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 follow the link 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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Rise of The Go-Getter Girl!

A go-getter girl is on a mission to write one of the greatest stories ever written. She makes life happen […]

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Catherine Constantinides – A Superhero Without A Cape

Catherine Constantinides’s list of achievements and accolades is long enough to fill pages of books yet to be written by […]

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Waking up to your dreams

My name is DosumuFlexxy, I survived TB. It was really a time and period of pain but indeed I survived […]

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The Courage to Leave An Abusive Relationship

“A woman in an abusive relationship tries six or seven times to leave before she is successful.” This is the […]

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I Need to Walk My Path

I was in San Diego, last week. A piece of heaven. Walked to Balboa Park. Walked along the water front. […]

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When Weakness Becomes Strength

I had always been a quiet child, enjoying nature, keeping to myself – and being overlooked by others. Many times […]

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Nisha Varghese: Unbreakable Spirit

You see the girl in the wheelchair, and you think, “Oh, poor thing. She’s disabled. Life must be so hard […]

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Sabiendo Que Mi Voz Debería ser Escuchada

Alrededor de hace algo así como un mes, estuve extremadamente sorprendida por una orden de la Corte presentada en contra […]

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Wenn Schwäche zu Stärke wird

Ein Kind der Stille war ich schon immer. Gern in der Natur, gern allein – und gern von anderen übersehen. […]

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Ecos of My Compass

My name is Karla Wheelock and I’m a Mexican mountain climber. When I think about what it means to lead […]

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Sliding Doors: un nuovo mondo

La vita è sempre sorprendente e anche se sai che è così, si rimane sempre sbalorditi dal flusso degli avvenimenti. […]

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Madame Secretary General From the Slum

A few days ago, I was asked again a question I receive quite often, “How did you grow up so […]