Writer, Speaker, Millennial Multi-Hyphenate
I help organizations and people identify the real cause of burnout and reclaim their time.
the Anti-Career Coach®
Work shouldn't cost you your well-being or your life.
For too long, we’ve optimized for productivity at the expense of well-being.
We’ve built workplaces that extract rather than empower, prioritizing profit over purpose, burnout over belonging, and hustle over humanity. The result?
More Americans are working multiple jobs to survive than ever recorded before. 85% of employees are disengaged at work, costing the global economy an estimated $8.8 trillion.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
The data is clear: Purpose-driven companies are 23% more profitable. Yet many continue to measure success through outdated metrics rather than the real indicators of a thriving workforce.
I help organizations build human-first cultures, proving what many of us already know: prioritizing humanity at work isn’t just good for people—it’s good for business.
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On the Stage
Speeches & keynotes on burnout, employee disengagement, and workplace well-being.
You’ve seen the engagement scores. The quiet quitting amongst younger generations. The exit interviews that say some version of the same thing. Burnout, disengagement, and turnover aren’t a mindset issue or professional weakness inside your people. They’re a design issue inside the way modern work is built.
There’s a better way forward: one that proves that prioritizing humanity at work isn’t just good for people—it’s good for business.
Testimonials
On the Screen
I turn up on a lot of stages, podcasts, and in the occasional newsroom.
- I delivered a TED Talk at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia in June 2026 - release date coming soon.
- My TEDx talk, Why Working Harder Isn't Working, has been watched more than 54,000 times.
- My work has been featured in Forbes, NBC, Entrepreneur, and on Al Jazeera's The Stream.
You can also find me on social media @imdanielleroberts, where I reach 3M eyeballs every month.
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Available for Collaborations
I’m available for brand partnerships, podcasts, and collabs that align with my values.
the anti-career coach®
Hey! I'm Danielle (or Dani)
I spent the first half of my life being "good." Now I'm learning what's true.
I’ve always been the high-achiever. The dependable one. The woman who said YES! to everything and called my burnout ambition.
It took my mom dying and a layoff a decade later to realize my drive was a mask, and I was hiding from a version of myself I wasn’t ready to meet yet.
I’ve since met her, and she’s far less interested in being impressive, and much more interested in what makes her feel alive.
So come in. There’s a lot going on here — speeches and opinions and merch and a forthcoming book — but it all runs on one stubborn idea: No job can ever fill the void of a half-lived life.
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