After collapsing in my home one night and being rushed to the hospital at the age of six, doctors predicted that I would not live to see my seventh birthday. Thirty years later, and I am...
Encouraging/Empowering Others
Empathy 4 You
Hi, I’m Shalmali, a graduate student and mental health advocate from Pune. I conduct workshops, seminars and lectures on mental health and suicide prevention in youth through my...
Letting go of Control
This is the story of how I am learning to let go of control in order to empower my daughter. At what age do we hand over control to our kids? Just this past weekend I was reminded that...
A Story Like Mine Can Save A Life
PODCAST: #ThePowerOfYourStory Podcast is an interview series with women from around the world, a collaboration between Girls’ Globe and SayItForward.org. In this episode, Kalliopi...
Hope
I was born in Florida, on September 29th, I was adopted at age two, causing trauma, and reactive attachment disorder. I knew I was A female in the wrong body when I was young, I...
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 and...
To that little girl, who saved my life
I’m 19 and I haven’t seen my family in over 2 years. I’m alone and I have zero friends and family where I live. One day I was at the store and this little girl smiled at me. That’s...
Starting The Girls Empowerment Team
When I was in the fourth grade, I couldn’t look in the mirror and tell myself I was enough. That I was beautiful or fun to hang out with. No girls cared to include me in hangouts...
Overcoming Advocacy Burnout
PODCAST: #ThePowerOfYourStory Podcast is an interview series with women from around the world, a collaboration between Girls’ Globe and SayItForward.org. In this episode, Julia Wiklander...
I’ve been abused emotionally and physically
I was one years old you know my dad was a drug addict and hurt my mother so badly when I was two we left moved in to my gramma you know then my ex stepdad came into our life’s i was the...