The Love Coach
Dedicated to helping you fix what is broken
ONE CALL can Improve Your Love Life
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The Love Coach
Dedicated to helping you fix what is broken
ONE CALL
Can Improve Your Love Life.
Click the button to schedule a time.
WHO I AM
Broken to Brave
Hi, I'm Donna Barnes. I call my video podcast Broken to Brave because we're all a little broken, and I want to inspire people to be brave enough to address it. I've coached hundreds of clients of all ages, backgrounds, and orientations, to have better relationships since 2007.
I have a lot of compassion for people. I fully understand feeling broken, and my intention is to help people feel whole. I am a New York University Certified Life & Love Coach, however, I can promise you there has been no better teacher than my personal experiences.
You see, I suddenly lost my Mom as a teenager, when we'd had a difficult, complicated relationship. So I escaped to New York City with a modeling agency, in the 80s, when Manhattan was a pretty wild place. I studied acting, and human behavior, then moved to Los Angeles in the 90s, when "Me Too" was accepted as the casting couch.
In 2001, I went to a party, and it changed my life. I was asked to be in a reality show called, "The Real Sex & the City". That led to co-hosting 205 episodes of a talk show called Naked New York, about sex & relationships, and by the end of that decade I was writing my first magazine column, had been through NYU and was now coaching others how to have better relationships. I published my book, Giving Up Junk-Food Relationships, and became the relationship expert for Good Morning America.
My clients tell me I give them a unique perspective — a combination of practical hindsight, intelligence, and academic knowledge. It’s incredibly validating when they call to simply say, “You were right!” I can’t help but think, “It’s about time I got it right.” Five decades later, I feel I have earned the title The Love Coach. My favorite part is helping people make better choices than I did.
You're very easy to talk to and enthusiastic about what you teach.
Gabby
New York, New York
HOW I CAN HELP YOU
My Coaching Style
DATING | RELATIONSHIPS | BREAKUPS
I always want my clients to feel heard, and cared about. So coaching with me is all about you — figuring out what is going on with you, what would be best for you, and how you can achieve it. I'm very flexible with my hours.
I'm told I'm easy to talk to, and coaching with me frequently takes on a big sister or mentor type feeling. I’ll even share my personal experiences with you when I think it will give you more clarity, or help you feel validated, or normal. I've been through a lot these past 50+ years — good, bad, and ugly; you might as well benefit from my mistakes, successes, and tragedies, (in addition to my education).
My coaching is 100% confidential, unbiased, and nonjudgmental.
Whether you’re LGBTQ+, straight, male, female, non-binary, young, or old, anywhere in the world — if you're stuck and not sure what to do, I’ll help you make good choices to move forward and be happier. I may be available right now, even at night and on weekends.
"I reached out to Donna and after just a first phone call felt deeply understood, which meant everything at that moment."
Laura, Westport, CT
"I got engaged two weeks ago. Thanks for all your excellent insight over the years."
John, New York, NY
"I wish I would of come across your advice earlier. I bet half the population are making these mistakes but don't know it."
Tina, New York, NY
Online empowerment masterclasses
Be your Best Self at your Own Pace
Step-By-Step Guided Actions
My most complete coaching programs, both Action Plans guide you through my simple steps to feel empowered, and become the best version of yourself. Including...
Choose the best one for you...
From Broken to Brave
This 5-Step Action Plan will help you recognize if your ex is even right for you, and if not, how you can find someone better. Step 1: No Contact, Step 2: Help to Feel Better, Step 3: Mindfulness, Step 4: Closure, Step 5: Dating Again.
Just broke up, just can't let go, or stuck in limbo
This 2-Step Action Plan will hold your hand, giving you tools to help you navigate the grief stages of a painful breakup. Step 1: No Contact, Step 2: Help to Feel Better.
Single, just met someone, or in a relationship
This 3-Step Action Plan will improve your primary relationship, the one with yourself, and help you create a loving partnership. Step 1: Fixing Me, Step 2: Choosing Wisely, Step 3: Making It Last
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes
This 1-Step Action Plan has self-growth tools to improve your primary relationship, the one with yourself, to become your best self. Step 1: Fixing Me.
Giving up junk-food relationships
My book that started it all — Bad relationships are pretty much the same as junk-food.
As a teenage model whose only income came from what I looked like, I was obsessed with working out and trying to eat right. It was a constant battle between enjoying what I ate or enjoying how I looked. At the same time, I had no idea what boundaries were, and looking back, I definitely had a few “What was I thinking?” relationships. If I had thought then to put a food value on men, I would have known exactly whom to indulge in and whom to avoid. That’s how the idea for Giving Up Junk-Food Relationships was born. Like attracts like; therefore, you are who you meet, just as you are what you eat. My 2012 book bottom lines how to make your relationships healthy, and more importantly how to tell when things have gone bad.
"A welcome addition to the self-help genre that aims to heal body and mind." — Kirkus Reviews
REACH OUT
Contact Donna
I'm available for TV, Radio, and Written interviews virtually or in studio in New York, Philadelphia, or the surrounding areas. I'm willing to travel to Los Angeles.
Want to collaborate with me? Have questions about my coaching?
If you want my advice, please sign up for coaching: COACHING CALL
FOR TV HOSTING & EXPERT ROLES
Mark Turner, Gersh Agency
Locations & Hours
On-Air, in-studio appearances in New York or Philadelphia. Virtual on-air appearances via 4K webcam with professional audio and lighting.
Virtual Coaching via Zoom or Phone, anywhere in the world.
My hours are very flexible. I'm willing to meet in the evening or on weekends.
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