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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
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...
The Cost Of Justice
"Mficha Uchi Hazai." My mother has repeated these words to me for as long as I can remember. In English,...
The Friendship That Ended in Silence
Lately, I have been feeling bittersweet about a friendship that ended about four years ago. I met this friend on...
About me
My Special Needs Awareness Journey By Abigail Louise Francis Garvey My name is Abigail Louise Francis Garvey this is my...
holidays and death
not sure where to start but my grief kicked in when I watch my mother take her last breaths on...
How a desire became Embrace Her
I grew up in Vietnam with loving parents and a family that always supported me. I had access to education,...
The Silent Scream of Herat: Shrouded in Black, Stripped of Light
I am amazing because I am still breathing, still fighting, and still holding on to my identity in a city...
Sharing God’s love one letter at a time
Hello I am Allison I live in a small town called Lincoln Arkansas I run a ministry called KTLM PROJECT...
Desidolia
The quiet collapse of admiration for someone once revered - Grief started as confusion and misunderstanding, It became betrayal and...
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Claiming Your Power
Running for Post Traumatic Growth
My name is Bunny, like a rabbit, but I am more commonly known as “Ally’s Mom.” Being Ally’s Mom is both an honor and a challenge, as she is exceptionally...
Another Chance
Another Chance I have no idea how to feel because I had loved him so much. César was my first love my first everything. I gave him all my love...
Unwavering spirit!!!
“A woman is the full Circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform”. - Diane Mariechild A women’s role can be appropriately described as ‘multi-dimensional’. A women...
Lost
Iʼm just a 21year old girl, society and people pressure you to get married when you reach certain age like 20. Iʼm a girl who never cried in front of...
Spontaneity Can Reveal Opportunity
In my early teens, we moved to San Diego after many years in Newport Beach, CA. This move forced me to leave the only friends I had known and start...
Being A Young Lesbian
Being a lesbian is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I wish I could have imagined this possibility when I was younger, because when I was 11...
Speaking your Truth
Fighting for Change
The past few weeks have been unsettling. First, Covid-19 forced us to stay at home, and we became masked-people. Then we witnessed on national TV the senseless murder of George...
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...
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...
How my life changed
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual molestation. I was molested at year 8 (12) by a year 11 (16). It...
Our defining moments
We live our lifes from moment to moment, from breath to breath. Somethings we hold our breath to make the moment last but at times we hold it, close our...
Now I am a survivor
I was a victim. Now I am a survivor. I lived in a situation where I experienced emotional and verbal abuse from my father. My mom moved us into a...
Love
Put Yourself in Someone’s Shoes
Girls on the run was so much fun! We played games, met new friends, and had a great time running! Every Wednesday and Monday before Christmas break, we would do...
Lights! Camera! Action!
My most memorable moment from Girls On The Run is when I was interviewed. It was a normal day we talked about the lesson and did the activite. Then we...
Survivor
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to childhood rape and sexual assault. I am a survivor of multiple sexual assaults and rapes. I...
Life on Brentmoor Ct (pt. 4/4)
FREEDOM That summer, Ivy's mother decided it was okay for them to go and visit their father in prison. At the time, he was located in a minimum-security prison, about...
Keep the Faith
Everyone has a story right now, and in no way do I believe I am entitled for anyone to listen to mine. I am not sure why I am starting...
Kindness through Letters Mission (KTLM)
Hello I am Allison I am the founder of KTLM (Kindness through Letters Mission) a mission I started by myself to encourage and spread God’s love to people all over...
Self-Empowerment
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...
The Voice of a Survivor
During the three decades I have lived as a woman, I have experienced, felt, and witnessed many discriminatory practices, especially harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation and child/forced...
Chicago Marathon
I have many GOTR stories but this one is my first! In 2016 I discovered and enthusiastically agreed to run as a SoleMate for Girls on the Run of NWI...
Great job
Wow! sometimes I look back and tap my self in the back , and say “ Great job laura , you have gone so far .” Now I feel terrible...
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...
Destigmatizing Menstruation in Swaziland
I am inspired in the hope of destigmatizing menstruation and be period positive. It was one of the days whereby you feel that everything is against you. As a mother...
Trauma
Hope
I was born in Florida, on September 29th, I was adopted at age two, causing trauma, and reactive attachment disorder. I knew I was A female in the wrong body...
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...
Pastor’s Daughter Rises Above the Ashes as a Victorious Survivor!
My story has received International attention. I have an incredible testimony of hope as a survivor of sexual assault & domestic abuse. Long before #MeToo & #ChurchToo I lived with...
Putting Robin Together Again
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood rape and other forms of abuse. Putting Robin Together Again Innocence Lost What doesn’t kill...
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...
Expressing happiness… ?
Expressing happiness… ? Dr. Subhra D.B As a small cheerful child, a beaming school girl, a studious collegeer and further as an optimistic adult, I remember my mother always telling...
Other Topics
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...
Black and White pearls
(Venus in front of the mirror) Dear you and me, I always had the dream to help other people and to share a story, to inspire people. Yet I feel...
Love, Desire and Awareness
Being a highly sensitive person, I have always projected the same self-image onto others. Expecting everyone to understand and feel the pain they inflict and be receptive to the love...
Puterea Educației Sexuale
Am 28 de ani și am crescut în București, capitala României, o țară din estul Europei care tocmai scăpase de comunism, cu un an înainte să mă nasc. Viață părinților...
‘Quitting is leading too.’
'Quitting is leading too' is a thought-provoking Nelson Mandela quote that lends itself to my journey to early retirement from the United Nations (UN) in Vienna, Austria in November 2022...
Happiness is our birth right
For a huge period of my life, I tied my self-worth with being a good house wife, my values as a woman consisted on learning how to cook and cleaning...