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Where every woman & girl is encouraged to share her remarkably unique story of overcoming the fears, personal beliefs, or circumstances that have held her back in any way. We are grateful to the women & girls who have already shared their stories and invite you to read them.
We hope you will be willing to share one of your stories that highlights a breakthrough you have had in your journey to realizing how truly amazing you are.
Latest Stories
Surviving hell, in recovery
I was severely traumatized by my family. I am in recovery right now. I was abused through daily chores, cruel...
The note i wrote before I tried to go away
Dear people if u are reading this then Im ded or I might be , I'm writing this cause I'm...
Learning to Live Again: Finding Purpose in the Midst of Grief
You can never truly fathom what grief feels like until you lose someone close to you. For me, loss did...
My Testimony: Created for Freedom
My Testimony: Created for Freedom For years, I lived in a room with no air, constantly told that my suffocation...
The Tangled Web
When I returned home as a child after living abroad, my father placed a large welcome sign written in Arabic...
Growing up like an introverted and trying to share more about me.
Hello, My name is Maria, I like my name, it makes me feel protected and loved. I was born in...
Youngest in every room : First in my family
At 21 years old, I am on my way to earning my master’s degree in Cybersecurity before I turn 22....
Children are wired for kindness
This sunny morning, Baby Madam was given a snack, and after taking a few bites, carefully broke pieces of the...
Life is sweet
On May 16 2026 my heart stopped.It started back up but was sputtering,every time it stopped I blacked out and...
Lost
Iʼm just a 21year old girl, society and people pressure you to get married when you reach certain age like...
My Divorce Was Not A Failure
It’s been several years since I went through the break-up of my marriage. I stayed in the shell of that...
Legend of the Children
The Legend of the Children A long time ago on a place called Red Mountain, children were born and lived...
More Stories
Claiming Your Power
Running the Race- A Testimony of Love and Grace
My name is De'Ana Forbes. I am a student at James Madison University (JMU) in Harrisonburg, VA. I enrolled at the university in the fall of 2013 after being recruited...
Remember
Sometimes we forget how tough we are, how resilient. That even in the most awful, difficult and painful circumstances, we come out of the other side. It almost feels impossible...
My Rocky Road to Heaven
A struggle to enlightenment When a child is violated by other humans, healing may take several lifetimes. Foreword Spirituality is our very individual and personal development. Most people will have...
My healing journey.
I am going to tell you my full story. There's several people who know different chapters of this, but not a single soul that's ever known the whole thing. Why...
The Power of Transitions
Everyone tries their best to start their year with so much hope, at least that is what social media shows us , the constant contents on "vision boards , resolutions,...
Some Girls Don’t Fit In
Some girls are not meant to fit in. This has always been the story of my life. As a child, I never dreamed of weddings. I didn't give in to...
Speaking your Truth
foster care
The first time I felt the heaviness of the handcuffs digging into my small wrists, the cool metal biting into her skin. i sat in the back of the police...
Healing is hard but not impossible.
I met Fernandez at a friend’s party when I was twenty. I was a late bloomer and had never dated before. I had spent more time on academic pursuits than...
“I was going to finish that sentence.”
Well into my career, I was in a meeting with a great group of intelligent, successful and confident business leaders. I respected every one of them. They were all men....
Resilient: A Survivor’s Path to Triumph
Resilient: A Survivor’s Path to Triumph It took me 25 years to understand what was wrong with me. It all started when I turned 18 and I decided to go...
Happily ever after
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to child abuse, sexual assault, and rape. "One day you will be the end of me" he...
Super-gluing my ears for 14 years. The ????????
Hello dear beautiful children of this planet, Today, I wish to share my story with everyone and anyone that wants to listen. This was not an easy task for so...
Love
Blessings upon blessings
My Name is Tai. I’m a 19 year mother to my beautiful son. But for 8 months of my pregnancy, no one knew I was pregnant because I couldn’t tell...
God spoke to me
I would like to tell my story how God spoke to me to anyone who will listen. A little bit of background on me, I grew up Catholic. I was...
Toxic relationship and how i managed to come out of it
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes descriptions of rape and sexual assault. I had a relationship for 4 years and my boyfriend cheated on...
My story
I am Zoey Maxwell And I was born in Mexico, La Cuesta, me and my family were in poverty, and I hated every second of it. My family was small,...
A short snip of my childhood.
My parents separated when I was 3, I never really had the time to think about what happened it was really just my life. My mum moved across the country...
Claiming Public Spaces in the Urban Peripheries: Women Bearing the Brunt
It was a simmering hot afternoon in July. I checked with the drivers at the Manglapuri bus stand “Where is the South MCD office?” “Didi, you should take the adjacent...
Self-Empowerment
It doesn’t matter what other people think
My name is Brooke and I am a recent college graduate from Texas A&M University. I have a Bachelors degree in Political Science and I am very passionate about politics....
Living the Truth
I didn’t grow up with the language young people have these days around gender and sexuality. I was 19 when I first met my first gay person and that encounter...
Wenn Schwäche zu Stärke wird
Ein Kind der Stille war ich schon immer. Gern in der Natur, gern allein – und gern von anderen übersehen. Oft beschlich mich das Gefühl, ‘anders’ zu sein als die...
Never Allow Anyone To Tell You What You Are Not Capable Of
Being dyslexic was a struggle for me growing up as a kid but I got through it by going to a school for kids with special needs, taking speech therapy...
The lie that came true
The Lie That Came True — A True Story from Myanmar After the military coup, a young woman in Myanmar made a difficult choice: she quit her government job. Not...
Our Turn
'It's a wonderful life after all' such a refreshing saying to hear no? If only it were true... At each point of our lives, right from the Palaeolithic Age till...
Trauma
Transparency will ignite unity
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to childhood rape. My name is Zoe van Zyl. Life has been a struggle, and in the...
My Story.
Hi there My name is Emma, I'm a teenager living in New Zealand, and I'd like to share my story. Not for fame, or recognition, or sympathy, or anything like...
Stop Coping, start feeling.
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood sexual assault. What happens when you try to cope and not feel? You break down...
The burden of Guilt lies on whom due to sexual harassment
So much has been said and written about sexual harassment of late. Much of it attributed to sexual harassment on campuses of colleges and universities, particularly in North America, and...
How I delt with Self-esteem issues after I had abortion
Having had abort my child was the lowest point I’d have ever gotten. Many years later, I look back and I still shed tears sometimes of joy sometimes of sorrows....
I am Woman.
I am woman. I am strong, confident, powerful and bold. I am learning the value of my worth everyday with the awareness that self-care and self-love is a lifelong practice...
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My introvert friends, you are not alone
The world is full of diversity. There are different types of persons all around us. Some of them are quite different than others. Introverts are one of them. I personally...
Nisha Varghese: Unbreakable Spirit
You see the girl in the wheelchair, and you think, “Oh, poor thing. She’s disabled. Life must be so hard for her.” You walk right up to her, and then...
You are you.
You know, I don't know why I am sitting here in the middle of my math class reading all these stories about people, what they've suffered and what they've gone...
What Makes you Vulnerable Makes you Beautiful
We learned about it in grade school when we were astonished to see a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. How could something so guarded and caged transform into something so...
No Stigma Just Love!!!
Many people believe that having mental health issues is a choice, that people choose to be sad or depressed, or that they would get better if they only knew how...
Rising from the shadows and journey of strength
Rising from the shadows and journey of strength In March's light, the snow did fade, A girl’s story, in shadows laid. Born on an isle where the waters gleam, Raised...