DBI Author Academy

18/09/2025

Today’s session wasn’t just about moving abroad. It was about what happens when your homeland turns its back, and belonging becomes something you have to build for yourself.

If you missed it, here’s the replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF94eRknH70

What does “home” mean to you? Let’s talk in the comments or DM me.

Next week, we go deeper.

Buy the book that shaped this series of conversations https://dawnbates.com/relentlessrebel

If you’ve lived through expatriation, alienation, or migration stories of your own and you’re ready to turn those experiences into a book that sparks conversation and change, I can help you bring that story to the world.

Book an Author Strategy Session here: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/author-strategy-session

18/09/2025

We’re going live in just 30 minutes.

Week 9 of Bridging Worlds “Expatriation & Alienation: Finding Home When Your Homeland Won’t Claim You” is about to begin.

Today, we’re exploring:
-What “home” means when your homeland rejects you
-How expatriation shifts identity, belonging, and survival
-The emotional cost of being labelled “other” across cultures
-Alienation in family, community, and society
-What it takes to build belonging beyond borders

PLUS a live, unfiltered Q&A.

Click here to register and join us: https://dawnbates.com/bridging-worlds

17/09/2025

Tomorrow, we’re diving into the unspoken side of identity: what happens when your homeland doesn’t claim you - or you’ve lived in so many countries you don’t know where you belong anymore.

Join us for Expatriation & Alienation: Finding Home When Your Homeland Won’t Claim You at 2:00pm (British time).

Register here: https://dawnbates.com/bridging-worlds

This isn’t just about borders and passports. It’s about belonging, identity, and what it means to build a home when the one you were given turns its back.

15/09/2025

The latest newsletter from our founder Dawn Bates speaks of the best investment she has ever made... and it is probably not what you are thinking!

Last week was Ideas Fest - the 'Glastonbury of Business', and yes, it did come with the rain that is synonymous with the legendary music festival! Two days of inspiring talks, investor insights, 'fireside chats', live demos, music and a whole lot of laughter and inspiration given and shared freely.

10/09/2025

Tomorrow, we’re diving into the wounds the healthcare system doesn’t want to talk about.

Join us for White Coats, Black Pain: Medical Negligence, Systemic Bias, and Surviving the System at 2:00pm (British time).

Register here: https://dawnbates.com/bridging-worlds

This isn’t just about medicine. It’s about whose pain is heard, whose isn’t, and what it takes to build a system that truly heals.

04/09/2025

Week 7 of Bridging Worlds took us into the heart of what shapes us beyond our own choices: the weight of inherited trauma.

The Weight We Carry: Generational Trauma & Wounding showed how silence, pain, and unhealed wounds don’t just disappear, they’re passed on, shaping identity, belonging, and how we engage with the world.

If you missed it, the replay is ready to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5OpA_7f0V0

Please share with therapists, educators, community leaders, and families. This is a conversation that ripples across every generation.

Buy the book that shaped this series of conversations! https://dawnbates.com/relentlessrebel

04/09/2025

We’re going live in just 30 minutes.

Week 7 of Bridging Worlds “The Weight We Carry: Generational Trauma & Wounding” is about to begin.

Today, we’re exploring:
>The wounds inherited across families, cultures, and communities
>Why silence doesn’t stop the cycle, it feeds it
>The hidden costs of carrying pain that isn’t ours
>The ways unspoken trauma shows up in identity, relationships, and leadership
>Paths toward healing, resilience, and reclaiming our stories
PLUS a live, unfiltered Q&A.

Click here to register and join us: https://dawnbates.com/bridging-worlds

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03/09/2025

Tomorrow, we’re diving into the hidden weight so many of us carry: the unspoken wounds of our families and communities.

Join us for The Weight We Carry: Generational Trauma & Wounding at 2:00pm (British time).

Register here: https://dawnbates.com/bridging-worlds

This isn’t just about the past. It’s about the stories, scars, and silences that shape us today, and how we break the cycle.

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28/08/2025

Week 6 of Bridging Worlds took us back to where many stories of exclusion and identity first begin… the schoolyard.

“Bullying in Blazers: School as the First Battlefield of Identity and Exclusion” uncovered how classrooms often teach more than maths and history, they teach power, prejudice, and belonging. The scars left behind don’t stay in childhood but ripple into workplaces, families, and society at large.

If you missed it, the replay is ready to watch: https://youtu.be/XdUan07gEbQ

Be generous enough to share with , , , , and anyone you know would benefit from this.

28/08/2025

We’re going live in just 30 minutes.

Week 6 of Bridging Worlds, Bullying in Blazers: School as the First Battlefield of and , is about to begin.

Today, we’re getting into:
-How school became the first arena for exclusion, identity battles, and hidden hierarchies
-The link between , lifelong scars, and even suicides
-Adult prejudice, parental silences, and institutions that protect bullies instead of victims
-The role of peer pressure and the dangers of being “too different” or “too smart”
-How we can break cycles of exclusion to create genuine belonging

PLUS a live, unfiltered Q&A.

Click here to register and join us: https://dawnbates.com/bridging-worlds

27/08/2025

Tomorrow, we’re taking it back to where often begins, the .

Join us for Bullying in Blazers: School as the First Battlefield of Identity and Exclusion at 2:00 pm (British time).

Register here: https://dawnbates.com/bridging-worlds

Come ready to reflect, question, and uncover how school experiences still shape who we are today.

21/08/2025

Today’s session wasn’t just about remembering 9/11 and 7/7, it was also about exposing the fear, faith, and fabrications that still shape our world today.

If you missed it, here’s the replay: https://youtu.be/vdOhfcG0ieI

What are your thoughts?

How did those events shape your own views on identity, community, or faith? Share in the comments or DM me.

Next week, we continue our journey of going deeper.

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