Author and speaker · West Cork, Ireland
Nothing lasts forever. Not even our worst seasons.
I’m Brazilian, I’ve lived in Ireland for more than twenty years, and I’m a mother of eight. I wrote Nothing Lasts Forever about loss, faith, healing and hope, and I share that story in talks and conversations.I share my story in talks and conversations.
The book
There is hope even while we are still in the middle of it.
The book is about the moments when what felt safe stopped existing, and the road to rebuilding that came after. I didn’t write it to show a perfect life, or a story where every difficulty goes away.
“The chapter you are living does not have to decide how your story ends.”
Some seasons of life seem endless. The pain seems permanent and the loss seems final. But seasons change.
Speaking
How I can be part of your project.
I’d like to share my story with churches and communities that have room for a message of faith, hope and new beginnings. I have a special place in my heart for the Brazilian community in Ireland, because I know what it is to build a life far from the country where you were born.
I don’t come as someone who has all the answers. I come as someone who found that we can keep walking even when we don’t understand everything yet.
Ways to take part
- Services and special meetings
- Women’s gatherings
- Conferences and retreats
- Mothers and family groups
- Christian interviews and podcasts
- Book events and evenings of testimony
The short version
From Brazil to West Cork.
I’m Daniela Camargo Kinsella. I’m a mother of eight, I write, and I coach volleyball. I am from Brazil, and Ireland has been my home since 2002. This is where I built my family and watched my children grow. Some of the hardest and the happiest times of my life have happened here.
Since 2018 I’ve been raising my children on my own. Being a mother taught me love, patience and how to keep going. It also taught me to see my limits and to accept help. There were seasons when getting through the day took everything I had. I learned that starting again doesn’t always mean going back to who we were before. Sometimes it means finding out who we can become.
My faith sits at the centre of my story. I’ve brought God my questions, my fears and the things I couldn’t fix myself. I’ve prayed for the strength to keep going and to forgive. That still shapes how I look after my family, how I serve my community and how I look ahead.
Volleyball was a big part of starting over. I played as a teenager in Brazil and came back to it in 2019, with a club in Kilkenny. In July 2024 I ran the first session of what became West Cork Volleyball Club, in a playground in Skibbereen. It grew into a place where young people and adults learn the game, gain confidence and feel they belong.
I also created Coach Dani, a volleyball programme for primary schools. I want children to feel the fun of trying something new, of playing as a team, and of finding out what they can do. Seeing a shy child decide to join in is one of the best parts of the work.
Writing is another way I reach people. In my book, Nothing Lasts Forever, I tell what I lived through as a mother, the hard years, my faith and the rebuilding. With my books and talks I hope to encourage anyone in a difficult season who’s wondering how to begin again.
I’m still learning, still raising my family, still building. Sometimes God uses our most fragile moments to teach us a new way to live, to trust, to serve and to see the future. I hope something here helps you with your own next chapter.
- 2018
- I began raising my children on my own.
- 2019
- Back on a volleyball court, with a club in Kilkenny.
- 2024
- The first session in a playground in Skibbereen, which became West Cork Volleyball Club.
- 2025
- Two youth teams and a women’s team in the Volleyball Ireland National League, and more than thirteen primary schools in the programme, as West Cork People reported in November.
- 2026
- Nothing Lasts Forever, in English and in Portuguese.
In pictures
Stages of my life
As a girl I was a talker and a watcher. I came home from school and church with stories for my mum, and I spent a lot of time thinking about the people around me.
At eighteen I left Piracicaba for an aunt’s house in Campinas, two hours away. I turned up with a suitcase and asked if I could stay. At twenty-one I boarded my first plane, to Paris, in the middle of autumn. It has been my favourite season ever since.
I grew up admiring my mum, my aunts and my grandmothers. In December 2003 I got married and set up a home of my own.
These days I think of my life as a patchwork quilt. Some of the squares are dull, and some are hard to look at. Sewn together, they still make a work of art. I’ve learned to dream again.
Press and radio
Where I’ve appeared, and where to listen.
West Cork discovers a passion for volleyball
As a mom of many, I’ve learned that children and teens can’t be forced to do something they don’t truly want to do.Niamh Coughlan · West Cork People · November 2025 Read the article (opens in a new tab) Audio interview
On The Level
A conversation about my book, Nothing Lasts Forever.
On The Level · on SoundCloud Listen to the interview (opens in a new tab) On the radioNight Life
I present a show, every Thursday, 10 p.m. It’s called Night Life.
Life FM 93.1, Cork Listen to past shows (opens in a new tab)Also published
The rest of the shelf.
For schools
Volleyball in your primary school.
Coach Dani is my school volleyball programme: five weeks, one visit a week, on the same weekday.