Dana BALICKI

Dana helped me re-discover my light and with her I went on a radial journey of learning to love myself once again. Dana lovingly helped me re-write my story of who I am. She helped me see the stories that had unconsciously been running the show of my life for 20 years. I can now say that I deeply believe in my own worth, my power, and my capacity to create change, both for myself and for the world. Dana led me to the most beautiful discovery I could have ever hoped for: self love. Working with Dana has brought me the liberation I’d sought for so long, but didn’t know how to access. She is a miracle worker. Dana is the real deal, doing transformative healing work that our world needs.

When I started working with Dana I was feeling disconnected from myself, longing for a way to dig deeper, clear out the negativity, anxiety, and fear that had felt more present in my life than ever before. Dana provided a safe and encouraging space to clear out old ways of thinking/being and opened the door to see the abundance around me and the power I have to create a life in my own vision…I came away feeling empowered to just be me in a way I’ve never felt! I’ve felt a shift in the pride I take in my work and my drive to see that work succeed. In our work, I set a “deep” dream number for my business. I’d never made that much before. And I hit it!!!! I can’t believe it. I have my new number for 2018, I’m feeling the major momentum!

I was anxious and directionless regarding career growth and having intimate relationships . These aspects of life seemed vague and I did not feel empowered making choices in regards to them. What specific solution did my work/I provide? I would say that it helped me really see my belief systems in a concrete way. A belief is such an abstract and intangible thing that when you sit and write and illustrate them, the picture gets clearer. From the clarity, you are able to establish what the limitation is and then move beyond it; the growing edge as I learned! So specifically, I would say I was able with your help, shape my belief into something I feel more congruence with. My experience was positive even though it was painful at times. There were times of resistance too as I didn’t want to do the work but I knew I would get as much as I put into it. You are such a lovely person to be around! Your ability to usher me to my growing edges was always graceful, compassionate, encouraging, heartfelt and gentle. I would tell them that this is work but with great rewards; that if they were ready to get honest and take a real look into what they believe about themselves and their lives and want to make significant and real changes, get on board!

Working with Dana is such a great way to find your way back onto your path, feel more centered in who you are, and help to discover things you may not have even realized that you want. Since completing our program I am now focused more than ever on making the specific life I want.

My work with Dana gave me the ability to reframe, in many instances, 20 – 30 years of conditioning. I’ve learned to create healthier boundaries in relationships, a hopeful vision for the future, to stop pathologizing, and to show myself more love and respect. Dana has also reminded me simply that I’m human and no matter how far off-track I may veer, the simple fact that I’m aware of it shows that I’m still doing the work. That removed a lot of undue pressure that I’ve been putting on myself for years in the moments that felt like a relapse. Through our work, I’ve learned to be more gentle with myself. What always lacked in conventional therapy/coaching methods for me was the spiritual component that Dana brings to the table, along with her wisdom, intuition, honesty, and ability to peel back the layers to uncover the truth.

Working with Dana 1:1 was one of the most important investments I’ve ever made in myself. I came to her at a time where I felt conflicted about my personal and professional goals, and about what was really most important to me. Through our 6 months of work together, she created a supportive structure that allowed me to answer my own questions. As a result, I walked away with both clarity and confidence. I felt more connected with my body, my sense of spirituality, my relationships, and my goals. Since we completed our work together, so many pieces of my life that felt stuck before have moved into a new alignment that more deeply resonates. And I now feel like I can confidently take risks that I know are in pursuit of my higher purpose. I cannot recommend her enough.

Dana came into my life exactly and perfectly when I needed her. She helped me find the voice, dreams, goals, faith, and belief in myself that I had lost. The gates flew open to making decisions for myself I’d been terrified to make for years. She is one of the most soothing and insightful people I have ever met and I am forever in awe of her ability to know the right questions to ask, the right time to nudge me forward and always always make me laugh, even through a few tears. My last session with her, which I think about daily, I was sobbing and hysterically laughing at the same time and yelling at the top of my lungs, “I get it, I finally get it, I get it, thank you Dana!!” Thank you Dana!

There is the way I saw the world and myself before Dana, and then there is now. The change is gracefully subtle, compassionate, and full of groundbreaking spirit – just like her. The work for me was a perfect combination of mind-bending big ideas and the small steps we can take to move towards them. I approached Dana as a business owner in crisis: “I have no idea what I am doing”… “I am not sure this is what I should be doing”… “Why don’t I have enough money, ever?”… “I must be terrible at my job”. These were the constant tangled threads. As we began to unravel the knots, I quickly saw the connection between these thoughts and the reality they create. We also began to connect the mind with the heart and the body, giving me tools to tackle insane anxiety and create calm spaces for new, expansive thoughts to form. This is life changing work, and Dana is an exceptional and rare spirit guide. I often wonder if a person has had a more profound impact on my life.

Before working with Dana I had a really hard time trusting my inner voice. I constantly put other people’s opinions and desires before my own, leading to a lack of self-trust. Dana lead me through a beautiful process of uncovering and shifting that relationship with myself through learning, listening, guided healing visualizations, creating affirmations, and more. My experience working with Dana was life-changing, truly. It wasn’t all easy, but after every session, I felt closer to who I really am. It wasn’t a “chipping away” of all the gunk society gloms onto our souls, it was softer, like a sweeping. I look back on those 6 months as one of the sweetest times of my life. So much healing. Discovery. Shifting. Clarity. Dana served as an inspired facilitator who lovingly held all the space for me that I needed. If you’re looking for a quick fix or someone to tell you exactly what to do, this isn’t for you. But if having a wise, warm presence to ask the right questions and tenderly guide you to your own inner knowing sounds good, I couldn’t recommend Dana enough.

As a new mom juggling a fundraising career with an emerging artistic practice I simply felt stuck. Dana helped me wade through the crap we all pile on ourselves and actually fully answer the scary question: what do I really want out of life? It was like diving down into a deep and sometimes scary pool, but then seeing sunlight and breaking the surface. I’m still learning how to be a better swimmer, but working with Dana gave me flippers and a snorkel so I’m no longer floundering.

I came to Dana feeling stuck and frustrated about several aspects for happiness in my life. I was having trouble finding a focus to engage and move forward, not really knowing that I felt certain in a direction of choosing. I was exhausting my efforts and spinning my wheels trying to find something. Dana was able to help be uncover some of the belief systems that were no longer useful for me. Things that were holding me back from making better choices, and gravitating toward the things I love. To trust myself in the creation of my own path. She allowed me to realize these beliefs not only in the contribution I have with career and work life, but also within my relationships with so much else. In working with Dana I felt encouraged, challenged, and very supported. She is a gentle soul that truly knows her stuff when it comes to empowerment training. She was able to improvise during our sessions where she felt alternative plans were needed based on my current state or feedback. The sessions were intuitive for her and always surprising in their effects.

From coaching on how to have honest, loving clarity in romantic relationships, to wisdom on transitioning out of a long-term non-profit job, to advice on negotiating future employment, Dana’s skillful support has helped transform my life. She gets me to explore my truest desires and biggest dreams and dares me to engage in fierce conversations.

I’ll always be glad of the tools I acquired during my sessions with Dana. They’re tools which were available to me all along, deep in my own self, but which I didn’t even know existed – and they’re so valuable and so powerful that it’s actually scary to think I might have gone on in my life and my career without knowing that they were there to draw on. Dana’s practice focuses on empowerment at a fundamental level, the level at which we as people talk to ourselves and create the inner monologue which follows us around all day; that this is something which can be changed and reshaped for the better is one of the most important things I’ve ever learned. Since working with Dana, I’ve finished a major project, gotten a new job, pinpointed the things which matter to me personally and professionally – and I’m still learning. If you’re stuck, if you’re overwhelmed, if you’re feeling as though you messed up or missed out on the things you wanted to do, I can’t recommend Dana’s sessions highly enough. As for Dana, she’s wonderful to work with – she’s smart, focused, and brimming with empathy and problem-solving wizardry. Do yourself a favour and book a consultation!

I never believed in coaching until I met Dana. She was the person I could hear, and through this gift, was able to hear myself – my fears, hopes, desires, and dreams. At a time when I was making weighty decisions in my personal and professional life, Dana’s guidance enabled me to tap into the deep beliefs hidden beneath the surface of my everyday life and find clarity and vision for my future.

Working with Dana definitely helped me to do what I set out to do — get closer to becoming the person I want to be. I discovered some deep and important insights into myself through Dana’s coaching. Putting the work we did together into practice, I feel stronger and healthier than I ever have and far clearer on the path towards my dreams.

My work with Dana began at a time of major personal life upheaval. I was on the precipice of my journey towards self-healing but did not have direction or belief in my ability to really change my own mindset, my internal dialogue, and my belief system. At a moment when I had all of the desire to make a change and none of the tools, Dana came into my life with an industrial-grade utility belt made up of language, rituals, and accountability to articulate my wounds, address them head-on, and make incremental shifts. Working through my limiting beliefs about myself with Dana, I’ve been able to create a vision of the future self I’m becoming. The simple act of speaking that future self into reality with affirmations has gently pulled me into this next phase. Dana is such a real and personal teacher/guide, and I’m so grateful for her work.

I sought out Dana’s help because I was burnt out from very low-paying non-profit arts work, and wanted to shift away from promoting others’ work and into focusing on putting my own work front and center, and examine my relationship with money — why I felt like I’d never have any, why I felt shy about charging for my services, and how to make more money. Whew! While we got into that, working with Dana was a total life overhaul! I gravitated toward Dana because of her history in the Occupy movement, and liked that she spoke the language of astrology — woo but not too woo — still grounded and honest and a gentle badass. I can honestly say that my life has transformed because of the work I did with Dana. My business is expanding, I left a long-term relationship, started offering more personalized and intentional magical services, lead my first witchy retreat, did a bunch of magical traveling that I felt like I would have talked myself out of before working with Dana, and basically have a different mindset about who I am, what I’m capable of, what I deserve, what my boundaries are, and what nourishes me. I love how Dana immediately felt like a sister, is completely non-judgemental, and how I continue to feel like she’s rooting for me all the way and I could lean on her for support when things got confusing. I especially appreciated that she has experience working with other witches/healers/artists, and it just felt like we clicked from the beginning. I’ve been shouting her praises from the rooftops, but let me say it here too: If you want to change your life for the wayyyyy better and are ready to put in the work, Dana is your gal!

I was introduced to Dana by a very close friend when I was looking for some targeted guidance. I had had, like many people, a very difficult time during the early parts of the covid pandemic which included losing a job and ending a long-term relationship. Though I had done therapy in the past as a young adult, I had spent the previous ten years very focused on my career. I felt pretty lost after losing my job and ending another long-term relationship that wasn’t working out. I knew that I wasn’t looking for a weekly therapy outlet or classic psychotherapy. My friend recommended Dana as working with a completely different framework and method. Dana held and holds space for me in a way that gave me the room to explore my own patterns and issues. She gave me a new perspective from which to approach my own life and my own experience. In particular, when it came to being able to acknowledge and look clearly at my emotional life and vulnerabilities which up until working with Dana I had learned to ignore or reject. She guided me towards a better knowing of myself with tools I will now always have. Dana was incredibly generous and flexible with her schedule and time, this was really helpful for me because for most of the period we worked together I was living nomadically and also working full-time. There is not enough space here to say how grateful I am to Dana and to my friend who introduced me to Dana; they both helped to transform my life and my ability to be present and witness my experience. I highly recommend Dana to anyone looking for spaciousness, kindness, and a safe place to delve into your emotional, bodily, and spiritual experience.

Before working with Dana I was getting stuck in full-time hustle mode. Even though I knew it wasn’t the way I wanted to live or run my business, I couldn’t break out of the cycle. Dana gently but firmly held me accountable to create the life I actually desired, which led to me creating an extremely successful semi-passive income model while significantly reducing my active work time. Thanks to Dana, I not only have dramatically shifted my relationship to work and time, but I also have the tools to continue to readjust when I need to. Dana is a a total dream, and I am so grateful to have her by my side.