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 a very aggressive, abusive man and I...
Self-Empowerment
Be Encouraged
Whenever life sometimes makes us feel discouraged, we should be encouraged by the simple fact that we have the power to change our situation. Recently I wrote a poem that allowed me to see...
Transparency will ignite unity
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to childhood rape. My name is Zoe van Zyl. Life has been a struggle, and in the last year I have...
Never Allow Anyone To Tell You What You Are Not ...
Being dyslexic was a struggle for me growing up as a kid but I got through it by going to a school for kids with special needs, taking speech therapy classes, and learning different...
Recovery
Once my grandmother passed away, my mother had to leave to country. I was given immense stress and I fell prey to whenever people called my ugly. I starved myself down to the weight I am...
I Survived…
My name is Johanna Leblanc and I am a Haitian-American immigrant. I had the unfortunate privilege of being born into a dysfunctional family that did not have the capacity to raise nor...
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 in my life but my family...
This is to inspire someone.
Life started for me in the year 2000 when I lost my Dad. Then it dawned on me that i need to be a man of my own. So, I decided to start taking some little jobs here and there just to be...
A girl with full of dreams
My father passed away at a very early age due to asthmatic attack in 2010, I was pursuing my graduation. The moment I completed my graduation in 2012, I started working since I was the only...
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 a time, I thought of...