Valorie Burton

VALORIE BURTON is a national bestselling author, international speaker and life strategist. She is the founder and CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute. Her life-changing message has an intriguing, research-based emphasis in the pioneering field of applied positive psychology – the study of what happens when things go right with us. Her company provides coaching, coach training and resilience training and has served clients in all fifty states and fifteen countries on six continents. Since 1999, she has written thirteen books on personal development translated into nine languages, including the bestsellers Successful Women Think Differently, Successful Women Speak Differently and What’s Really Holding You Back?. She has been a regular guest expert for the TODAY Show, CNN, Dr. Oz, and Essence, and has spoken for hundreds of organizations around the globe. She was named one of the top 60 motivational speakers in America, one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in the field of personal development, and featured in Ebony Magazine’s “Power 100” List. In 2020, two of her books received the Bronze Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. She earned a master’s degree in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in journalism from Florida A&M University, and a BA from Florida State University. @valorieburton