Catherine Harle

Catherine (Cate) Harle is a Toronto-based advertising professional, a first-time writer, and mom who traded in her white picket fence for a one-way ticket to self-discovery. After ending a 16-year relationship, she documented her healing process through journal entries, late-night voice notes, and hilariously raw dating recaps. The result is a memoir that’s equal parts heartbreak, humour, and hope.

With wit, vulnerability, and just the right amount of tequila, she explores what it means to start over at 40—navigating motherhood, self-worth, and the chaos of modern dating. When she’s not writing or chasing her kids around, you’ll find her planning her next girls’ trip, testing out new affirmations with tequila in hand, or being a sucker for a good rom-com.

She believes reinvention is possible at any age, that women should never feel stuck in a life that no longer fits, and that laughter is often the first step toward healing.