“I kept all my feelings to myself for years before I talked to someone about it. I experienced flashbacks and intrusive thoughts and felt as though no one would understand because my babies were fine. But underneath, I was sinking.”
I Had Multiple Traumatic Births, Now I’m A Certified C-Section Coach Helping Mothers Heal
I was crying when my sweet son said, ‘Take deep breaths mama. Remember this pain is a good pain!’ It was just what I needed to hear.’: Mom of 2 recounts asynclitic birth story
“The baby was pulling my cervix along with him, and it was acting like a rubber band around his head. I could hear the concern in my birth team’s voices and I knew he needed to get out ASAP.”
I Survived A Traumatic Brain Injury After My Parents Were Pressured To Pull The Plug On Me
“The doctors suggested if I was to ever wake up, I would NEVER walk or talk again and would be in a vegetative state for the rest of my life. But my parents had hope.”
‘My daughter was placed on my chest. Then I began hemorrhaging over half my blood volume.’: Mom recounts traumatic birth of miracle twins
“My journey to motherhood was less than traditional.”
‘Dani, you’re done.’ I accepted the truth I’d been killing myself to cover up. Alcohol had taken me away. I was an addict.’: Mom shares sobriety journey after decade of addiction
“I don’t know why it didn’t hit me 10 years earlier, but clarity finally came around like a baseball bat to the face. I was trembling as I held my daughter. The idea of losing everything was finally scarier than the idea of living without alcohol.”
‘She’s always using it to her advantage,’ one of my classmates said. I would never be ‘normal,’ and I hated that.’: Woman with Cerebral Palsy shares journey to self-acceptance
“Realizing that I did not have to hide who I was allowed me to feel pride in everything that made me, me.”
‘You have the joy of The Lord. Why go to a counselor if you can go to the Mighty Counselor?’: Christian woman opens up about mental health struggles
“I felt stuck in the deepest, darkest hole. I had a decision to make—be hurt by these statements people are saying about me or help end the stigma in the Christian community.”
‘I never wanted to wake up again. I felt ashamed to be so upset with my disabled body.’: Woman paralyzed from Transverse Myelitis becomes chair yoga instructor
“My recovery has been more than just about walking again.”
‘The pastor’s wife gifted me the book ‘Redeeming Love.’ I read it and wept. I had no idea it was so controversial. It felt healing.’: Sexual abuse survivor shares perspective, ‘your experience is not mine’
“The abuse I endured is not a distant memory, it affects me to this day.”
‘I’ve watched my body fail at so many things I was told were natural to my biology.’: Mom of 3 urges ‘there’s no universal motherhood journey’
“I’ve listened as women explained to me how it should be while knowing it was never how it would be for me. I had to learn to give more of myself than I even knew how to give.”