Louder Girls Reclaim Your Power with Storytelling: Build Confidence, Reveal Inner Wisdom, and Grow Communities of Women

Inspirations and stories about women breaking free from limiting beliefs and internalized patriarchy. Find out how storytelling is helping women everywhere ditch apologies, shake off shame, and step powerfully into their brightest, boldest selves.

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Welcome to LoudHer Stories

This is where we break rules, tell truths, and get loud. We name what hurts. We celebrate what heals. We lift each other higher.  Our hope is that you find both inspiration and belonging here.  Your voice isn’t just needed, it’s necessary.

BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Ignited Leadership: Igniting the Leader Within (Part 2 of 2) Jan 12, 2026

Welcome to 2026.

And before we rush toward anything shiny or new, let’s be honest about what we’re ...

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BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Ignited Leadership — Illumining the Leader Within (Part 1 of 2) Jan 05, 2026

Welcome to 2026.

And before we rush toward anything shiny or new, let’s be honest about what we’re ...

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BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Looking Back. Being Here. Dreaming What’s Next. Dec 28, 2025

For Molly, Kelly, and Jack, my brilliant, funny, kind, kickass children and human beings.

A couple ...

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BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Is “Looking in the Mirror” Helping or Hurting You? Part 2: Looking—and Loving—What I See Dec 22, 2025

Part 1 was about reflection.
Looking honestly in the mirror.
Seeing the stories we’ve swallowed.
Nam...

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BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Is “Looking in the Mirror” Helping or Hurting You? Dec 15, 2025

Part 1: How I Spent 50 Years Avoiding My Own Face or What Took Me So Long to Look in the Damn Mirror...

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BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Reclaiming Our Power Through Rest, Reflection, and Healing Dec 07, 2025

Celtic Tree

We are bleeding at the roots, because we are cut off from the earth and sun and stars....

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BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Reclaiming Rest, Reflection, and Renewal Nov 30, 2025

Photo: Kelly Marie at 6 months

To Marcia, my sister.

I lay in my queen-size bed. Kelly wailed be...

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BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Reclaiming Community, Reciprocity, and the Wisdom We Forgot Nov 24, 2025

Land Acknowledgement:
I acknowledged that I live and work as a resident on the ancestral lands of

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When Sh*t Gets Real: How to Be a LOUDER GIRL When It Happens to You Nov 16, 2025

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” — John Lennon

At LOUDER GIRL,

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BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Our Future is Rooted in the Past Nov 11, 2025

Here I am in my 60s doing something I swore I’d never do — saying things like “in my day…” or “get...

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BECOMING A LOUDER GIRL: Paying It Forward During Native American Month Nov 02, 2025

From the Beach to the Country: My Lesson in Listening

When I was twelve, my family moved from the...

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A New Kind of Leadership: It’s Not About Power and Profit — It’s About People Oct 27, 2025

In my very first PhD leadership class, I sat waiting to hear names of great leaders who changed the ...

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