International Bestselling author Dawn Bates teams up with Clarissa Kristjansson, the world's leading voice of the Thriving Thru' Menopause podcast to bring you an anthology like no other.The Potent Power of Menopause is an open and honest, frank and insightful anthology by 10 women and 1 man from various countries, cultures and faiths around the world – and has the addition of humour which the world has come to enjoy and expect from the books publ...

Her breathing became shallow and laboured and the paramedics were talking about what was happening… "milligrams of this, heart rate dropping, breathing erratic… need to get there quick" all of it sounding as though she was back underwater where she belonged.She imagined herself floating, sun on her face, bobbing along on the crest of the waves miles out to sea.He said he loved her. Everything seemed perfect. She wanted to believe it. Apparently, she'd find it hard to have s...

Friday Bridge is a glimpse behind the veil into Islam untainted by cultural influence from the lived experience of a woman who navigated life between East and West, White and Brown, hedonism and piety.Navigating the cultural landscape of Islam in Britain, the racial divides, Islamophobia, as well as the prejudices within the various Islamic communities themselves and their varying belief systems, Bates takes us on an insightful journey of a faith unfolding...

Looking at her younger brother and sister, she knew something bad had happened. The silence in the house was no longer a welcome relief; it was deafening, all encompassing.Then the police came, and then a nice lady, then something about a new family.Everything a blur, until she became lost in her own silent world of colour and canvas.Being the unwanted child of a prostitute, life was never going to be easy.Becoming a sister gave her life meaning, then they w...

Book 1: Friday Bridge - Becoming a Muslim, Becoming Everyone's BusinessThink you know someone? Then think again.This book blows stereotypes out of the window and makes you stop and analyse what you think you know about the world we live in. Racism, raving and religion, it's all in here.A book about self discovery, inner strength and never giving up. An inspirational journey through life which will make you laugh and cry. Sometimes shocking, but always ...

Becoming who we truly are is a defining moment in every woman's journey; yet many women are still hiding amongst the self-imposed shadows of life.Becoming Annie is a story about a woman who not only redefines what it means to be a woman in the corporate world, but also what it is to be a woman in each and every area of life. And more importantly, how we relate to each other.Annie Gibbins has been championing others her entire adult life, giving bac...

Owning Our Ovaries is a definitive work on women's resilience, agency and transformation. Bringing together seven women from around the world, the book offers a compelling collection of personal histories that confront miscarriage, endometriosis, domestic and systemic abuse, rape, addiction and the cultural silencing that so often follows. These stories are not framed as tragedy but as evidence of the power, intellect and courage women bring to their own healing and leadership.At i...

MANUP by Tough to Talk is a no-nonsense look into the silent war that countless men across the globe are fighting with their mental health. These are their stories in their own words.Society sits back while men are grappling silently with their biological, emotional, psychological, past trauma, current life events and gendered issues. And these men do not get the help they need because to them they do not have a mental health problem, they have financial problems, a...

In this compelling duology, Dawn Bates shares with the world a rare and unique insight to what it means to be a 'Posh Paki' and a 'traitor' to those who knew her, her ethnicity, nation and her faith, simply because she embraced the faith of Islam at the age of 15 – without having ever met a Muslim!Dawn shares how she discovered Islam and knew she wanted to become a Muslim, and the journey that followed.Becoming 'revert' rather than a convert to one of the most hated, if not t...

Ten women tell their stories of how failing suicide has led to thriving in life. Stories which are powerful, thought provoking and inspiring, covering subjects such as sex trafficking, domestic abuse, mental abuse, child abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, rape, cancer, poverty, prostitution, body dysmorphia and the pressures of the corporate world.Inside you will read of lead author Debbie Debonaire and her three attempts at suicide, all of which failed, proving to...

Abused and bullied by the Imam during Qur'aan class, the children left one by one. They didn't tell their parents because they had been sworn to secrecy, and to question the Imam or the religion was just not something you did.Questioning any kind of religion or those who held a role of leadership was not respectful and you could go to hell fire because of it.Questioning the holy books means you are an unbeliever, an infidel, and yet questions gives us clarity, a deeper unde...

Forty years old and no backbone, no ability to stand up on my own and speak my power, speak my truth. And I was SICK of it. I was sick of the situation, of this scene I watched – no played part in – for the last decade plus of my life. Oh, wait, who am I kidding, for my ENTIRE LIFE!Break Down to Wake Up: Journey Beyond the Now is a gathering of 16 authors from around the globe, sharing personal journeys of the depths of personal pain, addiction, lo...