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Where every woman & girl is encouraged to share her remarkably unique story of overcoming the fears, personal beliefs, or circumstances that have held her back in any way. We are grateful to the women & girls who have already shared their stories and invite you to read them.
We hope you will be willing to share one of your stories that highlights a breakthrough you have had in your journey to realizing how truly amazing you are.
Latest Stories
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...
711 Heal My Hurts
Life’s storms ⛈️ may be unpredictable, but one ☝🏽 thing is for certain - the rainbow 🌈 will follow. Keep...
Accepted. Funded. Rejected.
I was born as one of six daughters in a South Sudanese polygamous family—where, from the very beginning, my worth...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Broken To Brilliant
I Wrote On Here Multiple Times On Here. My Recently One Was About My Baby Sister “Mariah Symone Sanders” On...
We live to continue his legacy
I had promised myself that i would document every step of grief , but i wasnt very ready of the...
Stuck
There's a lot I wanna say to you but cant. I can't explain why you just changed my whole life...
Losing It All While Finding Myself
I am a child of trauma who grew into an adult shaped by it. The earliest pieces of my story...
More Stories
Claiming Your Power
Blooming and Becoming through Mentorship
I believe I am one person who was born lucky, and this is because of all the support system I have had growing up. Having five siblings meant I had...
My story
My name is Samira Kohdamani. I was born in Afghanistan, in a country where war and insecurity were part of daily life. My childhood was filled with both challenges and...
You are enough.
Stand up for yourself Learn to love yourself enough to recognise that no one can cherish you better. In the past couple of days, I have engaged in some insightful...
Accepting myself as I am – Story of someone with Vitilgo
I wanted to share with you my story which is how I dealt with vitilgo and the stigma around it. When I was about 7 years I got this condition...
2 months clean
After a lifetime of drinking and 7 years of shooting crystal meth , now 2 months clean .I was crying the other day, tears of joy but also sadness. Why...
I can …
Hello, my name is Mercy. I had low self esteem growing up and not doing well in my school work and this also let me not to be exposed in...
Speaking your Truth
The Adolescent Girl Puzzle
In my community, being a girl is like putting together a really difficult puzzle. Being a girl can often mean that the different pieces of you don’t quite fit together....
Seeking Help!!!
The experience, clueless, helpless and heartbreaking one at that, I had as a 15 year old led to a strong lifetime belief!!! I will never approach anyone for help of...
My Story
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to childhood rape and abuse. My name is Kylie. And I am a survivor. Some backstory my...
Healing is hard but not impossible.
I met Fernandez at a friend’s party when I was twenty. I was a late bloomer and had never dated before. I had spent more time on academic pursuits than...
Will Eve-Teasers ever Rule the World?
CAT-CALLING / WOLF-WHISTLING / EVE-TEASING FACED BY A TEACHER. I, Xavier Siby Moorkattil, a sincere student from Second Year(B-Section) of Academic Year 2017-2018, S.P.N. No. 1603179 studying Diploma in Electronics...
Life goes on
Hello, My name is Nawaf and I’m from Iraq. The story starts with me going shopping with my family back when I was just 12 years old. I remember asking...
Love
Un ángel para el cambio
Los títulos laborales y los salarios nunca determinarían mis cualidades como persona, eso era lo que pensaba y lo que compartía con aquellos cercanos a mí. Sin embargo, después de...
A story about a DeafBlind little girl
Greetings My name is Ncebakazi Dotwana and i am 27 years old. I am a mother of two children, one of them is living with Deafness and Blindness, life has...
Depression
My name is Summer and i've been depressed ever since I can remember. My mom and dad split up when I was a baby. I lived with my mom and...
Hate this life better not being in it
I can tell you the story why im in Australia why i left my family at age of 16 what kind of life i had and would love tell that...
GOTR fun
I like girls on the run witch is so much fun because I can run with my friends and we have interesting lessons that help me learn. We also get...
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 statistic the DSHS caseworker gave me as I sat in...
Self-Empowerment
Academic Achievement As A Way Out
When I was 12 years old we (my mother and my three siblings) moved from Colombia to the US to live with my dad, who had migrated 7 years earlier....
Welcoming sadness
I am an adult child of a narcissistic mother. I was raised in a family that didn't accept separateness or validate me as an individual. As a result, I've struggled...
Finding My Inner Superwoman Despite Battling a Rare Disease
Devic’s disease is a neurological disease of the brain and spinal cord dominated by inflammation of the optic nerve (optic neuritis) and inflammation of the spinal cord (myelitis). It’s often...
Una historia personal de auto realización
Abro mi portátil. Encuentro muchos documentos que siguen desatendidos. Cada documento tiene parte de un artículo que quedo medio horneado. Cada uno corresponde a los pensamientos que alguna vez pensé....
Happiness is our birth right
For a huge period of my life, I tied my self-worth with being a good house wife, my values as a woman consisted on learning how to cook and cleaning...
A personal story of self-realization
I open my laptop. I find numerous files lying unattended. Each file has a piece of article that is half baked. All those correspond to the thoughts that once upon...
Trauma
Reclaiming My Power From Fatherlessness
This is my story. I faced a lot of adversity including poverty, physical and sexual abuse during my childhood which created a cycle of abuse that followed me into my...
I do belong and I will be successful
I’m not really sure where to start, but I’ve had the need to open up and share what I’ve been through maybe to possibly help younger teens and younger kids...
My Story.
Hi there My name is Emma, I'm a teenager living in New Zealand, and I'd like to share my story. Not for fame, or recognition, or sympathy, or anything like...
Brain trauma awakening
My story. Take a moment to reflect. Through this physical embodied lifetime we go through immense changes that other species are incapable of, this may be due to the fact...
My Dream to Inspire Kids / teens through my terrible school experiences
My Dream To Help And Inspire Students In Similar Situations Hi everyone I am Angela, I am 17 years, and I live in Delhi The story I am sharing is...
Ended My Silence after 34yrs
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it includes references to childhood mental, physical, and sexual abuse. BREATHE! Ok, Hi my name is Jovi, I’m 37yrs old...
Other Topics
Daily Affirmations
I bless the day I learnt about daily affirmations or rather Mantas. Growing up I was a very quite child with a low self-esteem and self-confidence. I stuggled to stand...
Untitled
For all of her life, she always wanted to be someone else. Because that's what she was raised to be... the girl with the ideal figure, the most attractive face,...
Be Afraid
Fear, a hollow feeling that swallows you from within, there are so many forms of it - Fear of being seen, fear of being unseen, fear of being at the...
From English literature to Robotics
Growing up I wanted to be an engineer, but was told that it work reserved for men. I wanted to be in the army but my entire family opposed this...
I can …
Hello, my name is Mercy. I had low self esteem growing up and not doing well in my school work and this also let me not to be exposed in...
The Power of Transitions
Everyone tries their best to start their year with so much hope, at least that is what social media shows us , the constant contents on "vision boards , resolutions,...