About Dawn White
I'm a divorce coach, consultant, novelist, lifelong learner, and someone who believes that people are capable of remarkable resilience when they're given space to think clearly and move forward through life's challenges with intention.
My work takes several forms, but it's all driven by the same purpose: helping people make sense of complex situations.
I support individuals navigating divorce and family transition.
I partner with organizations seeking focus, alignment, and operational effectiveness.
And through writing fiction, I explore many of the same themes I encounter in coaching—family, relationships, resilience, forgiveness, and the choices that shape our lives.
Whether through coaching, consulting, or writing, I've always been drawn to helping people navigate life's most complex moments with clarity and intention.
The Experience I Bring
Over nearly three decades, I've mentored, coached, and led people at every stage of their professional journeys—from college students beginning their careers to high-performing teams and future leaders within Fortune 500 companies. Those experiences taught me that while every situation is different, people consistently benefit from having someone who can help them think clearly, ask thoughtful questions, and navigate complex decisions with confidence.
My creative background in writing and dance performance informs how I think and has sharpened my ability to structure ideas, communicate clearly, and remain adaptable in dynamic environments. Those experiences continue to shape how I solve problems, communicate ideas, and support people navigating complex situations.
Books
I've always been fascinated by the choices people make—and how those choices shape relationships, identity, and hope. That curiosity eventually led me to fiction.
I'm interested in the moments that shape us—the difficult decisions, unexpected detours, and quiet victories that often go unseen.
My novels explore resilience, family, forgiveness, and the unexpected paths that lead us home.
Summer of Frogs
During a hot, lazy summer in Georgia, 16-year-old Trixie sorts through the complexity of her parents' marriage, jealousy towards her adorable kid sister, and ambivalence about the religion she inherited. From a generation before texting and social media, Trixie relies on her best friend and partner-in-mischief, her vivid imagination, and her love of nature. For Trixie, it is the summer of frogs.
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The Leaving
When Trixie was sixteen, she learned how much could be lost without anything actually happening.
Years later, she is a mother herself-older, steadier, and still paying attention. When her marriage begins to unravel, Trixie finds herself facing the moment she has feared since girlhood: the moment when a child realizes the world is no longer secure.
Determined not to let history repeat itself, Trixie navigates early motherhood, betrayal, and the quiet devastation of abandonment with a vigilance born of experience. As the past presses in-through memory, inheritance, and the echoes of her own upbringing-she must decide what it means not just to survive loss, but to stop it from traveling any further.
The Leaving, a companion to Summer of Frogs, is a novel about motherhood without illusion, love as responsibility, and the hard, deliberate work of ending a cycle.
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If The Shoe Fits
If The Shoe Fits follows the intersecting lives of six women on one day as they discover something about love and loss, about themselves, about other women, and, yes, about shoes. In spite of age differences, there is one thing all women have in common—shoes mirror their state of mind. If The Shoe Fits mixes style and metaphor to create a poignant journey that transcends shoe preference.
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On The Other Foot
Three years after the day their lives intersected, the women of If The Shoe Fits are no longer standing on the same ground.
As judgment, loyalty, and restraint are tested, each woman is forced to reckon with what it means to stand by a decision when the outcome offers no comfort-only clarity.
A companion novel to If The Shoe Fits, the novel On The Other Foot is about moral reversals, quiet reckonings, and the distance between believing something is right and being able to live with it. It asks what happens when the shoe we once saw another woman wear becomes the one we must walk in ourselves.
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Life Outside of Work
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I live on a quiet stretch of river in Tennessee with my husband, our rescue cat, Banksy, and two boxer dogs, Belle and Lulu. It’s a setting that encourages perspective, reflection, and balance. Family is central to my life, whether we’re at home or traveling together with our two children, and it strongly influences how I show up in my work: present, thoughtful, and grounded.
When I'm not coaching, consulting, or writing, you'll often find me on the dance floor. Ballroom dancing has been a meaningful part of my life for many years. I've enjoyed competing and performing, and one of my favorite experiences was collaborating with my dance partner to choreograph and perform original ballroom routines for a live performance of an original musical. It was a wonderful reminder that some of the most rewarding experiences come from combining creativity, trust, and a willingness to embrace new challenges.
