A Woman's Worth Series

Brenda is a young, pregnant woman who is in her most exciting time of her life. Brenda and her husband are having a baby girl and the journey through pregnancy is shared from finding out to having birth. Brenda pens her ups, downs, struggles of pregnancy all while preparing for motherhood mentally, physically, and emotionally. It isn't until after she has her daughter that she experiences what so many women in this world go through….postpartum depression. While this can happen before and during pregnancy, it's a topic that isn't discussed enough in today's world and Brenda shares her experience and how she got through it. The start to a series of social issues women face, postpartum depression is surely something that needs to be talked about more in a space where everyone can learn and prepare for these life events.   

Lisa is pregnant and having her first child. While this should be the most exciting time of her life, it unfortunately isn't. She's sharing her journey not just through pregnancy but of her journey to get maternity leave, have enough time to spend with her newborn child, figure out her finances and start her journey as a mother. Her time is spent more of how much time she will have off and will have to make a big decision when it comes time to return back to the work world. Maternity leave is imperative to a woman, her needs and the United States is one of the worst nations in the world in regards to this. This story delves deep into this, how other countries are ahead of this and how change needs to occur within the government and our corporations in America.  

Role models are a huge component to how young children grow and progress in life. Kayla is a young teenager who is dealing with so much coming at her at once. Social media, school, fashion, boys, trends, culture, puberty and the pressures to be something she really isn't. She shares her story as a teenager, the struggles she goes through and trying to find the right role models to shape her future. As she tries to understand and figure herself out, there are role models that she can't relate to on her television screen and magazine covers.    It isn't until she forms a women's group through her guidance counselor in her school where she starts to see role models in different facets. She becomes inspired, happy and motivated to know that there are women who do so many different careers and she figures out what she wants to do with her life through meeting these powerful women in today's society.   

Women's mental health is a topic that gets discussed but not enough in today's world. Patricia is someone who is on the path to becoming a better woman and not caving into the pressures of what the world wants her to be. She chronicles her story as a recovering alcohol addict and her story starts from childhood all the way to the present day. Her struggles, home life and how she got to becoming an alcohol addict along with recovering. It's not an easy journey and sometimes we don't know what women are going through mentally, emotionally and spiritually until we sit and listen to their stories. Everyone has a story, it's just a matter of whether we're empathetic enough to listen...

Sylvia is a licensed therapist where she helps women recover from their tragic events in their lives. The only difference is, she's spending her days helping women recover from domestic violence relationships and marriages. Through their permission, she shares the stories of some of her clients that she's helped, treated and gotten through their struggles.    The stories aren't easy to tell, hear and listen to but she knows that she's making the world a better place. Sylvia also shares some components to her life that inspire her to become a therapist in helping people heal from their pain. While domestic violence in relationships and marriages are high, now it becomes the question of what can be done to hinder these situations from happening to others.   

Nancy is at a crossroads of her life and she has some important decisions to make. As a woman, she was born into the stigmas of having kids and raising a family. When she makes the decision to not have kids and be a mother, there's uproar from those closest to her. She goes to great lengths to live her life to the best of her ability but without judgments, backlash from her family and knowing that she has to do what's best for her. It's a story that takes a different road to what women decide in their lives and this is something that needs to be talked about more. Sometimes we forget that happiness comes before making others and the world happy…