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Transforming challenging life circumstances into positive growth and change is what this volume is meant to celebrate and hopes to inspire. This book shares a selection of inspirational essays (and poems) written by women who entered the 2013 Challenge into Change Essay Contest. Together, they explored such themes as: physical and mental abuse, mental illness, depression, disability, discrimination, violence, poverty, abandonment, job loss, starting over, teen pregnancy, raising children, faith, and finding a purpose. Everyone has a story to tell. But not everyone tells it. Fewer still write...

Challenge into Change is a forum for real-life stories about women overcoming personal struggles. In the fall of 2016, The Women's Initiative invited Central Virginians to submit a poem or essay of 500 words or less about a woman (themselves or someone they knew) who had surmounted a difficult situation in her life. Eighty-six writers responded to our call. This is their book. Challenge into Change began in 2008 as a celebration of The Women's Initiative's first year of providing vital mental health services to women regardless of ability to pay. Since then, it has become a venue for veteran...

This book is a chorus of voices raised to honor women who have triumphed against seemingly insurmountable odds with grace, clarity and spirit. Using powerful poetry and prose, the authors explore universal motifs such as grief, loss, body image, and parenting. Furthermore, they shed light on themes that often go unexamined outside of the privacy of our minds, hearts and homes: domestic violence, mental illness, poverty, abuse, and neglect. In their words, we find our wounds and worries, but most importantly, we find company on the road towards health and wholeness.