Dana’s Books may be purchased on Amazon by clicking the titles: The Fish Who Discovered Water (2024, fiction, ebook); What Are We Thinking? It Matters (2019, non-fiction); A Case of Mistaken Identity (2019, fiction); Jackson’s Love (2014, fiction); Are You Watching? It’s positively life-changing (2012, non-fiction); not-so-fable FABLES (2012, fiction); Will My Real Family Please Stand Up (2004, back in print fall 2024, non-fiction).
Both fiction and non-fiction, they have one common theme, they explore the attributes of thinking (cognition) and awareness (consciousness), and seek to understand our identity—who we are in relation to all that is here—for outstanding outcomes individually, collectively and ecologically.

Human life and its wholeness with the rest of what’s here (Earth/Cosmos) is miraculous and, we all come equipped to be aware of it—which neutralizes fear (anxiety/stress/trauma), ignites ideas, accesses inner guidance, establishes balance, and unleashes Joy more often. We feel at home. We may simply require training…

My interest in the content and process of thinking, and consciousness studies, was sharpened by completing shamanic coursework at the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (USA) and at the Sacred Trust (U.K.); attending lectures in science and philosophy at Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study, (NJ, USA), and by studying dreamwork, mediumship, neuroscience, and psychology with experts in-person and online. I received a BA from University of Maryland in graphic design, studied fine art at the Instituto de Allende in GTO, Mexico, completed the East-West Psychology MA at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS.edu) where I received Certificate in Psychospiritual Counseling, and I’m currently deep in the study of identity; weaving the threads of consciousness, cognition, ecology, and culture, now as an East-West Psychology, PhD student (CIIS.edu).

A big fan of the intrinsic healing qualities of Nature, drumming, music (instrumental and vocal), movement, and the visual and performing arts, I often weave these into facilitation…

When asked, what do I do?, I sometimes reply… You know the old adage, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and you feed him for life’? well, no matter its uncertain origin, I love it and I’d like to believe my facilitation of those interested, strengthens them to become keenly adept at fishing—for a lifetime.