A Note from our Founder, Tiffany:

August is nearly over, and it's hard to believe! Summer has gone quickly, and as we enter a new season of change, the start of school and fall, The Diamond Place is also experiencing transformation.

We continue to focus on building relationships throughout the community.

The Diamond Place hosted Rooted & Rising, a restorative plant workshop led by Heather Johnson on August 12th. Participants created and took home their own houseplant while exploring the meaningful connection between nurturing a plant and nurturing their own growth, healing, and resilience.

We also had a booth at Western Welcome Week in Littleton on August 15th. We are so grateful to all who stopped by our booth to shop for jewelry, cowboy boots, hats, and more! They learned how we’re helping women heal, rediscover their worth, and create new possibilities, and each purchase supported our mission. Thank you to all who came out!

I am deeply honored to see so many people recognizing the value of the programs we are building at The Diamond Place and the impact MAE will bring to our community.

Every new partnership, volunteer, sponsor, introduction, and opportunity reminds me that this work is needed and that we are not building it alone. I am incredibly grateful for everyone who has offered their time, expertise, encouragement, and support, and especially for the women who trust us to walk alongside them.

Thank you for believing in this mission and helping us create a future where women can find support more easily, rebuild with confidence, and know they do not have to navigate life’s hardest seasons alone.

The Diamond Place Updates:

We are thrilled to welcome Yahaira and Heather to The Diamond Place! Yahaira will support community engagement, outreach, and financial-empowerment efforts. Heather will assist with workshops, participant support, and community programming. Their experience and passion for helping women will strengthen our programs and expand our impact.

We look forward to being out in the community over the next few months. Visit our booth, attend a workshop, learn more about our programs, and connect with our team. We hope to see you soon!

Englewood Block Party
​August 29, 2026 - Downtown Englewood

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
​August 29–30, 2026 Sloans Lake

Rally for Recovery
​September 19, 2026

Health and Wellness Fair Trails Park and Recreation

Sep 26, 2026 9-12:30 PM in Centennial, CO

Wellness for Women

Oct 4, 2026 9-5:00 PM in Denver, CO

Ignite Conference

November 5-7, 2026

We are also continuing preparations for Permission to Dream, our upcoming women’s experience on October 17, 2026.

From our Blog:

Healing and rebuilding do not require a perfect plan. This month’s resource is a gentle reminder that it is okay to pause, take one manageable step at a time, and allow your path forward to unfold. You are not behind, and you do not have to navigate everything alone.

​Read more here​

The Back to You Workshop is a gentle, 60-minute virtual experience designed to help women calm overwhelm and reconnect with themselves. Through trauma-informed guidance, participants learn practical grounding and emotional-regulation tools in a safe, supportive environment, with no pressure to share more than feels comfortable.

The workshop is now offered every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Mountain Time and costs $0

​Learn more and sign up​

Sharing Our Story Through Video

The Diamond Place is partnering with Ava Somera and Ava Somera Media to create a new promotional video. The video will share our story, who we serve, our community impact, events, and the partnerships we need to continue growing.

Sharing Our Story Through Podcasts

The Diamond Place Featured on The Synthetic Echo

Tiffany joined The Synthetic Echo podcast for the episode “When Your Brain Goes Into Survival Mode: Can AI Help Find a Way Out?” The conversation explores how trauma affects the brain, why navigating resources can feel overwhelming, and how MAE can help people find clearer next steps without repeatedly telling their story.

​Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts​

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​2026–2027 T-Shirt Sponsorships Available

Put your business in front of the community while supporting The Diamond Place’s mission! Our team and volunteers will wear sponsored shirts at festivals, workshops, outreach activities, and community events throughout the 2026–2027 season.

Sponsorship opportunities include:

• Diamond Sponsor — $500
• Gold Sponsor — $200
• Silver Sponsor — $100

We are thrilled to welcome Candice Betz of Balanced Aesthetics & Wellness as our exclusive Platinum T-Shirt Sponsor! Thank you, Candice, for supporting our mission and helping women heal, rebuild, and move forward.

The Diamond Place is proud to partner with Open Door Ministries on a new pilot program. Through this partnership, five women will receive complimentary access to Resilience Reimagined and Rise & Thrive, with optional one-on-one peer coaching through Rooted 303. Together, we are helping women rebuild confidence, strengthen financial skills, and move forward with greater support.

The Diamond Place has joined VOICES at the Rose Andom Center, strengthening our connection to a community committed to supporting survivors. A broader partnership is also underway to include our services in the center’s External Resource Guide and explore future collaboration around programs and resource navigation.

💌New Mail Subscription Program💌

Back to You Mail is a new $15 monthly subscription designed to help women reconnect with themselves. Each mailing includes a personal letter, affirmation card, stickers, reflection prompt, monthly Permission Slip, and occasional surprises. For every 10 memberships, we will send encouragement to another woman who needs a reminder that her story isn’t over.

The Diamond Place has been accepted as the supporting nonprofit for Quantum Business Builders, a BNI chapter that meets every Wednesday at Clubhouse Work & Golf. This partnership will help us build community relationships, increase awareness, and connect with local businesses committed to supporting our mission.

The Diamond Place has been selected for the fully funded 2026 BMO Fellowship, powered by Watson Institute. This 16-week program provides training, mentorship, and community to help social entrepreneurs grow their impact. Through the fellowship, we will strengthen our programs, advance MAE, and expand our support for women rebuilding their lives.

MAE: Our Digital Backpack

We are getting closer to debuting MAE: Our Digital Backpack, which is filled with resources, including housing, support, and guidance to help women find their path forward after suffering trauma. If you're interested in Early Access, visit here​

​Workshops and Financial Empowerment​

We are continuing to develop workshops and community education focused on budgeting, financial confidence, healing, personal growth, and rebuilding independence:

💲Free Edward Jones Financial Series💲

Starting Over: Your First Financial Steps After a Major Life Change

Whether you are navigating a divorce, job loss, caregiving responsibilities, or another major transition, this free workshop will help you begin moving toward financial stability. Learn how to organize your finances, identify your priorities, and create a clear starting point without feeling overwhelmed.

The workshop is virtual, and you do not need to be on camera to participate.

​Register Here​

Community Member of the Month:

We want to celebrate different members who are contributing to our work; we are grateful for them!

Meet Michelle, who puts together our newsletters. You can find out more about her HERE​

📢Upcoming Events📢

💐You're invited to our Permission To Dream event on October 17 from 12-5 pm💐

Support Permission to Dream

We are excited to have received our first Dream Supporter Sponsorship from Symmetry 360 Massage, which is joining Permission to Dream as a Dream Supporter Sponsor and event vendor. Their $250 sponsorship helps us create a restorative experience where women can reconnect with themselves, explore new possibilities, and feel supported as they dream again. Additional sponsorship opportunities are still available:

• Hope Builder — $500
• Possibility Partner — $1,000
• Presenting Sponsor — $1,500

A limited number of vendor spaces are also available. Sponsorships help us create a meaningful afternoon of healing, connection, and possibility for women at Permission to Dream on October 17, 2026.

​Volunteer Program Expansion
​We have created volunteer opportunities in community outreach, events, grant writing, fundraising, corporate sponsorships, social media, workshop support, resource research, data entry, and administrative support. Other ways to get involved: attend an upcoming community event, introduce us to a potential partner, become a sponsor, donate an item or service, invite us to speak, or help us connect with women who may benefit from our programs.

Small introductions can create big opportunities. If you know a business, organization, therapist, advocate, speaker, funder, volunteer, or community leader who should know about The Diamond Place, we would be grateful for the connection.

Visit www.thediamondplace.org or email info@thediamondplace.org to learn more and get involved.

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📖Book UnMasked: Release October 2026📖

Unmasked is a raw and honest story about what happens when survival becomes an identity and what it takes to finally come home to yourself. Through trauma, loss, resilience, and dark humor, Tiffany Sharp explores the masks we wear to appear strong, successful, and unaffected. This book is not about becoming who you were before. It is about discovering who you are when you no longer have to hide.

Read an excerpt:

For most of my life, I thought strength meant being able to take a hit without letting anyone see that it hurt.

Keep working. Keep smiling. Keep helping everyone else. Make the joke before someone asks if you are okay. Be successful enough that no one looks too closely. Be strong enough that no one realizes you are barely holding yourself together.

I became very good at surviving.

So good, in fact, that even I stopped recognizing it as survival.

I called it independence. Ambition. Loyalty. Resilience. I wore each word like a badge of honor while quietly abandoning myself to keep the peace, keep the job, keep the relationship, or keep someone else from becoming uncomfortable.

There were many versions of me.

The responsible one.

The funny one.

The successful one.

The woman who could handle anything.

Each version served a purpose. Each one helped me make it through something I did not yet have the words, safety, or support to process.

But masks are heavy.

Eventually, your body begins telling the truth your mouth has been trained to hide. Your nervous system does not care how impressive your résumé is. It does not care how convincing your smile looks in a photograph. It remembers every moment you felt trapped, powerless, threatened, abandoned, or afraid.

Mine remembered everything.

Healing began when I stopped asking, “What is wrong with me?” and started asking, “What happened to me and what did I have to become to survive it?”

That question changed everything.

It allowed me to look at the scattered pieces of my life with compassion instead of shame. I was not weak because I struggled. I was not broken because ordinary things sometimes felt impossible. I was not failing because my body could not simply forget what it had endured.

I was responding exactly as a human being responds when too much has happened for too long.

Unmasking has not been a beautiful, graceful transformation. It has been messy, uncomfortable, funny in wildly inappropriate places, and sometimes deeply painful. It has required me to grieve who I was, forgive who I had to become, and take responsibility for who I want to be next.

This is not a story about returning to the woman I was before trauma.

I do not want to go backward.

This is the story of meeting the woman underneath it all the woman who no longer has to perform strength, earn love, shrink to stay safe, or apologize for taking up space.

The woman who survived is not the end of my story.

She is the reason I get to write the next chapter...

Next Month: Cover Reveal and Where to Purchase...

Final Thought:

The path to self-discovery is not a straight line. It’s a zigzag. We move in and out of awareness: one step forward, three steps to the left, a baby step back, another leap forward. A lightbulb moment might shine brightly one day, but then flicker the next. It takes work to hold tightly to a certain consciousness, to live in its wisdom. Every day, I have to intentionally maintain an awareness of my value. ~Alicia Keys

Thank you, all of you, for your support of The Diamond Place!

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