for freedom fighting + love, conscious business, ruthless compassion, all forms of affluence, and passion that persuades ...

I'm interested in liberating truth, raw reality, and grace. I think feminine power and progressive commerce will revolutionize how we live. In my experience, if you steer clear of dogma and muster up more love than you thought you had to give, then your vitality increases, satisfaction sets in, sweetness surfaces. I believe in the creative power of good feelings. I’m convinced that the desire to be real is everyone's divine imperative. Yeah!

welcome.

1. I write. I write here, for you, and on other sites and magazines. I’m working on my new books: The Fire Starter Sessions, which will launch online this year, as well as Selling Your Soul: The Alchemy of Creating Content...and Cash, with Kelly Diels; and a children's book with Jessica Gonacha Swift!

And when the right big company comes along, I create hip, "culture" books for them to use as tokens of motivation and innovative marketing.

2. I speak to audiences about authenticity and entrepreneurship and share my experiences from ashrams to raising venture capital. I do this on stage at conferences, and as a weekly commentator on the CBC TV show, Connect with Mark Kelley.

Click to view:
: The 8 Second Rule
: Do you hate your job?
: Busting out of 9 to 5
: Are you an unqualified success?

3. I'm a strategic and intuitive business advisor. In my Fire Starter Sessions, I work one-on-one and in groups with entrepreneurs who want to rock their career while making a difference in the world.

4. I designed a line of sassy-wise note cards, that people will think you're really cool for sending to them.

my past life

I never went to university. For this, I am very grateful.

A LONG TIME AGO … I had a real job, co-running The Body Shop Canada’s Department of Social Inventions. We refurbished Romanian orphanages, and ran recycling and rock-the-vote campaigns. So thankfully, it wasn’t really a real job.

I was the Executive Director of a Washington-DC think tank where I managed a team of brilliant, analysts to create future scenarios for the likes of the Pentagon, IBM and the State of the World Forum. I hung out with Navy Admirals and signed NDAs every other day. Trippy.

Before that, I ran my own communications and business development agency, “promoting visionary people and projects,” including a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, a philosopher-physicist, a rogue economist, the Pulitzer-winning co-founder of Greenpeace, and a few old pop stars.

NOT SO LONG AGO … I was featured in Elle, Body + Soul, Vogue Australia, Better Homes & Gardens, Globe & Mail, The National Post, The Huffington Post, Entertainment Tonight, and numerous talk shows. I wrote Style Statement: Live By Your Own Design, which The Globe & Mail deemed, “Haute Minded”. It ranked as an Amazon bestseller and caught the attention of Oprah. That was fun. I built a big website and media presence based on that brand, and then went super rogue. Creative sovereignty is bliss.

email is the best way to reach me
d@daniellelaporte.com

Am I, like, responsive? I read (and truly appreciate) everything I receive, although it's not practical for me to answer all of it all the time. I steer clear of advice types of requests, but I'm happy to take suggestions for articles like, "Hey could you write a post on how to be a glamor-loving Buddhist?" I'm not looking for guest submissions yet (it's all about me, sugar,) and I rarely do book reviews (because I actually read what I review.)

Want to hire me for a speaking gig? Cool! Start here. Looking for some great coaches and designers? Check out this list of talent.

twitter + elsewhere

: Twitter. Love Twitter. Love it. You're following me, right?
: Facebook. I'm there, but I rarely check my private Facebook messages, so direct email is best, okay?
: By phone: 313.406.8400 rings through to my assistant, Dawn Martinello.
: Mail birthday presents (May 25, I like milk chocolate and white orchids) to
Box 78055, Grandview RPO, Vancouver BC V5N 5W1 Canada. If you need a non-PO Box delivery, you can email Dawn, and she might give you the secret coordinates.