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5 Struggles That Strong Women Have

Newsflash-we’re not strong all the time

Iva Ursano
5 min readMay 18, 2022
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I love being the strong woman that I am today. I hold my head up high, I’m pretty proud of how far I’ve come, my level of self confidence has reached a ridiculous all time high. Yup, life is pretty sweet being the ballsy, badass and strong gal that I am today.

But….it doesn’t come without its struggles.

Not always.

People see what’s on the outside. They are amazed at how resilient I am (though some days I still amaze myself with that one), they cheer me on and sing songs of praise to me about how wonderful I am (and I’m still kinda uncomfortable with that).

Ya, but some days, I just don’t feel so wonderful. The struggle is real.

Inside I am scared, alone and tired.

Here are 5 struggles that strong women have

1 Doing big ballsy things alone

Like when I have to make important business decisions or take big leaps and strides in my business. Lemme tell ya, it’s scary as fuck to make these decisions alone.

I second guess myself constantly (hello limiting beliefs). I have to shut down the negative voices from my childhood that remind me:

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