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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
Surviving hell, in recovery
I was severely traumatized by my family. I am in recovery right now. I was abused through daily chores, cruel...
The note i wrote before I tried to go away
Dear people if u are reading this then Im ded or I might be , I'm writing this cause I'm...
Learning to Live Again: Finding Purpose in the Midst of Grief
You can never truly fathom what grief feels like until you lose someone close to you. For me, loss did...
My Testimony: Created for Freedom
My Testimony: Created for Freedom For years, I lived in a room with no air, constantly told that my suffocation...
The Tangled Web
When I returned home as a child after living abroad, my father placed a large welcome sign written in Arabic...
Growing up like an introverted and trying to share more about me.
Hello, My name is Maria, I like my name, it makes me feel protected and loved. I was born in...
Youngest in every room : First in my family
At 21 years old, I am on my way to earning my master’s degree in Cybersecurity before I turn 22....
Children are wired for kindness
This sunny morning, Baby Madam was given a snack, and after taking a few bites, carefully broke pieces of the...
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...
More Stories
Claiming Your Power
Welcoming sadness
I am an adult child of a narcissistic mother. I was raised in a family that didn't accept separateness or validate me as an individual. As a result, I've struggled...
I value my determination and my resilience
It all started back in 2016, harmlessly swiping on Tinder the social dating app, when I swiped right to someone who I could see had tattoos which looked really appealing...
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...
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...
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...
We will heal
My father’s suicide was the single most painful event in my life. I was 18 when he left. I’m 22 years old today. But the would stays as fresh as...
Speaking your Truth
Youthful regrets
This is a sad story. But it can make smn else's story better. It a story about two people who were too afraid to tell each other how they felt....
We are all amazing
I am amazing because of all the things I've overcome. My breakthrough moment was today when I watched Luckiest Girl Alive. I was not sexual assault but my ex drugged...
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...
Sliding Doors: un nuovo mondo
La vita è sempre sorprendente e anche se sai che è così, si rimane sempre sbalorditi dal flusso degli avvenimenti. Ad un certo punto della mia vita, come molte altre...
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...
Bye.
When you write something about someone…whether they see it or not, be sure you can tell that to their face too. For instance, if I directly told someone something over...
Love
Be Afraid
Fear, a hollow feeling that swallows you from within, there are so many forms of it - Fear of being seen, fear of being unseen, fear of being at the...
Disrespectful Child
Thank you For spending your time for reading my story. Went i was little about 7 years old we got the call that my godmother {Aunt} had died so that...
The Wander Lady with her Wander Baby!
Well “9 locations - 5 flights - about 20 days travel with my little 5 months old baby” so that I could be the WANDER WOMAN I wanted to be!...
Finding yourself again after losing the real you
For the longest time, I felt trapped, like I didn’t even know who I was.
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...
Life of an adult bedwet
Living the life of a bed wet is more complicated than anything I know, cause I felt the world pass me by every single day of my life,untill recently when...
Self-Empowerment
THROUGH THE BARS TO FREEDOM
[This is] the most powerful and yet, the most horrible story in my life. I still cannot realize how I managed to get in between the bars, because it was...
My Testimony: Created for Freedom
My Testimony: Created for Freedom For years, I lived in a room with no air, constantly told that my suffocation was a sign of holiness. The Prison of Submission I...
Take a Moment for Yourself
In a world where we as women are expected to always put others before ourselves, it can feel self-indulgent to take even a moment for ourselves in the midst of...
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...
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...
Nisha Varghese: Unbreakable Spirit
You see the girl in the wheelchair, and you think, “Oh, poor thing. She’s disabled. Life must be so hard for her.” You walk right up to her, and then...
Trauma
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...
How my traumatized childhood shaped who I am today
I grew up in Calgary, Canada. I grew up with a lot of family issues and these fights in my family (physical and verbal) have traumatized me. My dad is...
International Author Incest Survivor Breaks Generational Curse!
Trigger warning: Please be cautious when reading this post. It describes childhood sexual abuse. In October, 1998 watching Oprah's Family Secrets Show with my mother, I so wanted to tell...
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...
I’m glad I experienced Epilepsy
My name is Sydney and I am almost 25. I have four sisters who are free from allergies and disabilities. I was born in the Philippines and named Sydney because...
i didn’t know my own strength
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to rape. "have courage & be kind" when I was young I was bullied for a very...
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...
Kuongoza Kizazi cha Wanateknolojia kwa ajili ya Mazingira
Ni watu wachache sana wanaotambua mchango wa wanawake katika uhifadhi wa mazingira. Utafiti unaonyesha kuwa wanawake huathirika pakubwa na mabadiliko ya hali ya anga na majanga ya kimaumbile. Hata hivyo,...
Reflect, Claim Our Space, and Power On!
For me, growing up was a series of realizations about the things that I ‘could not’ do, merely because I am a girl. And while my relative privilege allowed me...
Above dark clouds the sky is always blue
After having a privileged adolescence in my native country, including going to a very well known university 4 hours away from my parents’ house, I found my self living in...
Life of a 14 year old: Part 1
Part 1: So….I am not sure how to start this, I’ve never written anything about myself and never have discussed anything personal. I was 13 when I went for a...
Untrue Happiness.
What others do not see but asume. my story is all about life and the choices we make the blame with put on others when things do not go our...