I am that child, with withered skin and bulging belly And sunken eyes too weak to look at mama I am that child, who’s angry at my papa For coming home empty-handed again I am that child, whose mother cannot look in the eye…
"The beauty of any first time is that it leads to a thousand others." - Pico Iyer World Pulse organized its first Encourager Party on June 26, 2020. It was a blast! As Encouragers joined the Zoom meeting, our party host Dawn…
" Encouragement is like oxygen to the human spirit. Don’t forget you’re carrying someone else’s air. Encourage them; help them breathe. ”- Anonymous The presence of Encouragers on World Pulse made this digital space unique…
World Pulse began with a dream of this visionary woman who dared to listen to women's imprisoned voices more than the noises of the status quo. We are surely grateful that Jensine took hold on her dream and birthed it into a…
Yesterday morning, I heard an unexpected knock on the door. When I opened it, a man asked if there is a Karen Axalan living here. I identified myself, then he handed me an envelope. While receiving the package, my thoughts…
For many years, World Pulse has been a space for women to share their stories. Despite the differences in culture, country, context, and color, we discover how similar our experiences are. In listening, our pulses beat as…
There is a quote that Brene Brown, an author and researcher about shame and vulnerability, keeps mentioning on her talks. For her, this was a life-changing quote moments after her Ted Talk about The Power of Vulnerability…
My name is Nini, a one month old sister on World Pulse and a villager still trying to figure out city life, two decades on. In my village, there are two kinds of houses. The mud kind that will fall in the rain, and the kiln-…
Covid -19 has become a household name globally. It didn't just come with a death certificate, it came with hunger, a tool of slow death. When the world was afraid of Covid 19 and running helter-skelter to stock up toilet…
"Always be generous with your encouraging words , you may find they will inspire others to be the best they can be." — Catherine Pulsifer When we think about generosity, the first thing that enters our mind is giving/…
In the last month of July this year, we received the saddest news… a far relative which we consider a good friend committed suicide. At first, we cannot believe it. We never thought that he was suffering and this pandemic…
A home-raised chicken to break the year-long vegetarian diet, making chapati if we got enough cooking oil, (chapati is a fried flat bread) candy and biscuits at Sunday school, and a new dress if funds permitted were village…
Hello Fellow Warriors, Trailblazers, and Inspiring Women, As many of you know, I’ve been working diligently for the last couple of years on creating an organization that passionately combines sustainable fashion with…
It’s 2020, and breasts are in danger. We’ve always known that, but this is danger like you’ve never heard before. To all the ways that women’s bodies are pillaged and plundered by patriarchy, add breast ironing. As another…
I Reject Forced Occupation of Kashmir. I am in chains, I have been locked. I am Gaza, I am Kashmir. My days are dark, my nights horrific. My sunshine is dim, my rain poisonous. My happiness has been grilled, my people…
Muskan ( Age 17) Coming from a community where getting birth as a girl is considered as a curse. My Father and My Grandmother always wanted a son, but we both sisters were born. My father being a illiterate person, Rickshaw…
Uche Linda Okpala is my name. I'm a global teacher. ICT/Data processing teacher at Federal Government college Daura, Katsina state, Nigeria, West Africa. I'm a Microsoft Innovative educator expert, Skype master Teacher,…
I was born in Bangalore, and grew up between my grandparents' home in Bangalore and with my mum, dad and brother in Chennai. I grew up with stars in my eyes, hoping to do medicine in the hope of "helping people", until I…
My father died on February, 8, 2008. I was only 2 years old and my little sister was just born on February 7th, 2008. When I found out that it happened I started to cry and I thought that my father was just always at work…
I wake up each morning, I see that I'm still breathing in the land of the living, I see the good weather, I see that some other people are still alive, I see plants and animals still living, I hear the birds of the air still…
What’s the purpose? The purpose is that we EMPOWER each other with our creative messages and stories from all over the world, with a multicultural, multilingual, beautiful, piece of art that inspires, speaks to us and…
Presenting Anuja Cambatta, founder of Dragonflyfarm. Style you plants with Anuja and listen to Anuja talk passionately about plants and gardens. Anuja is a landscapist, plant stylist, and a Bonsai artist, Anuja Cambatta has…
"Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it.” - Jill Briscoe World Pulse held its second Encourager Party on July 31, 2020. We are happy to see new…
Ger Out Corona. Rio de Janeiro-Brazil (Valéria Barbosa) An empty river that doesn't run water, that doesn't bathe in the sun, that smells like gel alcohol. A river that is the world, in a sea of fears containing fear, for…