About Us

Dr. Dana Watson is the founder of Elev8te Health & Wellness. She is also a  best-selling author, TEDx speaker, trainer, workshop facilitator,
and Master Coach. As a multi-certified coach, she specializes in emotional eating, holistic health, trauma-informed care, emotional wellness, and helping others become self-published authors. 

She has a passion for working with early learners, teachers, and their parents. Her goal is to teach early learners how to express their feelings healthily and learn self-regulation skills, to reduce generational trauma. With this goal in mind, she created the Express Yourself Program, an interactive program that creates opportunities and experiences through story-telling, social-emotional learning, and student engagement.

Dana started her business, Elev8te Health & Wellness in 2019 after receiving her health and life coaching certification from Health Coach Institute. Elev8te is a restorative practice that focuses on the transformation of physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Elev8te provides holistic use of evidence-based skillful conversation, clinical interventions, and strategies to engage clients actively and safely in health behavior change.

Mission Statement:

To equip early childhood educators, caregivers, and families with tools and training to support emotional wellness, social-emotional development, and trauma-sensitive practices for early learners through developmentally appropriate, inclusive, and compassionate approaches.