Name: I stepped out of grief -- by dancing with fire
Uploaded: 2020-11-06T15:59:47Z
Duration: 12 min 52 s
Description: After losing her mother in a house fire when she was just six years old, Danielle Torley saw two paths before her: a life full of fear, or one that promised healing and recovery. In this inspiring talk, she describes how she turned her grief into beauty in a most unexpected way -- by dancing with fire.

Danielle Torley: I stepped out of grief -- by dancing with fire

I stepped out of grief -- by dancing with fire

After losing her mother in a house fire when she was just six years old, Danielle Torley saw two paths before her: a life full of fear, or one that promised healing and recovery. In this inspiring talk, she describes how she turned her grief into beauty in a most unexpected way -- by dancing with fire.

A childhood house fire claimed a mother’s life and left haunting nightmares, shaping a lifelong fear of fire. Years later, the trauma’s grip loosened not through avoidance, but by learning to dance with fire itself. Turning the very thing that once symbolized loss into a source of beauty and empowerment, this journey reveals that healing can mean facing pain directly. Choosing the harder path, with all its uncertainty, can ultimately spark new meaning and resilience.