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  • Personal Writing,  Uncategorized

    Reflect, Celebrate, Release: Let’s Close the Year Feeling Extraordinary

    December 24, 2024 / 0 Comments

    As 2024 ends, I’m reflecting on the moments that shaped me—like finishing my memoir and attending a transformative writing retreat. This year reminded me that extraordinary doesn’t always look big; it’s found in small wins and facing challenges with courage. What are your reflections? What are you proud of? What have you let go of? As we look to 2025, I’m excited to flourish—hosting Spark events in Florence and launching Brave Middle Ground. Here's to closing the year with gratitude and stepping into a new one with purpose and joy!

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    Dayna Del Val
  • Personal Writing

    Feeling hopeless? Let’s Spark Hope together this Thursday

    November 6, 2024 / 2 Comments

    We have perhaps never been as isolated as we’ve become in these last number of years. Our politics, COVID, the environment, remote work, an inequitable economy and more is dividing us, and we’re lonely and lacking in connection. I woke early this morning, feeling a familiar sense of dread—a feeling I remember all too well from eight years ago. By 3:21, I gave in and checked my phone, only to find deepening confirmation of what I feared. Despite the heaviness, I made it to my 6am spin class, knowing that caring for myself is essential, especially in dark times. My first impulse was to vent, to add to the outrage…

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    Dayna Del Val
  • Personal Writing

    From waiting to leading: Sparking connection and purpose

    October 26, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Are you waiting for permission to make a move? I was, too, until I realized that the only approval I needed was my own. Last Friday night, I gathered an inspiring group of women in my mother’s living room in Eagan, MN—women from every corner of my life who have supported my journey and discovered their own Sparks. It reminded me that the path forward is often about taking the leap ourselves, gathering our community and creating the space we wish existed. The ripple effects of that night continue, and it’s just the beginning.

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    Dayna Del Val
  • Personal Writing

    What AI Showed Me About My Skills (and How It Can Help You Too)

    September 13, 2024 / 0 Comments

    How does someone with a non-traditional path showcase their skills, particularly if they aren't looking to do a conventional job search? That’s where AI came in.

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    Dayna Del Val
  • Personal Writing

    Embrace the essence of summer—(re)Discover Your Spark

    July 19, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Today, wake up and pay attention to where you are right this minute. Every season of life is short, and if your “next” feels unknown, join us for a virtual (re)Discover Your Spark retreat to guide you back to being present and purposeful.

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    Dayna Del Val
  • Personal Writing

    Life lessons learned in Bath, England

    June 8, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Putting on events, launching new programs, starting a business...taking whatever leap you're considering taking is never easy, but regardless the work it requires, you better be able to say it was fun to do or what in the world is the point?

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    Dayna Del Val
  • Dr. Marry and Me,  Personal Writing

    This little kitchen in Burnham, England, Spark and 16 years ❤️

    May 31, 2024 / 0 Comments

    That little house brought us back together, slowly but surely, as we carefully danced around and with each other, mending the hurts and traumas of the past years; its small doorways and rooms gently forcing us to reach toward each other versus apart until we’d (re)discovered and built upon our initial attraction to create an abiding love.

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    Dayna Del Val
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    Join the Spark movement: Let’s collaborate and grow together

    April 19, 2024 / 0 Comments

    For close to four years, I've been offering various opportunities for people to say yes to Spark work. I've loved the hundreds of people I've worked with in all these many ways we've engaged in this joyful work together, but it's time for me to change it up.

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    Dayna Del Val
  • Personal Writing

    Navigating a silent battle: chronicling the creative journey

    February 23, 2024 / 0 Comments

    How do ideas and Sparks appear to you? I get asked often where all the words live in me. Truthfully, I don't know. They make themselves known to me, most often as a quiet but serious voice inside, and almost always from seemingly out of nowhere. My entire life, all my best writing has arrived like this and fallen out of me, like cool, clear water from a simple glass pitcher. Because I don't really think it comes from me. It's much more accurate to say my writing comes through me.

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    Dayna Del Val
  • Dr. Marry and Me,  Personal Writing

    Shame and isolation be damned

    January 26, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Shame at what's weighing you down breeds an almost frenzied desire to isolate. Mustn’t be discovered by everyone else, by anyone else–no one will understand what you’re going through; shame convinces you that you are the only person who has “failed” in this way, fallen down or been dragged down by someone else. Isolation, in turn, feeds fully off the stories you continue telling yourself as the shame piles higher and higher, burying you under its massive, crushing layers.

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    Dayna Del Val
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