Author
Diedre
A Jamaican writer, creator, and relocation coach living in France, writing at the intersection of place, identity, belonging, and reinvention.
Diedre writes about what happens when we cross borders—geographical, cultural, and personal.
Drawing on her Jamaican roots and her experience of building a life abroad, her work explores the complex terrain between departure and belonging. She is interested in travel not as escape, but as a way of seeing ourselves and the world more clearly.
Her writing holds space for the uncertainty of starting over, the identities we carry with us, and the unexpected ways we find home.
The Book
The Map Back to You
A Guide to Self-Discovery Through Solo Travel
Some detours lead you exactly where you belong.
A reflective journey through loss, discovery, and reinvention, The Map Back to You is for anyone learning to trust themselves through change and find home in a life they did not originally imagine.
Why I wrote this book
I wrote it because there are seasons when the old directions no longer work. I wanted to make something honest for that moment—a companion for the space between certainty and becoming.
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