MEET DEANNA | Deanna Chesley

Hello Readers! My name is Deanna Chesley!

I am glad you are here and I am very excited to share my books with you! I am the mother to four beautiful daughters. I have been working full time for the last few decades raising my daughters and they have kept me quite busy! I also taught 4th grade for several years before I had children, and loved every single minute of it. I have been raising and teaching children in one capacity or another for the last 30 years. Now I also get to go into classrooms and do fun author visits and share my books!

I love to write stories that will empower readers of all ages to understand how observing and shifting their thoughts, speaking with intention, and self-love have the power to change their lives. The inspiration for all my books has come from the experiences I've had while raising my own children...which have been endless!

I am also a certified, somatic life and wellness coach. I help people dissolve their limiting beliefs, unblock energy/trauma in their bodies, breathe properly and regulate their nervous systems - so they can heal in all ways! I help people remember their own Divine truths to help them live life as the empowered creator that they are! I've walked the path of my own healing journey for the last 12 years. See my 'Why I Write' page.

I currently live in Arizona with my family. Arizona has been good to me and really puts on quite a display with some of the most beautiful sunsets on earth... and I still plan to have a home by the ocean one day!

Some FUN FACTS, TALENTS, and FAVORITE THINGS that make me UNIQUELY ME!

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Being a mother and spending time with my family is my favorite! I love being a mom!
I love flower gardening - I have two rose gardens at my home and grow a variety of other flowers too.
I love fruit smoothies. My favorite fruits are peaches, watermelons, pineapples and cherries.
I am a certified trauma-informed, somatic life coach and practitioner.
My favorite sport to play is tennis, and I have been known to serve up an ace or two back in the day.
I can bake and decorate fancy cakes!
My favorite place to be is the beach. It is my happy place. Especially Hawaii.
I am 5'8" tall and have been this tall since I was 12 years old.
I am a Gryffindor in the Harry Potter world.
I'm a good cook and I make mouth watering Texas sheet cake. My banana bread is a close second!
I love learning and reading books.
I know a lot about health and how the body functions, because I have walked my own healing journey.
I am a certified bio-energetics practitioner. I help people unblock traumas and move energy through their body!
I was a 4th grade teacher before I had children and I loved it!
I love snorkeling in warm oceans - Maui and the Cayman Islands were my favorites.
I really enjoy a nice dinner out. Throw in a nice sunset view and I'm in heaven.
I like working in my yard.
I love doing anything in nature... rivers, sunsets, Fall leaves, oceans, beaches, plants, gardening.
I love great concerts. Some of my favorites have been Faith Hill, Taylor Swift and yes... . 1D (the loudest by far!)
I love to watch a beautiful sunset and luckily Arizona has some of the best.
I love meditating and deep, slow belly breathing. It calms my mind and my body.
The movie's Dan In Real Life and The Count of Monte Cristo are two of my favorites.
I enjoy riding on my electric scooter or bike around the neighborhood with my daughter.
Autumn time is one of my favorite seasons.
I am the creative art director for all of my books. I love designing and creating my books!
My kids say I can chit-chat with pretty much anyone.
I am not an early morning riser... and I am not a night owl.
I love doing tai chi. Bonus if I'm next to an ocean or outside.
I enjoy making floral wreaths. I have made one for every month of the year.
I love to watch The Great British Baking show! It is my favorite!
I am a Sagittarius, an Enneagram 8 (The Advocate), and a Pitta/Vata in Ayurveda terms.
I love doing classroom visits! The kids are the best! We have so much fun!