Valorie Burton, a Master Certified Coach, author and international speaker, is CEO of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute. Her life-changing message has an intriguing, research-based emphasis in the pioneering field of applied positive psychology – the study of what happens when things go right with us.
Her company, The CaPP Institute, provides coach training and resilience training and has served coaches in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and more than 30 countries. She also serves as the Coaching Mentor to more than 55,000 Maxwell Leadership Certified Team members worldwide, and developed their coach training program. Since 1999, she has written 14 books translated into multiple languages, including What's Really Holding You Back?, It’s About Time, Life Coaching for Successful Women and Successful Women Think Differently. Her newest book, Rules of Resilience: How successful people get better, wiser and stronger, releases in August 2025.
She has appeared multiple times on the TODAY Show, CNN, Dr. Oz, and in Essence, and has spoken for hundreds of organizations around the globe.
She earned a master's degree in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in journalism from Florida A&M University and a BA from Florida State University. She and her husband Jeff grew up in Colorado and now live on a horse farm south of Atlanta with their children, golden doodle, and horses. Learn more about her work at www.valorieburton.com or learn about the CaPP Institute's coach training programs at www.cappinstitute.com.