Transforming Trauma into Triumph™
Davina Lomax Burns
At twelve years old, Davina’s life hung in the balance as doctors fought to save her from becoming another unspoken tragedy. By twenty-two, she was a single parent and high school dropout, carrying the weight of trauma that had been carefully hidden behind the façade of a picture-perfect family.
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Today, Davina is a successful CPA, award-winning poet, educator, and creative visionary. She transforms her lived experiences into a courageous platform for healing, resilience, and truth-telling. Blending quirky humor with profound vulnerability, she shows audiences that healing is not only possible, it’s within reach, even for those who once believed it wasn’t.
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Her mission is simple and powerful: To help you release the shame of trauma, reclaim your voice, and rewrite your story - so you can live a Truth Based Life®.
SIGNATURE TOPICS
“Raised in a psychological thriller. Rebranded as a healing memoir.”
A gripping look into surviving chaotic childhood trauma and how reclaiming authorship of your story becomes the most powerful act of healing.
From Dollars to Darlings
“What if the same scars that sabotage your love life are also draining your bank account? In this talk, Davina unpacks how trauma patterns show up in both relationships and revenue—and how embracing your quirks and truths can heal both.”
Insights Into “Taboo Topics”: Suicidal Ideation, Complex PTSD, and the Unseen Battles We Carry
A compassionate, stigma-breaking conversation that brings light to the struggles people hide - and offers practical pathways toward understanding, care, and hope.
What happens when children are dismissed by the systems meant to protect them
In this talk, Davina shares her lived experience to help law enforcement recognize subtle red flags, build trust with vulnerable kids, and strengthen the protective role officers already serve - ensuring no child’s truth is overlooked.
“When Your Family Tree Comes with a Trigger Warning.”
Exploring generational trauma, family secrets, and survival with honesty, humor, and insight, and how breaking the silence creates space for transformation.
Discovering Your Authenticity and Living a Truth Based Life
An empowering exploration of identity, self-trust, and courageous truth-telling, guiding audiences toward living with clarity, purpose, and emotional integrity.
Breaking Free from Shame and Trauma; Reclaiming Your Own Path to Healing.
Exploring invisible barriers to recovery - discovering strategies and personal insights for overcoming shame, building inner strength, and cultivating the resilience needed to rise beyond adversity and reclaim agency, authenticity, and self-worth
From the Boardroom to the Classroom: Understanding the Unseen to Unlock Human Potential
How recognizing hidden emotional burdens in teams, colleagues, and students leads to stronger leadership, healthier culture, and more meaningful human connection.
COMING SOON...
BOOK I of the
Untold Stories
SILENCE HAS A COST
CHRONICLES:
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
- Anonymous Family Member
with (allegedly)
Something to Hide
"Davina better not be telling our family secrets"
- Mama
"That Davina...she's always being so dramatic.. She has quite the imagination. Here, have a cookie"
- Said no one, ever.
“This is brilliantly written — you’d never guess she’s an accountant releasing her first book.”
