“Stay ‘prayed up,’ keep positive energy around, speak and do the things necessary in order to manifest your dreams and know that doctors’ words aren’t final.” In my pursuit of having another child, I was diagnosed with Uterine Cancer and was told the chances of

‘I picked up a call on an early morning while I was still thick with sleep. It was a call with a death notification from overseas and it was regarding my father. He had passed away in a car accident. I was shocked and could

“I thought outside accomplishments fixed inside hurts.” I was abused by my stepfather, a female neighbor, inappropriately touched by my grandfather at 16 years old and raped at 19 years old. I felt hopeless, voiceless, lost, confused and unworthy. I reacted in many different ways:

“Never let anyone bully you. You are enough.” As he stepped on the gas, I screamed stop!!! But it was too late. The oncoming car crashed directly into my door, pinning me from the impact….  I was in a car accident that almost killed me.

“Every pain, every loss and every sorrow takes us on a path to evolve.” I am a queer woman who was born and raised in Iran between the late 60s and late 80s and I was molested by three different men from the ages of

“As an introvert, when I discovered my entrepreneurial soul, I realized businesses are just people working with people to create value in the world. I realized that in order to start my own business I would need to explore new relationships and meet new people.”

“Please know that you can change your path at any moment.” I pushed people away and isolated myself. I thought the only way out was suicide. I failed. Ironically this added to the mountain of perceived failures I carried. I struggled to eat during the