I’m Dale – the Word Alchemist. I’ve been using my journal and pen to make sense of my world for a long time. I may have come out of the womb writing…

Throughout my corporate life, I have written when nothing else could answer my questions or needs. Writing was how I survived everything that happened outside the boardroom — and there was a lot.

I’ve written books I’ll never publish because they healed me, and books, of course, that I have published – like my hybrid memoir – Words From The Wild. I co-authored a book on executive leadership. Plus helping others write their transformation stories, their memoirs, their way back to themselves through journaling and creative life writing.

Whatever brought you here, welcome, take a look around and choose what strand you want to follow.

This book is for women who have been betrayed and have betrayed themselves. For those tired of saying yes when they mean no, of trying to prove their worth, and of pretending everything is fine while their bodies scream to be heard.

I wrote this to remind you (and me) that you were born with everything you need to live this very odd human life and that the things you’ve been trying to ‘fix’ or change about yourself might be the alchemy you and the world need.

This all came about whilst I was still in the messy middle of becoming and choosing myself daily over the safer option of remaining isolated and staying hidden. I offer these words not as someone who has it all figured out, but as someone who has decided that figuring it out was never the point. The point was always to come home to ourselves. This is my invitation for you to do the same.

Through fourteen vulnerable chapters, I trace the journey from betrayal to belonging to yourself. From learning that bitterness isn’t a fault in my character but a guidance system pointing toward necessary boundaries. Awakening to the truth that empty spaces aren’t empty but pregnant with possibility. And understanding that your body’s rebellion isn’t an inconvenience – it’s your wisest teacher demanding you listen.