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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
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...
711 Heal My Hurts
Life’s storms ⛈️ may be unpredictable, but one ☝🏽 thing is for certain - the rainbow 🌈 will follow. Keep...
Accepted. Funded. Rejected.
I was born as one of six daughters in a South Sudanese polygamous family—where, from the very beginning, my worth...
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...
More Stories
Claiming Your Power
Type 1 Diabetes Disease of the Mind
My name is Christian Courtney and I want to share with you how Type 1 can be more than just a physical disease but a mental one. I was diagnosed...
Ria’s Stand Against Cyberbullying
Hi, I'm Ria. In my freshman year, I was cyberbullied along with other kids on an Instagram account under our school's name right before our finals. I was stressed and...
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...
Without suck there cannot be growth
Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be a pilot. Growing up just 20 minutes away from Frankfurt Airport I would spend hours watching the aircraft doing...
Dust Yourself Off
Growing up, I was always told that as long as I tried my best my grades didn't have to be perfect. My parents didn't push me to be perfect, just...
I’m Worth; My Story’s Not Over
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood rape and other forms of abuse. Hi, I'm Coffee T., a 52 year old woman...
Speaking your Truth
Puertas Corredizas: Un Nuevo Mundo
La vida es siempre sorprendente y aunque lo sabemos, ésta nos continuará asombrando con el paso de las situaciones o eventos. En cierto punto de mi vida, como muchas otras...
I Need to Walk My Path
I was in San Diego, last week. A piece of heaven. Walked to Balboa Park. Walked along the water front. Stopped outside a store to look for a hummingbird I...
I Hear You!
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of adolescent sexual molestation and assault. I'm amazing because I know that my voice matters and that...
Ended My Silence after 34yrs
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to childhood mental, physical, and sexual abuse. BREATHE! Ok, Hi my name is Jovi, I’m 37yrs old...
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...
Living My Life As Visual Impaired
It has took me guts to write this because not many people will probably not even care but I want to share my story to support other people dealing with...
Love
Being my own son’s surrogate
It started when I was a little over 7 months pregnant with my son. It was also around this time that I had begun to tell a few of my...
social isolation.
This story I am about to share is something that I have dealt with for the past 3 months, (at least.) What I am about to share has torn me...
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE TWO OF US
I chose to tell this story because I live in a community outside of Santiago, away from home and my mother. It is a recognition of my mom, because I...
My dad and dark life
So hello I hope y’all having a good day. Today I’ll be sharing to you all about my life, it’s sad and dark and scary .”sighs” here I go ,...
Living the life my mom wanted to live
Losing a mom is never easy and no matter how many years pass, it will always feel like yesterday. I remember it was just an ordinary day at work when...
I Am Human.
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains a description of childhood sexual assault. Hey guys, I just found this website. It's hard seeing how many...
Self-Empowerment
She Chose to Walk Away
Being born into a Pakistani family, it’s not easy to stop listening to what people are saying about you: about the way you dress, you walk, you talk, or you...
A Week of My Own
There was a time I wore my To Do List like a badge of honor. I did it all: held down a full-time job while raising three children; volunteered for...
Go forth and be great.-Caroline Mochoge
Society has coined us to believe that we are confined to a certain culture, lifestyle, beliefs of this world that determine wrong from right. Guess what? In this world, everyone...
Steel is often Strengthened By Fire
Steel- Noun: a hard, strong, gray or bluish-gray alloy of iron with carbon and usually other elements, used extensively as a structural and fabricating material. Verb: mentally prepare (oneself) to...
Escaping the Land of Should
Unrealistic expectations are burdens we choose to carry or to leave behind. Some of those expectations are our own and some are rooted in what others want from us. We...
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...
Trauma
What has death taught me?
Losing someone is hard, it shatters you. I remember as a child, I once cried for days when I lost my favourite toy. As a teenager, I experienced my first...
Brain trauma awakening
My story. Take a moment to reflect. Through this physical embodied lifetime we go through immense changes that other species are incapable of, this may be due to the fact...
My Raw Unfiltered Cleansing Truths
Learn to overcome my most difficult lifelong struggles. Change the way I think of myself and others. Those are my goals but in order to fix my problems I’ve begun...
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...
My Story
Know That I wrote this because if I keep bottling everything inside me I’ll burst. So I guess this is a rant that is somewhat depressing. But I’d rather let...
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...
Other Topics
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...
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...
Be kind.
I try to look all put together, but I'm as conflicted as any other - trying to make sense of life. I had been told from an early age that...
Rewriting the Script
Trigger warning: Please be aware that this story includes a graphic description of childhood FGM (Female Genital Mutilation). This was one chilly afternoon in the month of November in the...
Stronger than I thought I was
I am STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT, AND SO ARE YOU!! As I grow older day by day, I find out more about my gender. The choices that we...
Bloodroot
I remember a moment when I was 19 having an experience in the wild, in nature, in which I celebrated myself and stepped across a threshold in which I could...