Dwayna Litz

Dwayna Litz is an American singer, songwriter, author and speaker with music currently published by Universal Music, Spirit Music and her own ASCAP publishing company, Litz Music in Nashville.

Her music is available on Pandora Radio, Spotify, Apple Music, Walmart, CD Baby, iTunes , Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. Her CD “I’m the Girl I Used to Know Again” of love songs she has written and Jazz CD “Counting Your Blessings,” recorded with a full orchestra of new renditions of the Great American Songbook, especially compliment her tips for women from her latest book Happiness No Man Required. She writes and sings of romance and what it means to truly fall in love with a confidence from within no one else can give.

Litz’s first cut as a songwriter was on Patti LaBelle’s Grammy nominated “Flame” albumwith a song she co-wrote, “Let Me Be There for You.” She went on to have more cuts in country, R&B and Christian music. Dwayna just co-produced with Tim Crouch and Scott Coney her latest album in Nashville of funky, bluegrass standards called “Mountain Music,” along with new renditions of classics like “Take Me Home Country Roads” for a distribution deal with Barnes and Noble and Walmart.

Litz founded the Walking in the Light Project to support victims of domestic crimes against humanity, dedicated to the survivors of the Boston Marathon Bombing and the shooting at Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston, SC, school shootings and crimes against humanity. Litz is currently working on a music video for her song, “Walkin’ in the Light” to benefit the victims. The theme of her video is to stand against racism and classism. The goal is to unite and bring love to America, working with children and teens in NYC schools and as a project of NYU. In hopes that this video will raise money for the victims, a fund has been set aside through her nonprofit org. to aid survivors of mass shootings in America who cannot pay hospital bills and need financial help due to being out of work as a result of these tragedies.

In 2015, she penned an uplifting, self-help book for women Happiness No Man Required 50 Tips for Single Women to be Happy With or Without a Man and began traveling as an author and speaker offering inspiration to women from all walks of life. With her testimony of strength and thanksgiving, she shares from her 50 tips, illustrated by true stories about the men she has dated, lessons she has learned, and how God has been faithful through it all. Litz ends her speaking with her song, “I’m the Girl I Used to Know Again,” about coming full circle in healing through the beauty of every season of life.

With more women single than married now in America, Happiness No Man Required by Dwayna Litz has a much needed message with 50 Tips teaching women how to feel complete and whole, with or without a man’s affirmation. Happiness No Man Required is not a man-basher but an honest portrayal of what women face in today’s dating scene, compassionately encouraging women to realize that being single or married does not have to be a distortion of their dreams coming true. Litz's tips include Know the Difference Between Love and Love Addiction; Hitler Was Charming, Too; Give Yourself 90 Days to Detox; Count Your Blessings; Leave Mr. Wrong Without Gaining Weight; Happiness=Compatibility in Character; It’s a Trap if You Are Trying to Save Him; Beware of Online Dating; A Crazy Man Will Make You Crazy; How to Have a Happy Valentine’s Day Without a Man; Good Men Still Exist; Do a Background Check; Hold On to Your Money; An Abuser Will Still Be Abusive Even if You are Perfect; Beware of Dangerous Men in Church; You Are the Prize, and Happiness Happens When You Least Expect It. The tips bring both tears of sadness and tears of joy to any audience as they resonate with women of all ages and backgrounds.

Happiness No Man Required praises true love and good men, instructing women how to know the difference between the good and the bad and love and love addiction. Litz cheers single women on living in a postmodern age where the label of being called an Old Maid has become antiquated. Her tips offer healing to women suffering from depression, anxiety, codependency, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, eating disorders and love addiction. An engaging speaker, all of Dwayna’s 50 Tips shift the quest of finding romance with a man to first discovering how to become at peace from within. Litz promises any woman that when she learns to like and approve of the woman she is and realizes what it means to be true to herself as her own best friend, no man is required for a happy and fulfilling life.

Dwayna Litz speaks with energy and compassion and began traveling internationally in 2016 with book signings with Barnes and Noble, TV appearances, and as an inspirational speaker, challenging women of any background to be all they can. Working out of NYC or Nashville, she combines each speaking engagement with her music to inspire true faith, hope and love to anyone who hears her.