My Story
For decades, I was the steady one — in my family, in my career, in every role I carried. I held responsibility, offered protection, and carried love through both turbulence and joy. My memoir, The Ripple Becomes the Dance, tells the story of finally turning that steadiness inward, reclaiming my own light, and choosing differently.
Training & Credentials
Nancy holds a B.S. from the University of San Francisco and is a certified professional coach through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), Professional Coaching for Life and Work, UC Davis Extension (2008) — bringing formal education and training alongside decades of real-world experience in finance and human resources, and the lived experience at the heart of her memoir.
The Value Evolution
My life unfolded in ripple, each one shaping the values that guide me today:
Foundations
Strength, Love, Awareness, Responsibility
Building a Life
Determination, Stability, Community, Resilience
Becoming
Growth, Achievement, Pride, Self-Determination
Healing & Legacy
Healing, Transformation, Courage, Connection
Wisdom
Self-Trust, Acceptance, Wholeness
Across all 29 chapters, three meta values rise above the rest:
Resilience
Quiet, Steady, Enduring
Love
Imperfect, Forgiving, Transformative
Choice
Choosing Your Life, Your Healing, Your Future
These values are not abstract. They are the rhythm of my life, and they are the melody I help others discover in their own becoming.
My Work Today
Through The Dance of Becoming, I guide people in transition — those navigating life changes, midlife reinvention, emotional inheritance. Coaching is not about fixing what’s broken. It is about honoring what carried you this far and guiding you into what comes next.
Together, we explore:
- What shaped you
- What steadied you
- What you’re ready to release
- What you want to choose now
Nancy Nardini Hanson
Nancy Nardini Hanson is a writer, memoirist, and transitional life coach whose life has been shaped by resilience, values, and the quiet strength learned in childhood. Growing up in a home marked by both love and turbulence, she became the steady one long before she understood the weight of that role. Those early experiences planted the seeds of the woman she would one day become, a woman who chose to break generational patterns, build a life rooted in intention, and raise a family grounded in love.
Over the years, Nancy built a career in finance and human resources, guided by the values that carried her through her early life: responsibility, compassion, integrity, and the belief that people can grow beyond the stories they were born into. Later, as a life coach, she helped others find clarity, courage, and self‑worth, lessons she had spent a lifetime learning herself. Her voice is warm, honest, and deeply human, offering readers a sense of belonging and gentle permission to begin again.
Nancy lives in California with her husband, Tim, where their home is a place of warmth, belonging, and connection. She is a devoted mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Her greatest joy comes from the relationships that have shaped her, the family she raised, the friends who became chosen family, and the generations who follow.
The Ripple Becomes the Dance is her first memoir. It is a testament to truth, healing, and the quiet power of choosing differently. Through her writing, Nancy hopes to inspire others to reclaim their voice, honor their values, and step into the life they were meant to live.