Standing In Strength: Inspirational Stories of Power Unleashed

By Dawn Bates

Women are hiding who they are, afraid to take up space, to voice their opinions, and are intimidated by other women.

Judged by society, by each other and by themselves, in some of the nastiness, most soul destroying ways possible.

Unwilling to speak to a stranger the way they speak to themselves.

And then along comes a woman like Laarni Mulvey who chooses to celebrate women by bringing you this anthology of stories written by real women, making a huge difference in this world by supporting women to be stronger than ever before.

A Filipino powerlifter who refused to fit the social stereotypes, with her ‘vest top and power bun’, Laarni has curated this celebration of women, of difference, of beauty and of strength.