Meagan’s Story: Overcoming Homelessness and Alcoholism, and Giving Hope to Others
Meagan was homeless, living out of a car, and suffering from alcoholism. She ended up in rehab and was able to turn her life around. Meagan is now sober and helps other women find hope, happiness, and healing on their road to recovery.
Episode 19: Candice’s Story: Housing the Homeless During the Polar Vortex
Candice Payne made headlines when she booked hotel rooms for over 100 homeless people in the city of Chicago during the historic polar vortex, with temperatures as low as -20 degrees below zero. Candice is now using her organization Action for a Cause to bring awareness and to help the homeless find housing.
Nancy’s Story: Helping People with Disabilities Find Employment and Purpose
Nancy co-founded Los Angeles Habilitation House (LAHH) in 2008 to help people with disabilities find happiness and purpose through work and in their communities. LAHH creates and maintains job opportunities for people with disabilities and helps them to develop, express, and apply their talents and maximize their contribution to the community.
Episode 18: Hannah’s Story: Rescuing Food and Feeding the Hungry
Hannah Dehradunwala is the co-founder and CEO of Transfernation, which works to eliminate hunger by redistributing leftover food from corporations and events to the most vulnerable in our communities.
Laura’s Story: Don’t Give Up Without a Fight – Alcoholism
Laura suffered from alcoholism for many years. According to Laura, it was when she was attacked by a stranger in Seattle that realized if she didn’t fight back, that meant she had nothing worth living for. Following her return from Seattle, Laura decided to face her alcoholism head on and entered rehab. She has been […]
Episode 17: Gina’s Story: Sending Love and Letters to Women with Breast Cancer
Gina is an author, Breast Cancer survivor, and founder of “Girls Love Mail”. She joins the 1 Girl Revolution podcast to talk about her life, work, journey with Breast Cancer, and her organization “Girls Love Mail”.
Evelyn’s Story: From Losing a Child to Helping Other Mothers
Evelyn lost her sixth child, Paul, after he lived for only 41 minutes. She knows the heartbreak of loss, but also the power of every life. So she decided to turn her heartbreak into something beautiful and opened a maternity home for women in need.
Kristen’s Story: Unfailing Love and Hope Amidst a Terminal Cancer Diagnosis
Kristen’s husband, J.J., was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme and was given 4 months to live. Kristen and J.J. decided to fight his cancer together and they ended up having 3.5 years together. J.J.’s legacy lives on in the lives of his two sons, and in the unfailing love and hope that Kristen exudes. Everyday is a gift.
Carla’s Story: Overcoming Addiction and Helping Other Women Do the Same
This is Carla. She once was an addict, but now she’s clean and she uses her own experience to help other women through addiction and recovery. Carla is an incredible woman, with an incredible story, who reminds us that — there is always hope.
Episode 12: Harmony’s Story – Transformation: From the Sex Industry to Freedom, Love and Purpose
As a survivor herself, Harmony Dust Grillo knows the pain and suffering that victims of abuse and sex trafficking experience. After undergoing her own healing and personal transformation, Harmony chose to return to the sex industry to help other women (and girls) gain the same freedom and healing that she has.