“I just wrote a book!”

Those are the words that escape my lips every single time I finish writing one.
The excitement is real. The surprise is genuine.
And yet, by now, it really shouldn’t be.

At the time of writing this, I have published eight solo books, two as a co-author, with two anthologies and three additional solo titles almost ready for release. Still, every time I type the final sentence, I pause and think, “Wow… I did it again.”

One of those upcoming books is especially close to my heart.

The Potent Power of Menopause: Changing the Narrative

The Potent Power of Menopause: A Culturally Diverse Perspective of Feminine Transformation is curated alongside Clarissa Kristjansson, a leading global voice on menopause and host of Thriving Thru Menopause, the most listened-to menopause podcast in the world.

This book is designed to do exactly what DBI Publishing books do best:
disrupt outdated narratives, challenge dominant voices, and shake a few molecules simply by existing.

Menopause has been shrouded in whispers, myths, and misinformation for far too long.
Women are still told they are “broken” and need fixing.
Entire industries insist pharmaceuticals are the only solution.
And anyone who questions that story is quickly dismissed.

The timing of this book could not be more critical.

Where Are the Other Voices?

What concerns me most is not disagreement.
It’s exclusion.

Much of the menopause conversation centres on the experiences of white, Western, middle‑class women. Important voices, yes but not the only voices.

Where are the South and East Asian women?
The Arab women?
Latina women?
Indigenous women across the world?

Do they not understand their bodies?
Their cultures?
Their healing traditions?

Or have we unconsciously reverted to the arrogance of colonial thinking, the belief that one dominant narrative knows best for everyone?

These are uncomfortable questions.
They shouldn’t be controversial but apparently, they are.

Innovation Requires Challenge

We live in a world where disagreement is now framed as hostility.
Where questioning ideas is seen as offensive.
Where being challenged is mistaken for being attacked.

And yet, innovation only exists because ideas are challenged.

Progress happens when ideas are tested, debated, dismantled, and rebuilt.
Not just in science or technology, but in how our brains grow, adapt, and strengthen through neuroplasticity.

Being challenged is healthy.
Being stuck in one narrative is not.

So why do so many self‑proclaimed experts resist pushback?
Why does standing alone in truth feel more dangerous than repeating what’s already been said?

Because standing alone takes courage.

Writing Books That Create Legacy

To change distorted narratives, and to create work that outlives us, we must be willing to step away from the safety of consensus.

That’s what my books do.
And it’s what I demand of the authors I work with.

Every fact is checked.
Then checked again.
And then challenged.

Not because I enjoy being difficult, but because the public will be far more ruthless than I ever could be.

Authors who want to lead must be prepared to be questioned, criticised, and misunderstood.

That is the price, and the privilege, of influence.