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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
The rest is still unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield was onto something when she released Unwritten. Staring at the blank page before you. Oof. It’s like a...
Born Too Close to the End
By B. A. ⸻ Chapter 1: The Womb of Death I came into the world fragile, almost nothing. My tiny...
Warriors Without Swords: The Unstoppable Power of Women
A woman is the full circle. Within her lies the power to create, nurture, and transform.” – Diane Mariechild A...
A letter to able-bodied people
Dear able-bodied people, Can we please agree that praying for a disabled person to be healed after they’ve said no...
To my late mother, Latika
My mother who passed away in 2013 in Nashik city(India) used to tell me her story of going to school...
Broken To Brilliant
I Wrote On Here Multiple Times On Here. My Recently One Was About My Baby Sister “Mariah Symone Sanders” On...
We live to continue his legacy
I had promised myself that i would document every step of grief , but i wasnt very ready of the...
Stuck
There's a lot I wanna say to you but cant. I can't explain why you just changed my whole life...
Losing It All While Finding Myself
I am a child of trauma who grew into an adult shaped by it. The earliest pieces of my story...
From Darkness to Purpose
Title: From Darkness to Purpose: One Woman’s Journey of Survival and Empowerment Kristen Ellingson’s life story is a testament to...
I Miss You Sister
I use to have sister. My 25-year-old sister Mariah Symone Sanders was shot and killed by her boyfriend on March...
The Beauty Queen Who Exposed Corruption Before the World Was Listening
The Beauty Queen Who Exposed Corruption Before the World Was Listening** My name is Jesenia Orozco. I am an American,...
More Stories
Claiming Your Power
The Courage to Leave An Abusive Relationship
“A woman in an abusive relationship tries six or seven times to leave before she is successful.” This is the statistic the DSHS caseworker gave me as I sat in...
My Anecodote
Hey, My name is Levin Tilak, i have graduated in B.COM from Delhi university. I want to share my passion, dream it is something which i actually want to do/become...
You Are Not The Storm. You Are The Sun.
For as long as I can remember, I have put others’ needs before my own. Where did this come from exactly? Was it a taught behavior? Was it a way...
Behind The Smile
I was born in the Philippines. I spent sixteen years there before moving to Germany at fifteen. Life in the Philippines wasn’t easy — there were days when all we...
My heart less your beat
When I was 17 I had a stillbirth. I was 8 1/2 months pregnant, and the night of December 24th 2007 I arrived into the hospital. In the emergency the...
You are enough.
Stand up for yourself Learn to love yourself enough to recognise that no one can cherish you better. In the past couple of days, I have engaged in some insightful...
Speaking your Truth
The Invisible Girl
Even though she was in a very depressed state of mind, she was realistic. She realized that no matter what she said, someone would hate her for it. She stopped...
My Story
My Story… by Kaylee McCormick Like any relationship there are ups and downs and although the downs were terrible, I always tried to hold onto the positives. I held onto...
My Story
I’ve never had a ‘normal’ life, I’ve dealt with so much for so long I fear I am past the point of ‘normal’ at times. It’s sad really to not...
I’m not afraid anymore
This was my life. High school homecoming queen, captain of the varsity cheer squad.... experienced sexual abuse/harassment while in college...leading to bad judgment/decisions after college leaving my image “destroyed” being...
Growing up as a diamond in the rough
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual molestation and assault. I am a 29-year-old woman, born in Oakland, California. When I...
Sinless Cathelin
This story starts from the teens where a girl was growing to be a brave, innocent, and smart child with great features like black shiny hair, black eyes, and a...
Love
me and my best friend
well this story is about me and my best friend so we know each from our primary school but we never talked to each other in our primary school in...
You’re not alone
My life never was as perfect as in the movies. I’m a new generation to this world who still is trying to find myself. Mu childhood was like anyother family....
Authenticity and Its Insecurities
I have been painting my clothes for several years now. It started with painting shoes, than T-shirts, and dresses. My needs for authenticity, contribution, being seen, and self-expression are all...
God Heals My Pain
Christian Spoken Word Artist and Motivational Speaker I want to make a difference in the world. I want to inspire others.
Learning Not to Quit
I posted a video last night of an overexuberant set of coaches cheering on a girl for finishing a practice 5K in our Girls on the Run program. I am...
Big Smiles
As a "senior" volunteer with Girls on the Run, I have truly enjoyed my job guiding on the course and cheering on the participants. The culminating activity run is fabulous...
Self-Empowerment
To Whom Do You Give Your Power?
I love kaleidoscopes because they remind me that in an instant, everything can change. In many of the “kaleidoscope moments” of my life, I have been able to see long-held...
I’m only stronger
Wednesday night of November 1, 2017 I was beaten half to death by my ex boyfriend. He kicked me, punched me, pistol whipped me and took the battery out of...
Los Momentos Que Nos Definen
Vivimos nuestras vidas de momento a momento, de respiración a respiración. A veces, aguantamos nuestra respiración para que el momento dure, pero otras veces, cerramos los ojos y rogamos para...
You are the change
As a girl growing up in Kenya, a patriarchal society with a strong cultural heritage, I knew from the onset that achieving my goals was not going to be a...
Who am I? – Overcoming Low Self Esteem and Self Pity
My story is a long one, but I hope you can read to the end and be inspired as you read. 🙂 Nine out of ten people that I tell...
A Rare Silver Lining
A Silver Lining & True Act of Kindness: I am 32 years old and married my best friend in May 2013 and less than a month of being newlyweds I...
Trauma
CoCo’s Story
As of today, I decided that I’m tired of keeping quiet about my hardships. I've became single recently, but in the most fucked up way. I was genuinely happy with...
The way life goes
I'm sorry if my English is bad. My name is Marie, I am 15 years old, and I live in an orphanage. Not because I don't have parents, but because...
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...
My Dream to Inspire Kids / teens through my terrible school experiences
My Dream To Help And Inspire Students In Similar Situations Hi everyone I am Angela, I am 17 years, and I live in Delhi The story I am sharing is...
The war in my mind or my reality?
I share my short story of endurance with triggers of my past military wounds to help heal myself and others. To inspire you to believe in yourself and your dream!...
Reclaiming My Power From Fatherlessness
This is my story. I faced a lot of adversity including poverty, physical and sexual abuse during my childhood which created a cycle of abuse that followed me into my...
Other Topics
Burden of expectation- Who to blame?
Don't know where to begin! But I feel so overloaded with thoughts that if I didn't share, my mind will blast. I don't want to get known by name, the...
“Believe in yourself”
VIDEO: Chunmei Li shares her story of courage, determination and achievement in choosing her life’s path.
Always almost there…
PRELUDE When everyday life is a struggle, keep going. When you fail, know that you can fail up well. When you fail, know that you can fail up well. When...
In Bloom Not Broken – Mental Health
I have suffered with mental illness for most of my life starting with self harm and depression at the age of 14 which then led to anorexia in my 20's...
From the Ashes…… I Rise
"Where are you?", this is the kind of a conversation i have with myself every morning , my mornings have become so tough, this is what happens after 5 years...
Anxiety Feels Like a Bully
In my mind anxiety feels like a massive bully. It holds me back from taking up new opportunities and to speak up. It makes me constantly put myself down. Anxiety...