About Danielle
Danielle Levitan, ACC, is not unlike you. She strives to do meaningful work and live in a way that feels authentic, sustainable, and deeply satisfying. After raising two beautiful children who flew the nest, she stepped away from a career in multimedia communications and marketing and discovered her passion for coaching.
Many of Danielle’s clients are navigating their own moments of transition: getting ready to retire, launching or growing creative work, stepping into a new role, reimagining their lives and careers, and wanting to find their footing. They often start out feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or held back by self-doubt, and they are struggling with the pressure to follow conventional paths, especially when that conventional path is not in alignment with who they are and what they want.
Danielle (Dani) helps clients develop the inner resilience, clarity, and nervous system regulation needed to move forward with courage and momentum. Her coaching integrates evidence-based tools, nervous system science, and mental fitness practices to help clients tolerate uncertainty and break free of conditioned tendencies that no longer serve.
Through this work, clients learn how to:
calm and regulate their nervous systems
access creativity, insight, and intuition
make aligned decisions and take meaningful action
build lives and careers that reflect their deepest values
A creative path of her own
Dani’s coaching is deeply informed by her own unconventional professional journey.
She began her career as an independent filmmaker, writing, producing, and directing documentary and narrative films. She later worked at Northern California startups creating multimedia products and interactive toys, gaining firsthand experience with creative collaboration, innovation, and the realities of making a living through creative work.
After relocating across the country and becoming a parent, Dani pivoted into the nonprofit healthcare sector, where she served as Director of Marketing for a national healthcare association, leading strategic communications and engagement initiatives.
Across these very different environments, from creative industries to mission-driven organizations, Dani became increasingly interested in the inner challenges people face while doing meaningful work. She wanted to know how to better manage stress and self-doubt, sustain creativity, and stay connected to purpose.
That curiosity took her on a journey that ultimately led her to study multiple coaching modalities and develop the whole-systems approach she uses with her clients.
A mind-body approach to growth and resilience
Alongside her professional career, Dani has spent more than two decades studying and practicing mind–body approaches to wellbeing and human development.
She became a certified yoga and mindfulness instructor in 2005 and has long been fascinated by the relationship between the nervous system, emotional resilience, creativity, and leadership.
Her coaching today integrates insights from:
Polyvagal-informed nervous system regulation
Positive Intelligence® mental fitness practices
Internal Family Systems perspectives and strategies
Mindfulness and somatic awareness
Embodied transformation
Leadership and personal development coaching
This work helps clients move beyond purely cognitive problem-solving and instead develop the embodied resilience needed to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and change.
Training and credentials
Danielle is a certified Wayfinder Life Coach and holds the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential from the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Her professional training includes:
Play Zone Pro Polyvagal-Informed Coaching Certification (Polyvagal Institute), 2025
Wayfinder Life Coach Certification, 2023
ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
Positive Intelligence® mental fitness training
Advanced study in nervous system regulation, polyvagal theory, and mind-body coaching
The Power of Embodied Coaching (Coaches Rising) — currently in progress
Certified Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor (since 2005)
She continues to deepen her training in nervous system science, somatic coaching, and evidence-based approaches that support lasting change.
Danielle’s coaching style
Dani coaches with warmth, curiosity, humor, and honesty.
Rather than pushing you toward quick fixes or external definitions of success, Dani creates a space where you can slow down, reconnect with yourself, and explore what is truly possible.
Working with Dani is an invitation to build the life and career that is not only successful but sustainable, creative, and deeply your own.
What Clients Say
“I find Dani to be a very open and courageous coach. Our sessions together have broadened my perspective on topics such as starting my own business, leaning into my creative pursuits, and discovering what is getting in the way of meeting my goals. I feel fully seen in ways I have never experienced. In addition, I walk away with clear next steps, and the inspiration to follow through on our agreed-to actions which has improved my sense of hope and empowerment.”
— Paula
“Dani's warmth, empathy, and depth of understanding were evident in every word she spoke. I cannot fully express how grateful I am for her insights and gentle encouragement. Dani's ability to instantly create a comfortable and nonjudgmental space allowed me to open up and share aspects of my life that I hadn't discussed with anyone previously. I left my session with a refreshed outlook on my future and a reinvigorated sense of purpose. ”
— Adam
“Dani is exceptional in her presence, ability to meet me where I am, her compassion, and her encouragement for me to discover my very best life and live into it. Dani’s coaching has been invaluable for me as I navigate a myriad of life-changes. She is able to meet me with grace and I can feel her care and her support of me to live into a life that is in alignment with my values and with my deepest longings.”
— Arlyn
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