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The Best-Selling Book Author That Captivates and Inspires
Collett Thorpe is an author who believes stories connect us and inspire change. From sharing her entrepreneurial journey, starting a daycare business, to chronicling her life with Lupus, she writes with honesty and heart. Her books offer practical guidance, emotional support, and proof that courage and resilience can overcome any challenge.
About The Author
Collett Thorpe
Collett Thorpe has always found solace and inspiration in stories. From childhood, books opened new worlds and sparked her imagination, naturally leading her to create her own. She writes because she’s captivated by how words can touch hearts, spark ideas, and change perspectives.
Collett’s writing spans multiple genres, from practical business guidance based on her experience as a working-class entrepreneur to emotional memoirs about living with chronic illness. Whether sharing life experiences, exploring emotional challenges, or offering practical advice, her goal remains consistent: to provoke thought, inspire action, and create genuine connection.
As a small business owner who started a daycare in 2011 and someone living with Lupus, Collett writes from lived experience rather than theory. She shares real struggles, honest failures, and hard-won victories, making her books relatable for readers facing their own battles.
Her greatest desire is to pay it forward, contribute meaningfully, and help others feel comfortable on their own paths. Collett uses her experiences to offer useful guidance and encouragement, reminding readers they don’t need to be experts to make a difference. They just need courage to begin.
About The Book
Starting Your Own Business
‘Starting your own business?: You are Pigheaded’ is an honest, down-to-earth guide from a working-class entrepreneur who started a daycare business in 2011. Collett Thorpe shares her real-life journey without fancy jargon, expensive research, or corporate polish. Just genuine experience from someone who followed a “crazy” dream and learned by doing.
This book covers the highs, lows, surprises, and invaluable lessons that come with turning vision into reality. Collett offers practical insights and encouragement for anyone passionate about building their own standalone or online venture, whether you’re just dreaming or already running your business.
Written for aspiring entrepreneurs and current small business owners, this guide provides relatable perspective from someone who’s been there. No fluff, no pretense, just real talk about everyday challenges and rewards of business ownership.
The book serves as a reminder that you don’t need professional credentials or expert status to succeed. You need courage to start, persistence to continue, and willingness to learn from mistakes. Collett proves that ordinary people can build extraordinary businesses when they’re willing to be pigheaded enough to pursue their dreams.
About The Book
Battle Scars
‘Battle Scars: Who is your General’ is a raw and inspiring memoir about living with Lupus. Collett Thorpe shares her personal journey with unflinching honesty, chronicling the physical and emotional battles she’s faced while offering readers a powerful message of hope and resilience.
More than a story about illness, this memoir examines the human spirit’s capacity to endure and grow through suffering. Collett encourages readers to look beyond their pain, embrace their scars, and discover strength in adversity. She reminds us that while we can’t always control what life brings, we can choose how we respond.
The book addresses the realities of chronic illness: medical appointments, pain management, treatment side effects, emotional toll, and impact on relationships. Collett writes with vulnerability about her darkest moments and the faith and support that sustained her.
Written for anyone facing life’s challenges, not just those with chronic illness, this book offers comfort, empowerment, and inspiration. ‘Battle Scars’ stays with readers long after the final page, reminding them that healing begins with courage and self acceptance, and that our scars tell stories of survival worth honoring.
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What Customer Say About Us
Readers share how Collett Thorpe’s books gave them confidence to start businesses, validated their struggles with chronic illness, and reminded them that courage, resilience, and honest storytelling can change lives and inspire hope.
I've read so many business
books written by people with MBAs and startup money. This is the first one that felt like it was written for me. I'm a working mom with a high school diploma and an idea. Collett's story gave me the confidence to actually start instead of just dreaming. Would defo recommend.
The honesty in this book is
refreshing. Collett talks about the mistakes, the failures, the times she wanted to quit. Most business books only show you the success part. This one shows you the fundamental middle part where you're figuring everything out and wondering if you're crazy.
My wife has Lupus and
I bought this book to better understand what she goes through. Collett's honesty about the daily reality opened my eyes to things my wife probably didn't want to burden me with. Every family member of someone with chronic illness should read this.
I bought this because I've been
thinking about starting a daycare for years but kept talking myself out of it. I don't have a business degree. I don't have tons of money saved. I kept thinking I wasn't qualified. Collett's story showed me that being qualified isn't about credentials, it's about being willing to learn and stubborn enough to stick with it.
I was diagnosed with Lupus
eight months ago and I've felt so alone. My family tries to understand but they can't really get it. Reading Collett's story made me cry because she put words to exactly what I'm experiencing. The invisible pain, the frustration when people say you look fine, the guilt about canceling plans, all of it.
Great read overall! The part
about embracing your scars instead of hiding them hit me hard. I've spent years pretending I'm fine when I'm not. Her message about finding strength in adversity and choosing how you respond to suffering gave me a new perspective. This isn't just for Lupus patients, it's for anyone dealing with ongoing health battles.