It’s true. Ask your best friend, your mom or even me.

When you’ve been sexually abused, as a child or an adult,
the biggest thing you lose is your voice. You feel ashamed.
Like it was your fault. Like you did something to deserve it.
And if you tell someone what happened, your mom,
your best friend, your brother, they don’t get it.

Even if you find the strength within yourself
to get therapy, it still doesn’t make it okay.

It’s like you’re always searching for something.

For someone to tell you it’s okay.

It really did happen.

Someone hurt you. And that was wrong.

And you’re not crazy.

You’re not broken.

You’ll have meaningful sex one day.

You’ll be able to tell your story without crying.

And you’ll be able to help the other 1 in 3
women who’ve been through exactly what
you’ve been through.

Everyone always asks me what My Voice is Strong
is all about. What’s the 30 sec elevator pitch?
Who’s the audience? How many hits is your site
getting?

My Voice is Strong came to me because I had a
very weak voice.

I was sexually abused as a child.

And I didn’t tell anyone until I was 18.

I went to therapy. I told my family. I told my
boyfriend. The more people I told, the better I
thought I would feel. I thought just using my
voice would make it better.

But what I finally came to realize was:

I need to tell myself I was okay.

I didn’t need to hear it from my therapist or
my friends and family.

I needed to hear it from myself.

And that’s what My Voice is Strong is all about.
Whether it’s a sucky boss, an eating disorder,
child sexual abuse or just a string of bad luck,
My Voice is Strong is sent out in the digital
universe to encourage you to use your voice.

To say it out loud:

I’m okay.

I’m not crazy.

I’m not broken.

Something bad happened to me,
but I’m going to be okay.

And I’m perfect just the way I am.

If any of this jives with you, My Voice is Strong is trying our darndest to raise some money for some young girls (at Safe Girls, Strong Girls camp) who haven’t been able to use their voice yet. They’ve been silenced by their family, their situations, the media, themselves.

And they need our help.

Have a spare dollar to donate? Click here to give $1

Wanna read an exclusive interview with Safe Girls, Strong Girls Founder, Amy Barth?

Safe Girls, Strong Girls is one of our fave Atlanta nonprofs. Every year they gather at Camp Twin Lakes in Georgia to offer girls who have been subjected to CSA, child sexual abuse, and/or suffer from an eating disorder a place to feel safe and use their voice.