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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
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,...
Overcomer By Jacqueline Williams
I was born on January 1, 1968, with my feet turned backwards—a physical reminder of a drug that changed the...
You Never Know What the Future Holds
I have a mental illness, bipolar, and I am not ashamed. I started having symptoms when I was 14. I...
EVERYTHING I WANT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FEAR
I have always had to deal with fear, anxiety, and not feeling safe, because of abuse in my childhood. I...
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...
My Story
Greetings, My name is Shatana Watkins, I am from Indianapolis, Indiana. I am divorced, with no children. I am a...
Why do I have to endure so much pain so young
I love kpop and everything that comes from Korea but the problem is that I come from an Islamic family...
More Stories
Claiming Your Power
BE MORE BUTTERFLY
My story before being more butterfly: I always come back to the same story in my life. When I was very young at primary school I started getting bullied by...
Stories Empower
VIDEO: Ruth Kilimo, discusses the work of Market Girls Foundation, Kenya, and the role of stories in empowering and encourage girls and young women, in this brief conversation with Elisa...
How i am a fixer in progress and why i don’t feel bad about it and why you shouldn’t either
How I am a fixer in progress and why I don't feel bad about it and why you shouldn't either I believe part of me will always be to some...
I Hated My Body So Much, I Wanted To Stop Breathing…
When I woke up in the morning, the first thing I was conscious of was how much I hated my body. I had to get up, go to the loo...
Disabled Designer: Bedridden to New York Fashion Week
Jacqueline City is a 24 year old disabled fashion designer and CEO of Jacqueline City Apparel. City suffers from dysautonomia and POTS as well as heart disease and PTSD. When...
Legacy Lives On
My mother was an incredible influence in my young life. She was my best friend and confidant. I lost her to cancer when my own two girls were very, very...
Speaking your Truth
We are all loved
After my parent's divorce, I slowly sank into a trap. The trap of low self esteem. Following the event, my grandma came into the picture and became the caregiver of...
Relationships
After the heartbreak in 2019 august alot changed from an ambitious girl to a depressed one I was the one who left I dumped him because he deserved it however...
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...
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...
My Fake Happiness
On my very first day at a private middle school, I was convinced that all 23 of the sixth graders attending there would be dignified, independant, and behaved. They were...
Will it ever get good?
*Might have spelling errors since I typed this quickly* This is where everything started 3rd grade I got bullied for the way I looked I hated it everything about it....
Love
Alice- My strength (from me to me)????
This is a story of an Empowered Girl- "Alice"! A baby girl with snow white like appearance born to very loving and caring parents, they named her "Alice". They grew...
Finding me
My journey was long, the tears were nonstop, the pain was unbearable my heart had been too many times there were days I was too sad to get up to...
Untitled
Hi, I am L. I am 14 and I am an attempt survivor. My reasons for it is my own but I want to talk about my journey with suicide...
Stories Have An Impact
VIDEO: Andrea Vazquez shares her experience of the positive impact on others of sharing her story in this brief conversation with Elisa Gambino, One Production Place.
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...
A Journey to PR
When me and my husband got married on March 2009, it never slipped our minds that one day, we would separate ways because either of us had to work abroad....
Self-Empowerment
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...
From There To Here – Simply Mary
Simply Mary From There To Here In her own words. 2017 www.simplymarymusic.com Take the Journey along side Simply Mary in the creation of the Album Freedom Bound and the doorway...
You are worthy. You are loved. You are powerful.
My story, of course, like all amazing women, started at birth. I knew from childhood I was different. I saw things differently. I was softer in my response to situations...
I am amazing because…
I am amazing because… I honestly didn’t think I’d ever face this kind of fear. When my business started going down, it felt like the ground beneath me was slipping....
A personal story of self-realization
I open my laptop. I find numerous files lying unattended. Each file has a piece of article that is half baked. All those correspond to the thoughts that once upon...
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...
Trauma
its all in the past
hi, i'm Lily and i have a problem or should i call it a trauma ?? All I can say is, my school days weren't beautiful but they weren't so...
its all in the past
hai, saya Lily dan saya mempunyai satu masalah atau patutkah saya panggil ianya sebuah trauma?? apa yang boleh saya katakan ialah, zaman persekolahan saya bukanlah indah mana tapi tidaklah begitu...
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...
IN UNEXPECTED PLACES
I picked this story because it's my own experience. I was traumatized deeply from that, and it was very hard for me to get out of this experience and get...
From Abuse to Successful & Free
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual abuse. In a world where mental toughness is much needed right now, I would...
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...
Other Topics
From Death to Life
I want to stay Anonymous. So you will know me as Carmen. I am a 16 year old mixed girl in South Carolina. I have been searching all night for...
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...
Speak out loud for your rights
Mahwash Athar from Islamabad Pakistan. Just After I did my Graduation my parents arrange my marriage. I went to Karachi Pakistan as my ex husband resident of Karachi. I lived...
Seeing a future after attempting suicide in grad school.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled with anxiety. My earliest memory of it was in the first grade. I talked in class, trying to make a friend...
All of the Red Balloons
This story originally appeared in Kate Rademacher's collaborative blog series on the topic of Risky Love: https://www.katerademacher.com/edge-of-faith-blog Without giving it too much thought, I signed up to spend spring break...
The day I lost my mom
I am Cherilyn Riveral, I just want to share my story. I just want to let this out. I was 8 when my mom died, my sister was 12 and...