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!

The Survival Instinct

felt like crying so badly. And at the end I did cry alot. Then I just went to training Institute. Today, was very depressing in terms of peers The people are getting weirder, actually smarter more precisely selfish. It’s the survival...

Breaking Free: A Journey of Survival...

My name is Yahia Abdulhassan, I was born on 28.06. in Nuremberg. I was a happy child surrounded by love and affection. But in 2013, my family decided to return to their homeland in Iraq. I was torn from my familiar surroundings and thrown into...

Fractured families

The first memory of my childhood is of a 4-5 year old me sitting on the archaic stone staircase of an old and beautiful bungalow, in a dull sadness with the feeling of dejection from my mother and siblings. I remember desperately wanting my...

What Hope means to me

Hope What does the word hope mean? I guess I have a vague idea of the meaning. So, to be sure I decided to get the dictionary term. This is how the googled version of the oxford dictionary defines the word “Hope” • A feeling of...

The Lost One

It had been her fresh year of high school, with new year, new friends, and new profound confidence she intended to make the biggest academic comeback. And, just like 7 months went by and nothing turned out to be what she expected. She...

From Death to Life

I want to stay Anonymous. So you will know me as Carmen. I am a 16 year old mixed girl in South Carolina. I have been searching all night for a website to share my story and I’ve finally found the one. My story begins in a hospital, as do...

`Cleveland To Tampa

It all started when I was born, not that I’d remember when I was born. I barely remember yesterday. I definitely don’t remember most of my childhood. The bits and pieces I do remember I almost wish I didn’t. You know those...

Mental health services need to stop failing...

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains a reference to childhood sexual abuse. I am sending this email as I want to raise awareness about the mental health services and how they are significantly failling...

the breakup

hi, i wont be putting my real name so you guys can just call me shine. well my story begins when my best friend currently just someone that i say hi to in the hallway became friends with this guy, and after some time talking they ended up...

Reflecting on the Seasons of my Life

I have always had a weird way of thinking. I am sure there are people out there in this big world that can relate. Actually, let me be more specific and label myself-as society would do, “Introvert”. Lol, I guess it is my personality...