Valorie Burton
{{Short description|American writer}}
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|alma_mater = Florida State University
Florida A&M University
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Valorie Burton is a life coach, author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the Coaching and Positive Psychology Institute (CaPP).
Burton has been featured on the TODAY Show{{cite web|title=January 1st, 2015 'Be Unstoppable!' 4 fears that hold you back|url=http://www.today.com/video/today/56705954|publisher=The Today Show|access-date=3 September 2016|date=January 1, 2015}} and the Dr. Oz Show{{cite web|title=Find Your Purpose: Shedding Emotional Baggage|url=http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/find-your-purpose-shedding-emotional-baggage|publisher=The Dr. Oz Show|access-date=3 September 2016|date=September 13, 2012}} and has made regular appearances on CNN and HLN. She has written for Oprah Magazine,{{cite web|last1=Burton|first1=Valorie|title=What's Holding You Back?|url=http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Whats-Holding-You-Back_5|publisher=O Magazine|access-date=3 September 2016}} Essence Magazine{{cite web|last1=Burton|first1=Valorie|title=Your Prime Time is Now|url=http://www.essence.com/2014/08/19/your-prime-time-now|publisher=Essence Magazine|access-date=3 September 2016|date=August 13, 2014}} and many others. She was a columnist for BlackAmericaWeb.com{{cite web|title=Valorie Burton|url=http://blackamericaweb.com/tag/valorie-burton/|publisher=Black America Web|access-date=3 September 2016}} and is a frequent guest on CNN's Reclaim Your Career segment.{{cite web|title=Reclaim Your Career|url=http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/14/reclaim-your-career/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127195625/http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/14/reclaim-your-career/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2010|publisher=CNN|access-date=3 September 2016|date=November 14, 2010}}
Burton co-hosted the Emmy-award-winning television program Aspiring Women, which aired on the Total Living Network (TLN).{{cite web|title=Aspiring Women|url=https://tln.com/featured-tln-programs/aspiring-women-on-tln/|publisher=Total Living Network|access-date=3 September 2016}} She has also co-hosted the national television program The Potter’s Touch with T.D. Jakes which aired weekdays on the TBN and BET.{{cite book|last1=Tice|first1=Karen W.|title=Queens of Academe: Beauty Pageantry, Student Bodies, and College Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3xXJTpQHVkkC&q=The+Potter%E2%80%99s+Touch+valorie+burton&pg=PA178|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=3 September 2016|pages=178|date=April 17, 2012|isbn=9780199842803}}
Early years
Burton grew up moving a number of times as a child in an Air Force family, living in Florida, West Germany and Colorado.{{cite web|title=5 Lessons to Remember When You Are Feeling Stuck, Frustrated, or Unsure!|url=http://valorieburton.com/2014/09/5-lessons-remember-feeling-stuck-frustrated-unsure/|publisher=Valorie Burton|access-date=3 September 2016|date=September 7, 2014}} She spent eight years in Dallas, Texas, which is where she started her first business, The Burton Agency. Burton ran the marketing and public relations firm from 1997 until 2001. The agency helped companies shape their image, positively influence customers and increase sales. In 2001, she founded Inspire, Inc.{{cite web|last1=Campbell|first1=Rhonda|title=Entrepreneur Spotlight: Valorie Burton, Founder of Inspire Incorporated|url=http://madamenoire.com/167837/entrepreneur-spotlight-valorie-burton-founder-of-inspire-incorporated/|publisher=Madame Noire|access-date=3 September 2016|date=May 14, 2012}} In the same year, Burton was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to the Governor's Commission for Women and served a two-year term.{{cite web|title=Governor's Commission for Women 2001-2003 Biennial Report|url=http://gov.texas.gov/files/women/2001-2003report.pdf|publisher=State of Texas|access-date=3 September 2016}} In 2009, she launched CaPP to address organization’s coach training needs. The CaPP Institute offers coach training programs that focus on what makes people happier, more resilient, and prepared to perform better. The programs also provide participants with positive psychology research based tactics for entrepreneurial success.
Burton is a former Miss Black Texas USA,{{cite web|title=Celebrating 25 Exceptional Years|url=http://www.missblackusa.org/success-stories/|publisher=Miss Black USA|access-date=3 September 2016}} Miss Black USA "top 10" finalist, and a runner-up to Miss Texas.{{cite book|last1=Bergren|first1=Lisa T.|title=What Women Want: The Life You Crave and How God Satisfies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv3X3o_R900C&q=Miss+Black+Texas+USA+valorie+burton&pg=PA210|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|access-date=3 September 2016|pages=210|date=June 10, 2009|isbn=9780307499349}} Ms. Burton is a credentialed member of the International Coach Federation and a member of the National Speakers Association.
Education
Burton graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a master's degree in applied positive psychology. She is also a graduate of Florida State University and has a master's degree in journalism from Florida A&M University.{{cite web|title=Resilient and Ready: How to Thrive Through Challenge and Change|url=http://www.ywcaofcleveland.org/site/c.9hKQL9NNLmJ2G/b.8469569/k.9824/Valorie_Burton.htm|publisher=YWCA of Cleveland|access-date=3 September 2016}}
Publications
Burton is author of several books including Successful Women Think Differently, What's Really Holding You Back, and Happy Women Live Better, Rich Minds Rich Rewards, How Did I Get So Busy, Listen to Your Life, Why Not You? 28 Days to Authentic Confidence, Start Here Start Now, Get Unstuck, Be Unstoppable, and Where Will You Go From Here?, and Successful Women Speak Differently.
In Rich Minds, Rich Rewards (2001), she describes ways to focus "on what's truly important in life."{{Cite news|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Self-help+round+up.-a080493452|title=Self-Help Round-Up|last=Gardner|first=Janine|date=1 November 2001|work=Black Issues Book Review |publisher=Cox, Matthews & Associates |access-date=7 November 2023 |via=TheFreeLibrary}} In What's Really Holding You Back? (2005), Burton tackles fear, uncertainty and anxiety and how people can free themselves of fear.{{Cite journal|last=Carter|first=Andria Y.|date=2005|title=What's Really Holding You Back?|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=18067007&site=ehost-live|journal=Black Issues Book Review|volume=7|issue=5|page=72|access-date=6 September 2016|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}} Library Journal calls How Did I Get So Busy? (2007) more than a "quick fix."{{Cite journal|last=Bigelow|first=Deborah|date=2007|title=How Did I Get So Busy?: The 28-Day Plan To Free Your Time, Reclaim Your Schedule, and Reconnect with What Matters Most|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=27883942&site=ehost-live|journal=Library Journal|volume=132|issue=19|page=68|access-date=6 September 2016|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}} Her book Why Not You? (2008), contains practical tips and a questionnaire for readers to "identify which four confidence levels they embody."{{Cite journal|date=March 2008|title=The Center of Success|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=31156678&site=ehost-live|journal=Black Enterprise|volume=38|issue=8|page=123|access-date=6 September 2016|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}
In 2020, Burton released her most recent book, "Life Coaching for Successful Women" and advice on New Year's resolution to loudly tell your goals and start with baby steps.{{Cite web|date=17 January 2020|title=How to stick to your New Year's resolutions|url=https://www.today.com/video/how-to-stick-to-your-new-year-s-resolutions-76952645531|access-date=8 July 2020|website=Today.com}} Burton also gave decision-making advice, "Without understanding God deep in our hearts, there is no success".{{Cite web|date=6 February 2020|title=Valorie Burton On Her New Book, Life Coaching For Successful Women|url=https://www.moms.com/valorie-burton-life-coaching-for-successful-women-book-interview/|access-date=8 July 2020|website=moms}}
Personal life
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.valorieburton.com}}
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