Written Works

Dana’s Written Works (Books, Cards, and Accompaniments)

Veda & Ten Recs Accompaniments | Cards of Inspiration and Empowerment

Dana’s written content goes beyond a few published books. Always a teacher at heart, Dana offers accompanying materials to really hit her point home! If the message doesn’t hit with one of her book, pick up a journal or a deck of cards or even a piece of art. In all of Dana’s creativity, she has ensured that there is something of value for everybody!

Dana Sardano received her BA Special Education and spent the bulk of her career as the Director of Student Development in a private college preparatory high school, where she taught English, history, study and organizational skills. Throughout Dana’s career, she wore many hats, but her greatest passion was keeping her students captivated with her personal stories and inspirational anecdotes. In 2017, Dana retired from a 23-year career in education to pursue a career as a visual artist and writer and has since authored several books, bringing the magic of her stories to life.

A Woman’s Journey

A Woman’s Journey celebrates the magnificence of the woman through the vibrant artwork of Dana Sardano. Dana created A Woman’s Journey for herself in February 2017 as an homage to women, her own journey, and her new life as an artist. Seven years later, after living the best years of her own woman’s journey, she has chosen to expand this beautiful work to reflect her own personal expansion and share it with you.

Let us take a peek into artist Dana Sardano’s soul and revel in the beauty of this woman’s journey together.

In celebration of this first printing, Dana is personalizing the experience by signing every book that is preordered.

Also, as a token of gratitude, she will be sending you a prezzie in the mail.

Why you ask? Because prezzies in the mail are the best!

A Woman’s Journey by Dana Sardano

• Retail Price: $125.00 USD

• 8.5in x 11in (21.59cm x 27.94cm)

• 172 Full Color Beautifully Printed Interior Pages

• Limited Edition Hardcover Signed by the Author

Take a look inside this magnificent book:

My New Brain

When Dana’s younger daughter entered kindergarten and was learning how to read, Dana created My New Brain, an adorable little story that acknowledges her daughter’s challenges with listening and following directions but spotlights the importance of teaching her personal accountability.  

*Handsaw aside, My New Brain is based on a true story.

Me, You, Ubuntu!

Ubuntu is an ancient African word that means I am because we are. 

When author and illustrator Dana Sardano began raising both her daughters, she committed to breaking unhealthy cycles and teaching her girls another way—a better way. Dana began to instill the philosophy of ubuntu into her child rearing to ensure that her children valued cooperation over competition, that they understood humanity is based on our humanness and our humanness begins with empathy and kindness. When Dana’s elder daughter entered kindergarten and was learning how to read, Dana created Me, You, Ubuntu, an adorable little story that celebrates sharing and caring.  Me, You, Ubuntu teaches children at an early age the importance of creating an environment that uplifts and empowers everyone! This endearing little story with its quirky artwork and powerful message has assisted in instilling the concept of unity within her own children and promises to ignite the Ubuntu spirit in your beginning readers too!

COMING SOON!

The Ubuntu Girls Guide to Greatness | For Those Who Are Ready to Rise

Ubuntu Girls are icons of female empowerment—each one unique, yet deeply connected to a sisterhood that celebrates diversity, unity, and strength.

The pages of this book offer empowering prompts and practical wisdom to help you stay grounded in your worth, live with integrity, and rise with purpose.

Featuring vibrant, uplifting artwork created by Dana Sardano, this guide is a visual celebration of feminine power in all its forms—bold, colorful, and unapologetically authentic.

The Ubuntu Girls stand for love, self-respect, and the unshakable belief that:

“We are all in this together, girl!”

The Ten Recs Trilogy

Dana has a gift for breaking down heady concepts and applying them in a practical manner. This trilogy is perfectly created for badass, personal-growth warriors who are ready to take it to the next level.

All books are available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook formats. Click the links for purchasing options.

Book One, Ten Recommandments for Personal Empowerment, delineates the ten tenets of how to become more empowered in your life. It is the perfect book for those of you ready to effect change in your lives.

Book Two, Beyond the Ten, Decoding the Woo Woo, discusses the magic that happens after the necessary changes have been made, while also demystifying the heady and esoteric ways of the woo. It is a great resource for those of you who have found yourselves on a spiritual journey and just want to better understand it all.

Book Three, You’ve Cracked the Code. The Woo Is You!, takes you on a deep dive into the self so you can bring yourself back into balance and create the life that you desire. This book is perfect for those of you who are no longer f-ing around!

The Ten Recs Trilogy is available on audiobook in the following locations:

Ten Recommandments Contemplation Journal

Created as an accompaniment to Ten Recommandments for Personal Empowerment, Book One in the Ten Recs Trilogy.

After writing Ten Recommandments for Personal Empowerment, Dana quickly realized that sometimes reading the information just isn’t enough. In order to truly effect positive change in your life, you must integrate and apply the information that you’ve learned, and one of the best ways to do that is through interactive writing.

With this newfound insight, Dana put on her teacher hat and created this Ten Recommandments Contemplation Journal to utilize in conjunction with the book. In this journal, Dana offers some guidance by adding open ended questions to assist with your contemplation. She includes some practice exercises to assist with your integration. She throws in some “hot tips” to keep it interesting, and she wraps it up with a beautiful bow of insightful quotes.

Ready to effect some positive changes in your life?

Grab yourself a pencil!

Veda Finds Her Crown (Third Edition)

Veda Finds Her Crown is a fun and interactive experience for children and adults of all ages. It combines a relatable children’s story with an interactive workbook, giving you, the reader, an opportunity to read, process, reflect, and apply the story to your own life experience.

Whether you are 8, 18, or 88, Veda Finds Her Crown offers you and your inner child the opportunity to playfully look within so you can ultimately find yours.  

The magic of Veda Finds Her Crown is that it speaks to all of us—children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. It especially calls to our inner children, making them feel safe and loved and empowered, finally giving them the space to come out of hiding, rediscover their childlike spirit, and play!

A powerful personal development tool for adults, Veda Finds Her Crown allows us to reconnect with our long-lost inner children who might have gone dormant after many years of arduous adulting. Reconnecting with our true essence empowers and inspires us to rethink how we experience our lives, our relationships, and our children.

Veda Finds Our Crown is not only a powerful resource for our own personal growth and development, but it is also an extremely powerful teaching tool for parents and educators alike. Used in conjunction with Veda Finds Her Crown, Cards for Chakra Empowerment and Personal Development, children are offered a foundation of personal empowerment that sets them up for success and happiness in ALL aspects of their lives.

Veda Finds Her Crown 9-Week Curriculum

Although Veda Finds Her Crown connects with children (and adults) of all ages, this curriculum is best utilized with adolescents from approximately 10 to 15 years old and can be modified to reach an even broader audience.

This 9-week curriculum emphasizes the importance of self-regulation and personal accountability so that children grow into adulthood more empowered and with healthy self-esteem.

 This curriculum addresses one chakra each week with the first week dedicated to the introduction of the chakras and the final week dedicated to the integration of the chakras.

 In this cross-curricular unit of study, each chakra is introduced through varying learning modalities that emphasize the practicality of chakra health and its effect on personal development.

 Through this area of study, students learn how to incorporate their understanding of the chakras into their development, how to regulate these energy centers, and how to healthily process their emotions in fun interactive ways.

 Through integration exercises, language arts activities, reading activities, workbook activities, art projects, scientific connections, creative writing exercises, and open classroom discussions, the needs of the whole child are always addressed through playful, activity-based, cross-curricular experiences.

 The beauty of teaching this curriculum is that the adults facilitate this growth for the children but always grow a little bit themselves in the process.