Two women describe a November 2016 women's empowerment retreat where they found community and practical tools for living with purpose. One survived stage three cancer diagnosed during pregnancy. Both credit the experience with transformational personal change.
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Stage three cancer, diagnosed while pregnant.
Regardless of your pain, you're either finding a reason to stay down or to get up. This weekend was about helping women to see that they always have the option of getting up. We're either committed to break down or break through. And to get through our pain, we've got to stand up. So what I want everyone on the planet to know, regardless of your gender, is that you can stand up and lead and be inspired and free and, and really fulfilled in your life. If you'll just get up every time you fall down, I will be fearless. It's huge.
I wish every woman on the planet could come here and experience this. I've met a network of amazing women that I know that I will have for a lifetime.
I've tried a lot of things.
I've been to a lot of retreats, destination retreats, and all sorts of things.
And I've gotten ripped off. I've had some good things, but this is awesome.
Who knew, who knew this was gonna be so good? Seeing so many different for people is realizing that I wasn't alone. It's empowering. Most women don't see others as sisters. And when you leave here, every single woman's gonna be a sister of yours and you'll have a support system that you never had before. This work is so important, especially for women, to empower them and give them strength where sometimes you know, you don't feel it. I feel light. Like not light weight wise, but light, like not bogged down with that pain that I walk through that door with.
This weekend has given me many tools.
And tips to live my life on purpose and live it the way I want to live. It moves people forward, it pushes you through areas you feel stuck and it's proof that you can achieve any dream you want. It's connection with other women. It's an experience you won't find anywhere else. I would recommend this retreat to my women friends because miracles do truly happen here. I felt such a connection to them, something I've been craving my whole life and it was so powerful and so amazing. I just know my life's going to change so much next week. It's taking leadership and ownership and being fully supported and held accountable. There are other people in the world who are struggling. There are other people in the world who want to grow and want better for themselves. And you're not alone. And it's just a really powerful feeling to know that you're with a group of women who want the same things you want. Well, if you're looking for change, this is where you got to go to get it. She's going to deliver.
Absolutely is going to deliver.
Without a doubt.
I beat stage three cancer last year after getting diagnosed while I was pregnant, and I don't want women wasting time. There's nothing more amazing than a fully expressed woman.
