Highlights

• Author of Weed Mom: The Canna-Curious Woman's Guide to Healthier Relaxation, Happier Parenting, and Chilling TF Out (Ulysses Press, 2020)

• Yoga and meditation instructor facilitating body-mind integration for two decades

• Former adjunct faculty at American University

Experience

Danielle Simone Brand, MA, has two decades of varied experience as a writer. She’s been a researcher on issues of international conflict resolution at the United States Institute of Peace, an alternative newspaper staff writer, a freelance journalist, and a traditionally published author. In the last five years, she has written widely on mind/body/spirit practices and relationships, as well as cannabis and psychedelics research. Brand has been featured in publications including Greatist, Reader's Digest, VICE, High Times, What's Up Moms, DoubleBlind, SheKnows, Scary Mommy, and The New York Times. 

Following the publication of her book Weed Mom (2020, Ulysses Press) – a guide to the legal cannabis marketplace for contemporary parents and winner of the Book of the Year award at the 2021 Women's Cannabis Expo – Brand wrote, lectured, and made frequent national and local media appearances on the subject.

Brand also holds an advanced certification in teaching yoga (E-RYT 500) and has studied and applied mind-body practices throughout her life. Previously, she founded and ran a successful yoga therapy business in Washington, D.C. and taught for-credit exercise theory and practice courses for undergraduates at American University.

Education

Danielle earned a Bachelor of Arts in gender studies from Dartmouth College and a Master of Arts in international conflict resolution from American University. She has also extensively studied mind-body practices at Kripalu Center, earning numerous yoga credentials over the years and training other yoga teachers.