Inspirational Stories

On these pages you will find almost 50 Inspirational Stories. Until March 2022 when I changed the focus of my website, they were written by childless women.

Now that I’ve broadened my own focus, I’ve changed the questions so they reflect who I am now & the universal challenges we face as women.

I’ve written that my path is to discover who I am at the deepest level, to find my natural alignment, feel it & follow that feeling.’

I don’t have the answers, but I am keen to explore questions such as Who am I, what do I want, what’s my purpose, what’s important to me, & how do I want to spend my time?

And, if these are areas you’re also exploring, then I’d love you to share your story too.

I started publishing stories because I wanted readers to discover first-hand what others did to heal. And of course, it does this. And it helps the story tellers so much more.

  • You get to own it; you say in your own words, yes it was really hard, then this is what I did & I’m Ok now.
  • Stories demonstrate that there are many paths. I believe that, although the challenges we face are universal, our path is ours we can find inspiration from others. I’d like to show readers that, whatever situation they find themselves in, there is a way to discover who they are.
  • Your story will support others. Whatever our challenge, we believe that we’re alone & reading stories of other women in a similar position reassures us that this is not the case.


So if you think your Inspirational Story could help other women this is how it works.

I’ll send you a list of questions, and you choose and answer a minimum of 6. I’ll post your story in your real name or any other that you chose to give me. If you have a website or blog I’d be happy to link to it so I’ll need the details and a short bio.

If you’d like to or you have any questions please drop me a line at info(at)LesleyPyne(dot)co(dot)uk

Thank you so much for helping other women by sharing your story.

Lesley x

Inspirational Story, Becs

By Lesley / May 9, 2022 / 4

Each Inspirational Story is special & knowing the storyteller well makes it’s extra special & this is the case with Becs. We first met in a yoga class around 4 … Read more

Inspirational Story, Sue Bulmer

By Lesley / November 29, 2021 / 0

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that I believe creativity is helpful in supporting us to work through the grief process. Which is one reason … Read more

Inspirational Story, Lorna Wayth  

By Lesley / October 28, 2021 / 0

It’s a while since I shared a story with you & I’m really pleased to share Lorna’s which is both beautifully written & includes many nuggets of advice. Just reading … Read more

Inspirational Story – Dr. Natascha Hebell-Fernando, PhD

By Lesley / November 9, 2020 / 1

It’s always an honour when someone asks to share their inspirational story on my site & Natascha’s is, in many ways similar to mine in that she had tucked the … Read more

Inspirational Story – Tracey Lily

By Lesley / October 27, 2020 / 2

Inspirational stories come in many different forms. As Tracey says we each have our individual path to that place called childless & we each have a path out. Each path … Read more

Inspirational Story – Cecilie Harris

By Lesley / September 29, 2020 / 13

The Inspirational Story I have the pleasure in sharing with you today is a really beautiful, heart-breaking & uplifting piece of writing & it’s also the first time Cecilie has … Read more

Inspirational Story – Samantha Carbon

By Lesley / July 6, 2020 / 2

It’s not often that I get emails from women asking to share their inspirational story so I was was very pleased when Samantha chose my site as a place the … Read more

Inspirational stories, Debbie

By Lesley / September 9, 2019 / 2

I couldn’t be happier to share Debbie’s Inspirational story with you as it demonstrates that positive things happen when we share our stories. Debbie gained her courage from how Rose … Read more

Inspirational Story, Stephanie Phillips

By Lesley / August 6, 2019 / 2

I’m a passionate supporter & champion of World Childless Week & today, I’m honoured to share Steph’s story with you. As you may know Steph is the founder of World … Read more

Inspirational stories: Rose

By Lesley / July 3, 2019 / 6

I love how all of a sudden we have the urge to share our story publically . This happened to Rose, who I worked with several years ago. I’m not … Read more

Inspirational Story, Eleanor

By Lesley / March 12, 2019 / 2

After a gap in publishing Inspirational Stories, out of the blue Eleanor’s story arrived in my inbox. I first met Eleanor Sharpe when we attended our first More To Life … Read more

Inspirational Story – Johanna Walker

By Lesley / April 1, 2018 / 0

When I received Johanna’s story and read that her six word memoir is ‘no kids, but what a life’ I knew hers would be an inspirational story, and so it … Read more

Being infertile feels like crap.

By Lesley / February 27, 2018 / 3

Being infertile feels like crap. I  wish I could say it more eloquently, but I really can’t. I felt like a total loser. Now I would never feel that way about … Read more

Inspirational Story – Helen

By Lesley / January 21, 2018 / 2

I am delighted to share Helen’s Inspirational Story with you this week. It’s a story of spending 11 years feeling lonely and isolated, not knowing anyone else in her situation. … Read more

Inspirational Stories – Helen Rebello

By Lesley / September 26, 2017 / 12

As I write my book I’ve asked the contributors to update their story and I’m pleased to share the first of those. I first published Helen’s story almost exactly 3 … Read more

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