I’m Ready to Tell the (Whole) Truth.
After making $25M in 6 years, I found myself in debt, divorced, and having a mastectomy—all before the age of 40.
Welcome to my new corner of the internet.
Here on my Substack, you’ll find the most unfiltered, tell the whole truth version of my journey—the addiction to achievement, the loss, and starting again… or as I like to call it, jumping to a new timeline.
After making $25M in 6 years, I found myself 6-figures in debt, divorced, and having a mastectomy—all before the age of 40.
This is my first time sharing the details of my journey publicly. I lost my marriage, millions, and my left breast, and most importantly, I lost my sense of purpose and at times, my desire to live on.
Luckily, my sense of humor survived. I lived to laugh about it all, and I’m bringing you a series of stand-up routines in the form of essays. Or at least a girl can dream.
A little background, in case we’re not acquainted yet: In 2020, I was recognized by Forbes as “The Millionaire Maker” after helping women generate millions from my programs, and I was called a “unicorn” by Afrotech after generating $10 million in 4 years as a solo bootstrapped founder. In 2025, I delivered a TEDx Talk titled “Wealth Is An Inside Job: 3 Steps to Creating Wellth.”
I hosted my free live masterclass over 100 times, teaching over 100,000 people how to turn their knowledge into profitable online courses and built an audience of over 100,000 email subscribers, 150,000 Instagram followers, 15,000 YouTube subscribers, and inspired 10,000 customers to purchase my $2,000 program.
Why this, why now
I spent my adulthood checking off the boxes I was bred to check:
Go to a top university (Check).
Marry a good man (Check).
Make a million dollars (Check).
All that time, as I climbed, I suppressed the very thing that was the source of my power: my feelings. My deeply held desire was to stop performing the facade of “success” and be free.
The biggest slap, self-induced of course, to my carefully curated act came in January 2023 when I keynoted on a 8-Figure CEO panel being celebrated for generating over $20M in my online business, and I couldn’t afford a cup of coffee the next day.
My audience was there to see my financial rise, and now I’m ready to tell the truth about what it truly cost. I have the receipts to speak about success and overachieving and the clarity to interrogate it. And I’m willing to say what many people aren’t.
Maybe you’re experiencing shame and stuckness around your relationships, career, and health—yet carrying on, business as usual.
My benign breast tumor came so I had to get my truth off my chest, literally.
It taught me to tell the truth, or the truth will tell on you.
I learned how to make millions before I learned how to make myself happy. I thought wealth lived in my bank account, but I learned that it starts in my body.
I’ll be sharing my Confessions of a Broke Millionaire series as a cautionary tale that I hope sends at least one person into a fury of confessions that free them from any identities and performance they’ve been clinging to. If that person is you, then I’m honored to welcome you on the other side of telling the truth.
I’m excited to write this new chapter, and thank you for bearing witness.
Read Part 1 of Confessions of a Broke Millionaire:



So proud of yuh Danielle! I am what you called an OG CFS member & have been rockin with you since 2016. Taking your course changed my life as a student of Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine. It shifted the trajectory of my life in the best way possible & supported me in developing a way to live in alignment with myself & true purpose through my online offerings & creations. For that I am truly grateful & despite all they you went through, endured, sacrificed, & lost on your journey… I want you to know that it wasn’t for nothing & you definitely positively impacted at least one person on this planet. I’m really sorry you had to experience all those challenging things. All that is really intense & a lot to navigate. I’m happy you are honoring yourself & speaking your unfiltered truth in this season of your life. Wishing you all the best, much success in whatever you desire, & infinite BLISSings!
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Danielle, I’ve been following you for years and remain inspired by you. I’m here cheering you on as you continue to transcend with purpose and light.