Faith-Forward Coaching, Certification & Community

What if your past doesn't have to define who you are?

It is possible to step into the next chapter of your life with joy, freedom, and feeling like yourself. I'm Dani, your guide who's actually been there. I empower, encourage, and equip you to walk through your mess and make meaning from it.

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Coaching for where you are right now.

You don't have to carry it all alone or figure it out by yourself.

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Need more one-on-one help and support? Individual coaching is perfect when you need someone to walk you through your shit. ;) And help you find more purpose, peace, and joy.

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A Holy Mess is ranked in the top 1% of podcasts worldwide. We have conversations about faith, mental health, and the things most people won't say out loud.

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Dani Sumner
Dani SumnerLife Transformation Coach & Spiritual Director · Host, A Holy Mess
Meet Your Guide

I'm Dani. I love Jesus, I cuss a little, and I help people like you.

I didn't plan any of this. A really bad year, a hotel room in my hometown, and a promise I made God when I was two weeks sober, and that's the whole origin story.

Just over a decade of walking people through shame, regret, grief, anxiety, and the messy in-between on my own podcast (ranked in the top 1% worldwide), in my coaching practice, and now in the certification I built for those who feel pulled to use what they've walked through to help others too.

No BS or "Christianese" slogans or platitudes served here, I promise.

The past doesn't disqualify you.

Maybe You Just Need Permission

Permission to…

  • dream again
  • take care of yourself
  • stop letting your past write your future
  • say no without a paragraph of guilt
  • believe you're not too broken, too old, or too late
  • ask for help
Where I'm Spending My Energy Right Now

You have been through it. Now get paid to help someone else through it.

The Messy Life Transformation Certification is a six-month live program that takes you from "I want to help people" to certified, confident, and ready to coach — built around the M.E.S.S.Y. Framework, forged in my own real life, not some guru system from someone who's had it easy.

  • A career or side hustle: certified coaches routinely charge $75–$300+ an hour
  • Live weekly calls, twelve training modules, and supervised coaching hours
  • A private community that won't let your "shitty committee" (negative self-talk) have the last word
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★★★★★

"Dani helped me see the golden thread running through my story and reconnect with the woman beneath years of caregiving, fear, and survival. I am not just learning transformation. I am living it."

Betsy W. · Certified Coach
★★★★★

"Honestly, I haven't felt like this since before high school (I'm 55). I'm back. I'm happy. Life has just begun. Dani helped me find harmony, joy, peace, and purpose."

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Not Ready For All That Yet?

Sometimes you just need someone to walk with you first.

One-on-one coaching, and my group programs, The Feel Better Journey and The Third Act. We help you transform your story and work through regret, shame, grief, anxiety, and ALL the messy parts of your story. This is faith-forward coaching with zero platitudes: real tools, a real relationship, and someone who's actually been where you are.

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Real People. Real Transformations.

What people say after doing the work.

★★★★★

"I've done therapy for years, but this is the first time I feel spiritually anchored and emotionally safe enough to actually change."

Coaching Client
★★★★★

"This program has been life-changing. I now have the tools, skills, and expertise to coach individuals in my target audience — invaluable to my life and a business game-changer."

Erica T. · Messy Life Transformation Client
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A Holy Mess

Deep, honest conversations about faith, mental health, and the things most people won't say out loud.

Grace and compassion are free. Learning to truly walk in them is a lifetime journey, and a holy process. Let's journey together.

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Or explore working with me one-on-one if coaching for yourself is the next right step.

Your friend and fellow journeyer,
XO, Dani