My Love, the one I chose to marry. The one I chose to have a child with, to share my life with. To build a legacy with. You raped me. Why? You told me you loved me, that you wanted to be with me. Then one day she came and we were broken, even...
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!
I had an amazing breakthrough a few months ago, and it completely changed my life, but let me start with some backstory, explaining why this decision became so instrumental in helping me become the person I always wanted to be. Growing up, I...
Society has coined us to believe that we are confined to a certain culture, lifestyle, beliefs of this world that determine wrong from right. Guess what? In this world, everyone has their truth, and nothing/no one can change that. In my...
When my son was born, it was the happiest moment in my life. I’ve never loved anything or anyone as much as i did him. I would die for him, i would give him the world if i could. I couldn’t imagine my life without him in it, so i...
I am writing this story because I believe it can be therapeutic for myself to share my story and maybe even help someone who is going through a similar situation. I am 32 years old. A mother to 3 great children and a wife of 16 years to man...
Rant Hi. My name is Cathy or Cat depending on who you ask. As I write this it is currently 6:40 pm on a Friday evening on January 17, 2020. I sit here on my black leather sofa in my small one-bedroom apartment 7 ½ weeks pregnant and completely...
Well into my career, I was in a meeting with a great group of intelligent, successful and confident business leaders. I respected every one of them. They were all men. It was in that meeting room that I found the courage to say, finally, to one...
PODCAST: #ThePowerOfYourStory Podcast is an interview series with women from around the world, a collaboration between Girls’ Globe and SayItForward.org. In this episode, Julia Wiklander, founder of Girls’ Globe, talks with her good friend...
After collapsing in my home one night and being rushed to the hospital at the age of six, doctors predicted that I would not live to see my seventh birthday. Thirty years later, and I am still defying all the odds. I have stared death in the...
Hi, I’m Shalmali, a graduate student and mental health advocate from Pune. I conduct workshops, seminars and lectures on mental health and suicide prevention in youth through my little organization called ‘Empathy For You’ I...