I didn’t write Pink Diamond because I had everything figured out; I wrote it because I didn’t. Because life cracked wide open around me, and I needed to find a way through it that wasn’t rooted in perfection, performance, or pretending that everything was fine. Menopause, marriage separation, grief, and a rising sense that I could no longer abandon myself were the catalysts. It wasn’t chosen; in fact I had tried to avoid it for years, but it certainly was relentlessness. Pink Diamond was born from that place; a place I have come to refer to as the ‘collective shake-up’.

For years, I had tried to hold it all together. I was the resilient one, the capable one, the one who tried not to rock the boat. I pushed through exhaustion, ignored the whispers of my body, and played by the rules I’d been handed. But turning 50 changed everything. Something deep within me started to stir; louder, more insistent than ever before and I couldn’t push it down anymore. It wasn’t just the hormones (although they had a hand in it); it was something far deeper. A spiritual awakening.

This book is for the woman who feels like she’s losing herself, only to discover that maybe, just maybe, she’s also finally coming home. It’s not a step-by-step guide or a fix-it manual. It’s a conversation and a ‘soul-full’ companion. A deep reflection on what happens when we stop clinging to the life that no longer fits and start choosing ourselves; fully, unapologetically, and in partnership with something greater than us.

So, if you too feel like you are in thick of it, I just want to reassure you that you are not broken, you are being reshaped, just like a diamond, under pressure. And this; this is your moment to shine.