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Dayna Del Val

Dayna Del Val

A ripple effect of being married to an alcoholic enjoying sobriety

I slept too long to go to spin class this morning so was walking along the river by myself when a runner ran past me. I said a cursory…

Aug 25, 2021

A ripple effect of being married to an alcoholic enjoying sobriety

Aug 25, 2021

Dayna Del Val

5 lessons I learned from my dog Lilly

Yesterday was one of those days all pet owners dread. Yesterday was our sweet golden retriever Lilly’s last day.

Jul 6, 2021

5 lessons I learned from my dog Lilly

Jul 6, 2021

Dayna Del Val

The Ouch Zone of Spring

One of my favorite things about spring is that, seemingly overnight, we move from the monotonous, dead, gray season of late winter to an…

May 23, 2021

The Ouch Zone of Spring

May 23, 2021

Dayna Del Val

What are we called to do?

In 1994, I was at Trump Tower in New York City, with my roommate from the summer Shakespeare “camp” I had been at for 10 weeks in the…

Nov 10, 2020

What are we called to do?

Nov 10, 2020

Dayna Del Val

Manage your stress or it will manage you

I am on week three of an absolute whirlwind of busyness at my day job. I came home from my peaceful, disruptive, transformative writing…

Oct 7, 2020

Manage your stress or it will manage you

Oct 7, 2020

Dayna Del Val

That rings a bell

Remember your high school or college Psychology 101 class and learning about Pavlov’s dogs? The idea that dogs can be conditioned to…

Oct 7, 2020

That rings a bell

Oct 7, 2020

Dayna Del Val

An interview with Dayna Del Val, the world’s first Personal Systems Disrupter

I received one of those rare gifts this morning that comes along when you get brave and put yourself out there. I have a new friend Mary…

Sep 7, 2020

An interview with Dayna Del Val, the world’s first Personal Systems Disrupter

Sep 7, 2020

Dayna Del Val

Set up to win…if you are white, which I am, so I did

Twice in my life something has been stated so clearly that I have had the immediate, sinking understanding of my unearned privilege simply…

Aug 2, 2020

Set up to win…if you are white, which I am, so I did

Aug 2, 2020

Dayna Del Val

A series of (seemingly) random fortunate events. But how random were they really?

Creative Careers* by B. Jeffrey Madoff (no relation to you know who!) is one of the best, most useful and practical books I have ever read…

Jun 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020

Dayna Del Val

1a. The beginning of now.

Dr Marry (my husband) and I have made a decision together to share the most personal part of our nearly 20-year relationship in the hopes…

Apr 14, 2020

1a. The beginning of now.

Apr 14, 2020

Dayna Del Val

Dayna Del Val

personal systems disrupter, arts activist, writer, speaker, wife, mom, feminist & human being. Blogger at daynadelval.com

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