshop...
fire starter profile: tara-nicolle nelson, rethink realestate
My Fire Starter clients are…on fire, of course. From RealEstate, to design, to culture jammers, they’ve got the goods and they’re here to share them. 1. Cocktail line: I’m a real estate broker and attorney by training, but what I really do is create content that feeds the informational cravings of smart women who want...
burning questions with jen louden, the comfort queen
“Comfort Queen.” Who doesn’t want to meet the woman who earned that title? Jen Louden is the author of the Oprah-loved The Woman’s Comfort Book, a coach who describes her typical client as “smart, curious, has a pretty good sense of humor, and doesn’t suffer fools lightly.” (sound familiar?) And one of the innovators of...
burning questions with seth godin: faith, lizards, and your art
Seth Godin has one of the most highly respected and trafficked blogs on the world wide web; the most-viewed presentations on TED; the most charitable social and information systems in action, the best-selling series of books on marketing, culture, and idea-generation. His new book, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? goes on shelves and ships TODAY! It’s...
burning questions with ronna detrick: faith + feminism
Ronna Detrick looks you in the eye. And she listens. And when she speaks, you can see her pulling down wisdom from St. Theresa to Simone de Beauvoir through the filter of her own lived experience, to give you gem of grace – or grit. And, she can write – like a poet on a...
burning questions with jonathan fields: family, leadership, and the passion-drive
Hedgefund lawyer turned yoga teacher. I could stop there, because that’s one impressive conversion that would make me instantly love anyone. But there’s so much more…Author of Career Renegade; featured in USA TODAY, Newsweek, Forbes; founder of Tribal Author – and I can tell you this man knows publishing inside and out, and is riding...
burning questions with naomi dunford, domanatrix of itty biz
A straight-talking female entrepreneurial adviser, SEO cracker jack, with a giving heart who knows her value and has a proclivity for fishnets? How could I not be smitten? What I love about Naomi Dunford’s work is that it’s a) incredibly practical and logical, and b) it radiates an intention of “I’m really here to help...
burning questions with kelly diels: cleavage + faith
Have you seen Kelly Diels’ cleavage? It’s deep. She writes with rapier wit and overflowing love, about “everything we all want more of: sex, money, and meaning.” And feminism. And Malcolm Gladwell. Yep. She’s hot. I read everything she writes. EVERYTHING, honey. 1. What’s your super hero name? (You have one. To discover it, stand...
burning questions with jay schryer: a man who digs the goddess..and the prince
“Porsidan” means “to question” in Persian. I know that because Jay Schryer is a questioner par excellence. He writes about in search for meaning and rock ‘n roll on his blog, Porsidan.com. Jay is one of the reasons I adore the global brain we call the internet. You get to climb inside of stories. You...
- She has the knowledge you need to succeed. What she has to say is what our spirits need to hear.
— Martha Beck | Steering By Starlight - ... ignites the mind in ways that could change your career and life.
— Scott Belsky | Making Ideas Happen - Danielle's passion leaps off the page, and reading a few chapters of this book will ignite you into action.
— Gretchen Rubin | The Happiness Project - ...the revolution you've been waiting for, it will shake-up and wake-up every aspect of your life.
— Kris Carr | Crazy Sexy Diet - ... the new, bad-ass Artist's Way.
— Linda Sivertsen | Generation Green - ... shows us how to do what the world tells us we can't: be unapologetic about our deepest desires.
— Gabrielle Bernstein | Spirit Junkie - The Fire Starter Sessions is a revelation. A virtual road map to more engaged state of being.
— Jonathan Fields | Uncertainty - Money, failure, power, appreciation — The Fire Starter Sessions doesn't leave anything out of the mix.
— Barbara Stanny | Overcoming Underearning - Danielle is one serious Fire Starter, and you'll be one too after reading this masterpiece.
— Chris Guillebeau | The Art of Non-Conformity
there’s more in the hot shop
including freebies
- how do you want it all to feel? sensuous goal refinement + emotional magnetizing
- in honour of the fact that life is short
- i renovated the temple! fresh site + new treats! for everyone!
- focus, failure, assumption antidotes + surprise success: january roundup
- how to conduct a great interview: punctuations + emotion
- the manifesto of encouragement
- what is your relationship to…life?
- how to love the inevitable pain of getting focused. it hurts so good.
- the grand pep talk: decide to rise (refer to this when in doubt, or sick & tired.)
- 20 personal money practices that got me to a place of grooving prosperity. (part 1)
