Veronica Hislop

Founder of Em-Powered Pens

Veronica Hislop is an author, a writer with purpose, a storyteller with heart, and a trained professional committed to helping others heal, grow, and thrive.

With a background as a trained social worker, trauma counsellor, and life relationship coach, she brings over two decades of lived experience supporting individuals through life’s most challenging transitions. Her writing reflects that same mission—offering practical tools, emotional insight, and soulful encouragement across genres and generations.

📚 As an author, she writes books that empower:
Adults navigating tough conversations with confidence and compassion (A State of P.L.A.Y.S.)
Men facing grief with strength and vulnerability (Understanding Grief: Coping with Loss)
Young girls learning self-worth and boundaries (Adianna and the Toad)
📝 As a writer, her articles have been featured in a variety of Magazines, both locally and internationally.

Each piece is grounded in emotional intelligence, research-based insights, and a deep respect for the human experience. Whether she’s exploring conflict resolution, personal resilience, or the inner critic, her work is designed to resonate—because it’s real, relatable, and rooted in lived, truthful experience and healing.

Veronica writes to connect. To rebuild. To empower.

And most of all, to help people find the words for what they’re feeling—and the courage to take the next step forward.