Reclaim Your Wound as a Source of Power

— A visual and literary journey through healing, resilience, and belonging.

The Blooming Wound book on a wooden table with tea, flowers, and candle — cozy reading ritual.

The Blooming Wound Book

Top view of a round wooden table with a potted plant, a tray with two glasses and cups of coffee, a small candle, and a book titled 'The Blooming Wound' on a patterned rug.

MORE THAN JUST A BOOK

The Blooming Wound is not a self-help book.

It’s an artistic offering born from trauma — and from the healing that asked me to feel everything I was never taught to hold.

It was written for the largest part during the early months of COVID, when I found myself in isolation in New Zealand — alone, yet surrounded by wild beauty.

To stay grounded, I created my own daily retreat: long walks, writing, yoga, cooking.

That rhythm gave birth to the first voices — all of the Perla and Ruggero stories, all of the Perspectives chapters and most of the characters in the World Higher-Up. A couple of years later, through a deep collaboration with my editor Kerryn, the book unfolded in ways I didn’t expect. She challenged me to go deeper, and new characters — mostly masculine — came through.

They changed me.

They softened my defences.

They expanded my understanding of strength, of gender, and of what it means to lead while being whole.

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Printed with care and intention in Italy, delivered in sacred timing all over the world.

  • 📖 Over 200 pages of poetic reflection and archetypal insight

  • 📷 Original photography to stir memory and emotion

  • 🌸 A tactile object of beauty—made to be seen, felt, and shared

  • “This book and these stories have been woven on a journey across continents, influenced by many different cultures, and touched by many different people. […] It is this Journey on which Francesca continues to travel that facilitates such healing, growth, and expansion of spirit. May we all listen to our heart and say YES to where it guides us. And above all, enjoy the journey. Always."

    Kerryn Hewson, New Zealand

  • “A deeply authentic and powerful read. As a man, I found it especially illuminating in helping me understand the feminine universe. Francesca writes straight from the heart — you can feel her presence in every page, even behind the names of fictional characters. For a first book, it’s truly impressive. I’m already looking forward to the next one.”

    Piero Montali, Italy

  • “Reading The Blooming Wound was a deeply reflective experience. Francesca’s story felt both intimately personal and universally human. It stirred something in me — inviting parts of myself I’d long silenced to gently re-emerge. A moving reminder that healing and self-discovery are not linear, and that it’s okay to grow at my own pace.”

    Rehema Mwavita, Kenya

If the book resonated with you, the Blooming List continues the conversation — into your inbox, and into your next becoming.

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The Blooming Wound Book
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Pages from The Blooming Wound, read by the author. A soft passage through memory, healing, and the quiet wildness that remains.

It’s a mirror. A map. A place to return to. Open it when you’re ready to remember.

A red-billed oxpecker perched on the back of a zebra — a living metaphor for the soul as a passenger, carried safely by the body through cycles of healing and trust.

WHO NEEDS THIS?

This book is for those who carry deep wounds — and long to feel proud of them, not limited by them. Survivors, seekers and artists. Anyone exploring trauma, liberation and self-reclamation.

Those drawn to the mystical, spiritual and poetic.

Trauma coaches.

Holistic healers.