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I Was Never Supposed to Make It Out Alive.

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Maryam Jan Akbari

A journalist, storyteller, and women's empowerment advocate.

There was a time when I believed my fate was already written.

A time when I woke up each morning knowing that my ๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ, ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™„ ๐™๐™–๐™™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ.

I was ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

Trained to obey.

Expected to endure.

But the worst part? ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

I thought suffering was my destiny.

That fear was my forever.

That ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Until one dayโ€ฆ I did.

I still remember the night everything changed.

I stood in a room filled with voices that didnโ€™t belong to me. Men deciding my future, my worth, my limits.

And in that moment, I had two choices: Stay silent, or fight for a life I had never been allowed to imagine.

๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.

It wasnโ€™t easy.

It wasnโ€™t instant.

It took years of breaking, healing, and rebuilding myself from the ground up.

But today, I stand here not just as a survivorโ€”but as a woman who reclaimed her story. ๐—” ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ, ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ.

For the first time ever, Iโ€™m sharing the beginning of my storyโ€”the raw, unfiltered truth about where it all began.

๐Ÿ“– ๐‘ฐโ€™๐’Ž ๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’˜๐’ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’Œ, ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘ฌ.

These pages hold my truth, my pain, and the moment everything changed.

If youโ€™ve ever felt trapped in a story you didnโ€™t chooseโ€ฆ

If youโ€™ve ever been told to shrink, to be less, to stay quietโ€ฆ

If youโ€™re ready to reclaim your power and rewrite YOUR storyโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: https://www.maryamjanakbari.com/registration-page

Because your voice matters. Your story matters. And this is just the beginning.

As a former journalist, immigrant, and business and women’s empowerment coach, I understand the power of storytelling to connect, inspire, and influence. I am here to guide you on a transformative journey of self-discovery and empowerment.

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