Why are women’s stories important? Representation matters and hearing the stories of women told from the point of view of women can help inspire women. It also has the potential to build a community with other women. Within the community, stories can be told that can help women overcome challenges they may face in their own life. The power of telling your story also can change someone’s life. It can inspire them to take action and share their own story. It can also teach them how to deal with a similar challenge. In this week’s Women of the Podcast episode, I am talking to three women who are working to tell their stories and the stories of others. Be inspired and encouraged by the work they are doing.
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Melissa Washington:
Melissa is an Award-winning advocate, speaker, author, entrepreneur, CEO, publisher, and proud Navy veteran. In 2015, Melissa founded Women Veterans Alliance—a national organization that seeks to empower and positively impact the lives of women veterans. Three years later, she established the nonprofit wing of WVA, Women Veterans Giving. Both entities offer women veterans opportunities to gain valuable career experience and successfully integrate back into civilian life. WVG also helps fund women veteran-owned businesses, which are often overlooked by other organizations. In 2021, Melissa expanded her role in the community by co-founding Women Veterans Magazine—the first publication of its kind to serve California’s more than 165,000 women veterans. Launching in January 2022, the annual magazine speaks to the issues that affect women veterans, while providing them with local and national resources.
Rahaleh is an actor, writer, and director based in New York. She was born in Iran and raised in South Carolina, with brief stints in France and Switzerland. She speaks four
languages. Her predilection for political and classical works led her to work on productions such as In Darfur, A Bright Room Called Day, Benedictus, The Disputation, Hannah and Martin, Rock N Roll, Caligula, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, Titus Andronicus, and Romeo & Juliet. Rahaleh has a BA in International Affairs and an MFA in Classical Acting.
Today she is the host of Violent Femme. Violent Femme is a podcast about women in history. Women who were brave, bold, and ingenious. Yet, these women, are mostly remembered for their brutality or villainy, sometime not at all. Each episode will resurrect one of history’s brutally brave women whose image has been tarnished or even erased by those who fear such women but have long been entrusted with our history. Violent Femme will retell and sometimes reimagine history from the heroine’s perspective.
Lila Holley
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Lila is the visionary behind the Camouflaged Sisters. This award-winning, Amazon #1 bestselling author is also a combat Veteran. Lila is a retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Four, you can hear her story in episode 92. She uses her books and real-life lessons learned from her own struggles to help other Service Members maneuver through the emotional battlefield of transitioning from the military.
In her first #1 bestselling book, Battle Buddy: Maneuvering the Battlefield of Transitioning from the Military, Lila chronicles the emotional struggles she encountered during her transition from the Army following her 22-year career. She knows firsthand the challenges Veterans experience during transition. She fought through bouts of depression herself while trying to settle into civilian life. Lila now encourages Transitioning Service Members through her books. She also offers coaching services to help others manage the strong emotions encountered during the transition.
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