Dr. D - Dinorah Nieves, PhD

Life Coach

Dr. Dinorah Nieves (aka Dr. D) is a personal/professional development coach and behavioral scientist, who helps people do well and feel well by taking a whole-person approach to wellness. She helps people change the habits that get in their way. Dinorah has been featured on ABC’s “The Chew,” WE TV"s "Braxton Family Values" and OWN’s “Iyanla Fix My Life.”

Dinorah's research-based advice and insightful commentary can also be found in her lifestyles blogs featured in the Huff Po , Sivana East, Mind Body Green, XO Necole and in her self help books: ​Love YOU: 12 Ways to Be Who You Love & Love Who You Are, Love YOU: The Workbook and Love YOU: The Latina Edition!

Dr. Nieves is a behavioral scientist with an MA in Communications and a PhD in Sociology. She is trained and certified in conflict resolution and mediation, life coaching and wellness. She spent years working as a counselor, professor and leader in executive management and brings those skills, experiences, tools and techniques to you in her capacity building workshops, presentations, trainings and talks.

Portfolio
HuffPost
07/15/2016
Free Yourself From Stress... In Just Three Steps

Just a week or so ago, many of us spent the 4th of July celebrating America's Independence and basking in our own freedom. We love the smell of fresh barbecue and laughs with friends. It's almost enough to hide one devastating truth. We're not so liberated after all!

mindbodygreen
12/21/2018
The Unhealthy Side Effect Of Being Ambitious

I was in my early 30s by the time I realized that I had become addicted to my own ambition. Prior to that, I would have just said that I was goal-oriented, a go-getter, a self-starter, a hard worker. I can go on and on with synonyms; on my résumé, I describe myself as a "motivated high achiever that delivers results."

Sivana East
06/29/2018
Decorate "WELL!"

Wellness is a hot topic these days - environmental wellness, in particular. Still, we seem to have a reasonable understanding of the ways that we impact our environment, but much less is usually said about how our environments impact us. Could something as simple as the way that we decorate, affect our mood, change our habits, improve our health?

Elephant Journal
ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM CAREGIVER BURNOUT? How To Know & What To Do About It!

Many studies show that selflessness has proven benefits.[1] It's associated with greater well-being, health, and longevity. Whether you are motivated by a sense of altruism or just by your own personal gratification, showing your support of others is a helpful and humane way to move through life.

Linkedin
3 WAYS TO STOP MONEY BLOCKING!

It's easy to get caught up in talks of a struggling economy or get excited by a clearance sale. But our thoughts and beliefs about money usually run much deeper than what gets triggered by a news article or an emailed coupon.

Book Reviews

Theguidancecenter
05/27/2015
"How Children Succeed" Book Review - What's Happening - The Guidance Center

How do we promote the development of skills which result from experiences that we simultaneously condemn? That was the conundrum that my brain entertained as I read How Children Succeed by Paul Tough. I have long been convinced that resilience is a necessary asset in the lives of individuals who want to progress.

Urban Latino Magazine
In The Zone

Book Review - Raquel Rivera's "Nuyoricans From The Hip Hop Zone"

Cultural Commentaries

Urban Latino Magazine
Latin Jazz

A Historical Review of Latin Jazz Music

Urban Latino Magazine
La Lupe

A Historical Review of the Career of Singer, La Lupe

Entertainment Interviews

HuffPost
09/15/2017
5 WORKOUT TIPS FROM WOMEN WHO KNOW HOW TO WORK IT!

I get the fun, fame and feeling of fabulous-ness that we women derive from posting body pics all over social media. However, as we all very well know, our bodies are for much more than selfies and sensationalism. They carry us through life, they nourish our spirits and as cliché as it may read, our bodies truly are our temples.

Urban Latino Magazine
Bobby Can

Interview with Actor, Bobby Canavale