Carolyn Mayling

Carolyn Mayling is an award-winning author, charity founder, and inspirational speaker whose powerful story of love, loss, and hope has touched thousands.

Her acclaimed memoir, The Future is Rosie, chronicles the extraordinary life and legacy of her talented eleven-year-old daughter, Rosie, who was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease and spent many months in hospital. During that time, Rosie expressed a wish to raise money for other sick children. After losing Rosie, Carolyn transformed unimaginable grief into a lasting mission by creating Rosie’s Rainbow Fund.

Carolyn also shares her deeply personal journey through a five-year IVF process as a much older woman, culminating in giving birth to her son at the age of 54.

Her story didn’t end there: she later faced — and overcame — a breast cancer diagnosis, major surgery, and recovery, emerging with a renewed passion for life and purpose.

Her talks blend raw honesty, warmth, and humour, offering profound lessons in resilience and compassion, in the belief that Rosie continues to be the driving force in all she achieves in her name.