The Year Before You Go: Disc One

by Erin Dinsmore

From the "I was traveling the world doing research for a book and my beautiful little life daughter was turning 17 and I could not be there. I was inspired to write this book to her on that exact day. There was so much nobody ever told me about life, so much I never learned. On that pivotal year, the year before you leave the nest. What a perfect day to give your children all your wisdom. Everything we have learned along the way. To pass the baton so they can step into the world and create something beautiful, something better. So, this was my way of saying "I love you." Giving away what we have learned on the YBYG."

What began as a personal gift has blossomed into a spark for a global movement, to inspire parents everywhere to share their hard-earned wisdom with their teens. Join the YBYG movement and give your children the gift of knowledge, inspiration, and a whole lot of love.

“Beautifully weaves together diverse topics like spirituality, travel, health, and personal finance, creating a holistic guide to well-being.” Anna W.

“The book is packed with actionable tips and tools, making it a valuable resource for young women navigating the transition to adulthood.” Maya Steinman

“The writing is genuine, relatable, and brimming with personality. It feels like a heartfelt conversation with a trusted mentor.” Samantha B.

Brimming with love, wisdom, and that signature rock-and-roll spirit, "The Year Before You Go" is the perfect gift for any young woman ready to step into her power.

149 pages, Paperback

Published May 24, 2024

About the author

My mother always wondered why strangers came up to me all the time in school asking me to help them with a very complicated life situation. I had no idea why, and that continued to happen throughout my life. I often find myself in deep conversations with strangers about their most personal lives. Collecting data and forming insight. Always a journalist looking for deeper answers to much bigger questions.

I was unknowingly born as an HSP, which is essentially a heightened sensory system to everything. An ability to see and feel all of life and its little curiosities with vast amounts of sensory data. I could sense everything on a multitude of levels. Lights, smells, tastes, human behavior, feelings, tones of voice, body language. Intuition and patterns were always developing. My brain was processing all of this through different channels in my highly activated nervous system. I was a sensitive being in a society that rejected those attributes. The blessing and the curse.

I loved life and it loved me back, but I didn’t understand it here. Something was wrong. Something in us felt broken. Deeply broken. I tried hard to pull myself out of the mud, but that mud always follows us around somehow. So, I needed to become it to understand it. I was Dumbledore drinking darkness from a cup. I tore myself apart to understand us a little better. A long road down into the darkness. I knew I needed to get to a place of nothing so I could see who we really were first. It's lonely there. Until, you find, it. The truth. Then everything changed. “When in darkness, light a match.” …Awake.