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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
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...
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...
More Stories
Claiming Your Power
ვარდებს არასდროს იწვიმებს
“ვარდებს არასდროს იწვიმებს, თუ გვინდა რომ გვქონდეს უფრო მეტი ვარდი, უნდა დავრგოთ უფრო მეტი ვარდი” - მარი ან ევანს, ცნობილი როგორც ჯორჯ ელიოტი დავიბადე და გავიზარდე ერთ-ერთ ძალიან პატარა ქალაქში,...
Start of a life
My life right now is like hell with the thoughts of suicide. Every day, I feel like an empty guy ... I'm having a really difficult life situation today, March...
My story
My name is Samira Kohdamani. I was born in Afghanistan, in a country where war and insecurity were part of daily life. My childhood was filled with both challenges and...
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....
Experiencing epilepsy is my strength
I became epileptic 2004. I was ashamed of my Epilepsy for years. l often compare myself to my sisters. Why am I epileptic yet they are normal? It's unfair. Only...
The strongest person I know
When they asked me, who is the strongest person I know? I replied, it's me...i am the strongest person I know, I have been through things no one knows and...
Speaking your Truth
You’re not alone!
As I’m sitting here wanting to spill all my life secrets to the world with the hope of coming clean and rebuilding my whole life, I couldn’t even bring myself...
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...
Just One Decision
I had an amazing breakthrough a few months ago, and it completely changed my life, but let me start with some backstory, explaining why this decision became so instrumental in...
Groat
Grout is an aggregate material often made with a cement or epoxy base. Grout is often used to hold tile in place and keep out moisture. Grout can be found...
Where Is The Love?
This poem is about issues that the world has been facing and particularly focuses on the media, discrimination and speaking up. The song Where Is The Love from Black Eyed...
Youth voices
Hey, I’m Shadowstar. An hour ago, I realised I needed to share my story. Here it is. So I’m a youth, I believe that we should have rights. We have...
Love
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...
Why I live
I became a complete quadriplegic 15 years ago in a car crash that shattered all my dreams. I lost my only sister in that accident. Just 3 years after my...
My Coach
i’m not completely sure where to start if i’m going to be honest . hi my name is daniela molina and i was a part of girls on the run...
No ones judgement is harder then your own
When I started highschool I was in a mentally exhausting relationship, I was an honors/AP student and I started cheerleading. It was a lot, not only on my body, but...
This Is Not The Last From Me
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual assault and rape. My story starts at 8 years old, although I’m not going...
An Angel During Change
Job titles and salaries will never determine my qualities as a person, this is what I used to think and what I used to share with people around me. However,...
Self-Empowerment
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...
I started to do things I love
I am someone who just got out of depression. And something that pulled me out was music and my own imagination. I tried explaining my feelings, that feeling of not...
A journey from Silence to Symphony
In the silence, I found strength. In the darkness, I found light. And in the journey from silence to sound, I discovered the true essence of resilience." These were the...
It is Never Too Late
It’s Never Too Late For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the sun Ecclesiastes 3:1 Jacqueline Maynard-Campbell April 8, 2016 It is never too...
Breaking Chains, Building Futures
My name is Zul Norin, and I am 20 years old. I’m currently a senior at Vanderbilt University and a proud QuestBridge scholar. My journey has been anything but ordinary....
With Every Breath. A tale of struggle, survival & celebration
My Frisky Trifecta is living half-glass full. Bold, not blasé. Curious, not complacent. That saved my life and makes me 70 going on 30. At 62, an unidentifiable virus devoured...
Trauma
From ex addict to successful and published head chef
Hi! My name's Chef Chriso, So in a nutshell! I'm an ex alcoholic and addict who's battled with addictions and mental illness for years . Having bit of a rough...
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...
The Courage to Leave An Abusive Relationship
“A woman in an abusive relationship tries six or seven times to leave before she is successful.” This is the statistic the DSHS caseworker gave me as I sat in...
Healing after a childhood of trauma
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual molestation. It is very difficult to describe my childhood as even thinking about it...
My Journey with Autism, Finding Hope and my Faith
Life is a journey full of ups and downs, struggles and joys. “I believe the real heroes are those who rebuild their lives using adversity as a stepping stone to...
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...
Other Topics
Wife beating
I ran away from an extremely abusive marriage despite everyone including my own parents advising me to endure the pain and be silent about it because according to our culture...
El recuento matemático de mi vida
Gracias a las redes sociales hace un par de años me reencontré virtualmente con una amiga de mi adolescencia con quien había perdido contacto por casi 3 décadas. La alegría...
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...
SUNSHINE after PAIN and STRUGGLE
One thing I have come to realize is that there is only one me and I am awesome and wonderful even if I don't see it. Life can be painful...
Thinking Global
Growing up, people most often identified me as the “dark-skinned girl” or the “charcoal seller’s daughter.” I come from a community where most daughters end up taking over their mother’s...
Disability
I was born with a disease that leaves most kids unable to walk, unable to stand. I am very lucky. I was able to walk and to run, almost like...