Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to child abuse, sexual assault, and rape. “One day you will be the end of me” he whispered...
Surviving Sexual Abuse
Andrea’s journey to self love
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to child abuse, sexual assault, violence and rape. I can’t remember a time when violence and trauma...
Molested at 12, married at 22, mother at 23 and...
My story is a mixture of fear, molestation, anger, frustration, strength, etc etc.. It all started when I was around 12 years. I felt a hand touching me places while I was sleeping. I would...
“I’ve only just begun to realise how...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood abuse and violence, self-harm, and rape. (I’m not the best at writing so apologies for...
Just talk to someone
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes descriptions of sexual assault and rape. I was 17, had a couple of close friends, was shy, and my self-esteem was...
Scripting My Own Story
I grew up in a small city called Guwahati, tucked in the far northeast of India. My region is full of abundant resources but also had its own share of issues, like insurgency and violence...
I really hope no girl or teen or woman ever has to go...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes descriptions of childhood sexual assault and abuse. It happened in June of 2016. At the moment I was depressed...
Giving Back and Lifting Up
I encountered Girls on the Run like many other parents do – my girls brought home information about a “running program”, and I thought it sounded like a great way to...
House of Secrets
I grew up in a house full of secrets. On the exterior of our home we looked like a picture-perfect family, but on the interior we all found ways to survive.Let me take you from the...
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...