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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 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...
Being me
Hey meet me, I'm a girl born and raised in Sweden and I struggled throughout most of my life. I...
My father ruined my life.
Back in 2021, I had reached out to my father. He never reached out to me at all I had...
Girl in Chicago, Il
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood sexual abuse and assault. 2008...
Afiya Shafiq (25) born and raised in the Netherlands, life as an Afghan and Russian girl
Dear person reading this, let me introduce myself! My name is Afiya Shafiq, 25 years old, born and raised in...
More Stories
Claiming Your Power
Me and my dyslexia
At the age of eight after a diagnosis i have been told i had a math dyslexia. At first, i didn't really get what it means, but later, when i...
If You Think You Can’t, Think Again
I would love to share my story of how I came to playing musical instruments at 60 years of age!!! I would love to hear your stories of things you...
I WITHERED AND BLOOMED AGAIN THIS TIME WITH MORE STRENGTH.
I still remember that chubby girl with full of love, dreams, energy, curiosity and desires. When she started blossoming, the people around plucked her very badly. One day, after trying...
Kijan nou ka simonte pè ki nan nou.
Kijan nou kapab simonte pè ki nan nou? *premyèman* Si ou vle ale lwen nan lavi ou fok ou kwè nan tèt ou.Chak ou doute de tèt ou,ou ap anpeche...
Are You Holding Back?
My daughter has been applying for summer camp counsellor jobs. She’s been a camp counsellor the last three summers, in addition to being a lifeguard and swim instructor during the...
Power of the Scar
I am amazing because I’m a survivor! My story begins at a time when I was a young girl. I was raised by a single mother, and had a drug...
Speaking your Truth
“It’s not the way you think it is”
VIDEO: Whitney Dowers from Canada shares her story about how other people's assumptions about us can affect our lives.
Sabiendo Que Mi Voz Debería ser Escuchada
Alrededor de hace algo así como un mes, estuve extremadamente sorprendida por una orden de la Corte presentada en contra mía por parte de mi ex-esposo. Sin yo tener conocimiento,...
The girl with the most cake
This is pretty long but this all needs to be said: I'm a black sheep. And I really mean that, too. I'm a black sheep. I was born in April...
Ro9se
Angelea Story I am a mother of four children and recently my oldest son 19 was killed (11-30-18). Shortly after my husband whom I met and started dating in the...
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...
The Importance of Storytelling
VIDEO: In “The Importance of Storytelling” Dr. Robi Ludwig shares her perspective on the transformative power of telling our story.
Love
“Entre Deux” …
J'ai toujours eu du mal avec les messages sur l'identité nationale, raciale ou de genre.. même quand il s'agit de message aussi triviaux que "mangez français", " achetez le fer...
Love? Or not?
Hi, I came to this website because I needed to let go of some of the things still going inside my head. I am in love with someone but somehow...
The Adolescent Girl Puzzle
In my community, being a girl is like putting together a really difficult puzzle. Being a girl can often mean that the different pieces of you don’t quite fit together....
A Story of Recovery
Telling my story might help me heal and maybe help someone else in the process. We read other people's stories all the time. This is just mine. I don’t like...
An Audience is Watching
The school that I coach for Girls on the Run sits in the inner city of Allentown. As the guidance counselor shared with me the first day, it isn’t in...
The power of believe on yourself
Kwa majina naitwa Shella Salum nina miaka 33 naishi dar es salaam, Tanzania. Ni mhitimu wa chui kikuu degree of arts with education 2015, Sikupata ajira serikalini nikaajiriwa shule binafsi...
Self-Empowerment
Courageous Self-Love
PODCAST: #ThePowerOfYourStory Podcast is an interview series with women from around the world, a collaboration between Girls’ Globe and SayItForward.org. In this episode, In this episode, Alaa Al-Eryani talks with...
Pheonix rising from the ashes
Rising Above: The Inspirational Journey of Ranjana Tripathi You change the vibes of the room when you enter! You are one inspiring person I have met. When you speak, it...
The Mathematical Count of my Life
A couple of years ago, thanks to social media, I was able to meet with a friend from my adolescence with whom I lost contact for the last three decades....
A Promise to Myself
There have been so many breakthrough moments in which I crossed a barrier to self-acceptance and self-love, moments in which I chose to love me, and to stop sacrificing myself...
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...
Rise of The Go-Getter Girl!
A go-getter girl is on a mission to write one of the greatest stories ever written. She makes life happen for herself, and does not let life happen to her....
Trauma
be a monster
From the day i was born i have been an outcast from society. My mother was 22 when she gave birth to me on the side of a country road...
H.O.P.E- Hold On Pain Ends
I was just 13 years old and in the seventh grade when I had my first panic attack. It was crippling and terrifying. I could barely breath, I was hyperventilating,...
Madison Story
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to rape and trafficking. Hi my name is Madison kokes I am from Nebraska I had always...
Mental Freedom
child abuse survivor narccisst survivor x2 domestic abuse survivor Your past does not define you!! mental freedom is possible you have to treat each trauma like a fairy tale just...
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!...
A Life Of Loss
Life began for me in February 1991, I was born to two wonderful parents Leighton & Jacqueline, my mum had me later in life at the age of 48, she...
Other Topics
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 life history
Growing up, I’ve noticed that many people, especially men, think they are entitled to a lot from a woman. They think they have the right to look, to gaze with...
Anything is possible
My names Kiera, I’m 18 years of age and from the age of 3 weeks old I have been suffering, and I’m finally at the point where I want to...
A Future Full of Hope: How Cancer Led Me to My True Purpose
I never imagined that a cancer diagnosis would redefine my life in the most unexpected way. When I was diagnosed in 2012, my world shattered. The fear, uncertainty, and physical...
From English literature to Robotics
Growing up I wanted to be an engineer, but was told that it work reserved for men. I wanted to be in the army but my entire family opposed this...
A story about a DeafBlind little girl
Greetings My name is Ncebakazi Dotwana and i am 27 years old. I am a mother of two children, one of them is living with Deafness and Blindness, life has...