Debbie-Jane Harris smiling in an armchair, wearing glasses and a light blazer

A midlife return to Jesus

I came back to Him. Everything changed.

I'm Debbie-Jane, author, former ER and ICU nurse, and a woman who found her way back to Jesus after years of building life in my own strength. I share my story to help women in midlife trust God, find courage, and step into what He's calling them to next.

Debbie-Jane Harris reflecting peacefully beside a window

The pruning

He removed what was not of Him

There were people, businesses, and versions of myself that looked successful on the outside, including a business I'd poured years into, but were quietly costing me my peace and my purpose. God did not ask me to manage them better. He asked me to let them go. Some of that pruning was painful. All of it was mercy.

Debbie-Jane Harris with hands clasped in prayer over an open Bible

The return

I found Him again — and He had never left

In an unexpected moment of total desperation, I found myself on my knees, sobbing and asking God for a miracle. That was the moment everything shifted: total surrender. Within days, He answered my prayer.

Since then, my relationship with Jesus has become the centre again. From that place, a different kind of life began to form—slower, more peaceful and ordered around Him.

Debbie-Jane Harris leaning on a fence post at a coastal lookout at sunrise

This season

A purpose-driven life, not just a purpose-driven brand

I am no longer building for visibility or income first. I am building from obedience. That looks like honest conversations about faith in midlife, a book that tells the real story, and work that can travel with me instead of owning me. Everything else is secondary.

Called Forward by Debbie-Jane Harris — When fear says stay but faith leads you to freedom

Called Forward

When fear says stay, but faith leads you to freedom

Called Forward is the story of walking away from what was familiar, hearing God’s quiet persistent whisper, and choosing to trust Him when everything in me wanted to stay safe. It is for the woman who knows something needs to change — and is tired of talking herself out of it.

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If you’re in a pruning season too

You are not behind. You are not disqualified. You are being prepared.

Join me for honest conversations about faith, courage and beginning again in midlife—plus updates on the release of Called Forward.

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