Through Anxiety: A Path of Healing
How do we make sense of the chapters of our lives we'd rather didn't exist? How do we re-write the table of contents when our story strays from what we had planned?
There is a chapter of my life that I had no idea would ever exist for me, nor would I have ever chosen this particular chapter. However, I... >Read More
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changed lives,
chronic illness,
closet issues,
depression,
health,
LIFE,
sharon scheirer,
Women
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My Life as a London Model
At the age of 17, I won a national modeling competition in England to be a cover girl for Just Seventeen Magazine. Two years later, after I finished studying art and fashion design, I began my full-time modeling career in Milan, Italy. I loved the traveling and excitement of doing jobs with such magazines as Harper's Bazaar, Donna and... >Read More
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beauty,
changed lives,
closet issues,
depression,
fashion,
health,
LIFE,
Liz Horne Casson,
modeling,
self-esteem,
Women
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Typhoons, Tarot Cards, and Trials
This is a story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries.
Born in Tokyo in the 1960's to Canadian missionary parents, I was sent away to a very strict boarding school at age five. I came home with welts and bruises but lied to my parents about how they happened. I felt abandoned. I planned how... >Read More
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changed lives,
closet issues,
depression,
faith,
Family,
LIFE,
occult,
religions,
suicide,
Women
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Beyond Sadness
I don't remember many details of my early childhood, before I turned five. Just a sense of sadness about those years–a sadness that I didn't want.
A sad childhood
My biological father was a gambler and many times our furniture or our car were lost in a bet. When I was three- my brother only five months old- my father left... >Read More
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abandonment,
addictions,
changed lives,
closet issues,
depression,
divorce,
faith,
jo-ann young,
LIFE,
marriage,
Women
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Unloved
No one could ever love me. I was an accident, an inconvenience. I could never be good enough.
My mother did not plan to have me. She was not married. I was conceived when she was fifteen years old. Only four months before I was born, she and my dad got married.
My parents always seemed to be fighting and I... >Read More
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changed lives,
closet issues,
depression,
faith,
LIFE,
Lori Hinger,
self-esteem,
Women
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Your Services Are No Longer Required
One morning, I was called into my supervisor's office. Like many in the '90s, I was told my services were no longer required.
They call it corporate restructuring. My 25-year career at the local hospital ended in a split second. I was devastated, stunned, shocked. This must be some kind of mistake, I thought. I was good at my job.
I... >Read More
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Career,
changed lives,
closet issues,
depression,
Karin Henderson,
LIFE,
Women,
World
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The Source of Satisfaction
All my life, I desired popularity and perfection. No matter what I achieved, I never reached my own expectations. I excelled in track and field and softball, but I hated to lose or come in second. I was voted class princess twice-but never queen.
My high school years were kept busy with tanning, exercising and partying. And I derived my... >Read More
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changed lives,
closet issues,
depression,
Jennifer Batke,
LIFE,
self-esteem,
Women
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Struggling with Illness
I modeled a great deal as a teenager, but I don't fit... >more
Living With A.L.S.: Frank Chose to Make it Better
As with any serious illness, being diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS,... >more
What Do You Fear?
