My freshman year of high school, I wanted to stop caring. I was so burnt-out, trying to be the perfect student. I had straight A’s, got 100s on nearly every test, hated myself if I got any less than that. That’s unrealistic. I felt I...
Stories
Every woman and every girl inspires us. We are deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories about breakthroughs in their lives, the ways in which they have overcome fears, beliefs, or events that once kept them from connecting with their inner strength and recognizing their amazingness. Some of these stories are stories of pain and how a women or girl triumphed over it. As you read these stories, rather than focusing on the pain, choose to focus instead on the triumph and the ways that others have overcome what may once have seemed impossible to overcome. Let's celebrate their triumphs!
Hi, I am Sethmi and I am Asian, from Sri Lanka. I’m 14 and would like to tell you all about me. As you know being a teenager is hard, I find very difficult and end up doubting myself and binge watching over all the videos saying how to be...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood sexual abuse. It often begins subtly, almost sweetly—the extra attention feels like a warm embrace that draws you in, making you feel...
Hi I’m sweety I’m from a middle class family I am a nurse. A year ago I got married and it was an arrange marriage everything was good. But after marriage I came to know the reality that his mother controls the money .it’s...
My name is Carina Imbrogno and I’m a self taught award winning artist and illustrator. I would like to share my miracle story with everyone I can possibly reach to help inspire them and give them hope. I’m becoming an inspirational...
I was a special Ed child, hyper. I pray to God that I was sorry for the mean things I done. 1 st I had teen pregnancy. I got married,in a wrong relationship,b cause I didn’t know. I had more kids, the landlord had the heat shut off...
I was born in Haiti, where life is a much different experience. I have many brothers and sisters, and we were about as poor as you could ever imagine being. Sick, malnourished, no understanding of the English language, and a problem I did not...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual molestation and assault. I am a 29-year-old woman, born in Oakland, California. When I was a baby, around the age of 1/2, My biological...
Hi, I’m Ria. In my freshman year, I was cyberbullied along with other kids on an Instagram account under our school’s name right before our finals. I was stressed and worried, and I felt like there was no way out. But knowing that...
I never imagined that a single moment could change everything. i didn’t know it then, but for the next three days, u woul be caught between two worlds-one of the living and one beyond. When time stood still, this was my 72- hour Awakening...