Strength TogetHER 2- Session 6

 5th September 2020

Coming upto the sixth session Strength togetHER has become a virtual family for girls and young women of different mindsets and background to share their views, stories , ideas and perspective.It is a virtual program facilitated by LOKOPAKAR , a youth organization focusing on personal and professional development of youth in Nepal. The organization has created a platform for young girls to understand themselves better and grow as an individual.

After the successful completion of the five sessions, on 5th September 2020 at 4:30 pm we had a session where we discussed about "The time I felt low." It was a 70 minutes long session with an active participation of about 25 girls. We also had two guests from the cohort 1 of Strength togetHER.

We had 5 participants sharing their story.After listening to every participant our moderator also shared her story which brought an emotional environment in the session.

•Our first speaker shared her story of the time when she was away from her home  for her studies.This made her feel lonely making her experience mood swings.She told that there had been different moment she had felt extremely low while she was away from home.

•Our second speaker was often criticized by her parents when she had a plan to hang out with her friends which made her feel sad.

•Our third speaker shared her story of the time when  her words were misunderstood by her boss.Her boss made our speaker feel  low by disrespecting the work and effort she was putting in her job.This made her feel low.

•Our fourth speaker experienced sadness due to her overthinking nature.Also she said that seeing an unhygienic environment makes her feel low.

•Our fifth speaker shared her story of the time when she was criticized by her teacher when she got low marks in her test. Also she said that when her expectation fail to meet with reality she feels low.

After listening to every stories our moderator shared her own story of the time when she had felt low at her life and how that made her stronger than before.She also told how she cope up with her sadness.Her words and story made us realize that it is normal to feel low and how it can be used in positive way.

After listening to different stories we reached to a common conclusion:

1) We feel low when our expectation don't meet.

2) Its normal to overthink, have mood swings and feel low.

3) Everyone thinks other people life is sorted unlike theirs.

4) Life never works as planned.

5) Being mad is fine and it is natural.

6)Engage in thing that make you happy.

7) In life its good to feel low and have challenges.

8) Accept the challenges as a part of life.

9) One and only factor that makes you stronger is "YOU".

10) Its okay to be in desert to experience rain.

In this session our moderator shared her life story as a teenager.Her story made a great positive impact in our life and made us realize the importance of solving every problem that life brings with a smile .

Our moderator has been making a great impact in our life since the start of this journey. She is a cheerful and energetic person who is Marketing Manager of Fightback, whose aim is to reduce the risk of sexual violence all across India and Nepal.

When it was 5:40 pm we took a group photograph with our own "whatever" pose and ended the session with a positive vibe and a promise of converting every negative aspect into something positive and beautiful .

Talking about myself ,I am Sakshi Wagle, one of the participants of the session and it is always a great pleasure writing the blog and having a good time with this amazing powerful girls.

Written by- Sakshi Wagle

Editted by- Aastha Shrestha (LOKOPAKAR)