Stories

Every woman & 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!

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Being me

Hey meet me, I’m a girl born and raised in Sweden and I struggled throughout most of my life. I […]

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My father ruined my life.

Back in 2021, I had reached out to my father. He never reached out to me at all I had […]

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Girl in Chicago, Il

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood sexual abuse and assault. 2008 […]

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Afiya Shafiq (25) born and raised in the Netherlands, life as an Afghan and Russian girl

Dear person reading this, let me introduce myself! My name is Afiya Shafiq, 25 years old, born and raised in […]

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711 Heal My Hurts

Life’s storms ⛈️ may be unpredictable, but one ☝🏽 thing is for certain – the rainbow 🌈 will follow. Keep […]

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Accepted. Funded. Rejected.

I was born as one of six daughters in a South Sudanese polygamous family—where, from the very beginning, my worth […]

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The rest is still unwritten

Natasha Bedingfield was onto something when she released Unwritten. Staring at the blank page before you. Oof. It’s like a […]

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Born Too Close to the End

By B. A. ⸻ Chapter 1: The Womb of Death I came into the world fragile, almost nothing. My tiny […]

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Warriors Without Swords: The Unstoppable Power of Women

A woman is the full circle. Within her lies the power to create, nurture, and transform.” – Diane Mariechild A […]

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A letter to able-bodied people

Dear able-bodied people, Can we please agree that praying for a disabled person to be healed after they’ve said no […]

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To my late mother, Latika

My mother who passed away in 2013 in Nashik city(India) used to tell me her story of going to school […]

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Broken To Brilliant

I Wrote On Here Multiple Times On Here. My Recently One Was About My Baby Sister “Mariah Symone Sanders” On […]