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Share Your Story, Change Lives:
Call for Authors

Escaping domestic and family violence is one of the hardest things a woman will ever do. When you're also running a business, the complexity multiplies so does your strength, resilience, and potential for transformation.

Held+Free will be a beacon of hope for women navigating this difficult journey, combining expert guidance with real stories from survivors who didn't just escape. They thrived.

We're Looking for Authors Who:

  • Are women business owners who have experienced domestic or family violence

  • Are experts wanting to share their advice 

  • Have stories of resilience, transformation, and hope to share

  • Want to help other women see what's possible on the other side

  • Believe in the power of shared experiences to heal and inspire

Your Contribution Matters

As a contributing author, who is also a survivor, you'll join a powerful collection of voices offering:

  • Personal stories of courage and transformation

  • Practical business strategies that worked during and after crisis

  • Real-world advice for women in similar situations

  • Hope and proof that thriving is possible.

As a contributing author, who is an expert, you'll join a powerful collection of voices offering:

  • Expert guidance and frameworks for supporting survivors

  • Best practices from your field of expertise

  • Case studies and approaches that create lasting change.

  • Professional insights that save lives and rebuild futures

Your Story Has Power
 
If you're ready to transform your experience into hope for others, we want to hear from you. Your courage in sharing could be the lifeline another woman needs to see her own path to freedom.
 
Will you join us in creating something that changes lives?
 
 
Together, we can show the world that being held back doesn't define us – breaking free and thriving does.
 
Ready to Contribute?
 
Contact us today to learn more about submission guidelines and how your story can become part of this vital collection.

Let's build a resource that no woman should have to need, but every woman in this situation deserves to have.
 

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Your story is more than a memory - it’s a light. When you share it, you help another woman find her way out of the dark.

Apply: 
Share Your Story

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Our Story

"I nearly died from cancer. My best friend is surviving something worse."

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Who Are We For

On the outside, you’re functioning. On the inside, you’re holding everything together with your last threads.

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What We Do

We help Australian women business owners survive crisis without losing everything they've built.

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When you're too successful for services but not successful enough to survive without them. When you need someone who gets that running a business while running for your life isn't a metaphor. When you're done pretending you're fine and ready to get the support you actually need.

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