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𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝑴𝑰𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑳𝑬 𝑩𝑨𝑲𝑲𝑬𝑹 - 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 - 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 Just Mich Tour Guide

Strongest Story:
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩?

Michele:
Don’t wait until you feel ready. And don’t let fear convince you that you aren’t capable.
There was a time when I was happy. Life was comfortable, familiar & safe. Nothing was particularly difficult, but nothing was really stretching me either. Looking back now, I realise I was living in a comfortable nest. I just didn’t know it.
Sometimes we all need a jolt. Like a mother, bird gently but firmly, nudging her chick out of the nest, life has a way of pushing us towards something bigger than we ever imagined for ourselves.
For me, that push came in the form of becoming a tour guide.
The dream was there, but so was the fear.
I remember walking through the city one day behind another guide as he effortlessly shared the history of Cape Town. His knowledge seemed endless. As I listened, one thought kept repeating in my mind: “I could never do that.”
Fear has an incredible ability to convince us that we aren’t enough.
But I would say to another woman dreaming of taking that first brave step: take it anyway. You don’t need to know everything. You don’t need to have every answer. You just need to be willing to begin.
And surround yourself with people who believe in you - sometimes they can see your potential long before you can see it yourself.

See our previous post to find out more about 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔

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"𝙏𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥. 𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙮.”
— 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙖 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨

Today, as we celebrate 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, we also remember the women who came before us.
On 9 August 1956, around 20,000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, standing together against the apartheid pass laws.
Women of different races, backgrounds and generations made a really 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘 and united in an extraordinary act of courage leaving a legacy of strength, resilience and collective action that still inspires us today.

But perhaps their story can also remind us of something really important:

Bravery doesn’t always look like a march.
𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼.
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀.𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽, 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

And at other times a brave move is about beginning.
𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮, 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.
𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵.
𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁.

You don’t need to know exactly where it will lead.
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽.
𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬.
𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬.

So this Women’s Day, let’s honour the women who marched before us by continuing to make brave moves of our own - big or small, loud or quiet, seen or unseen.

Happy Women’s Day 2026

𝐏𝐒 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒

𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬

𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.

This Women's Month, South Africa celebrates the theme "𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻."

At Strongest Story, we're proud to join that celebration by honouring the women whose bravery has made them bold.

The courage to begin.
The courage to speak up.
The courage to change direction.
The courage to lead.
The courage to keep going when life is challenging.

Every business, every dream and every legacy can be traced back to a time when someone chose courage over comfort, and refused to let fear have the final say.

The world celebrates bold women.
We celebrate the brave decisions that made them bold.

Behind every confident leader, every thriving business and every lasting legacy is a story of overcoming doubt, setbacks, criticism or uncertainty.

Those are the stories we'll be sharing throughout August.

Because every bold woman you admire was once a woman making a brave move.

Whether your brave move is starting a business, changing careers, finding your voice, stepping into leadership or simply taking the next step you've been putting off, we hope these stories remind you of one thing:

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆.
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏.

Join us this August as we celebrate 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 and the bold women they become.

𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞’𝐬.
Don’t compare your Chapter 1 to someone else’s Chapter 5. Trust your own path and trust your words as you write your own story.

July is your halftime - and yes, it’s a great time to pause, reflect, reset and step into the second half of the year with fresh intention.
And as you do this, try and remember that the only race worth running is your own.

If you’ve been waiting for the “right time” to invest in yourself, perhaps this is it.
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We’re half way through the year and 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 thought 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬...remember that 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐨𝐲.

When we constantly measure ourselves against others, we become entangled in a cycle of self-doubt and dissatisfaction and we quickly lose sight of our own unique strengths & of how far we’ve actually come. 🌈

As you embark on this second half of the year, rather than comparing where you are to where others are, why not take some time to understand where you are in relation to where you want to go?

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨:
𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞, 🤩
𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 🤗
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬. 🙃

Allow yourself the grace
to stumble on the path,
to learn,
and rise stronger than before.

Maybe it’s time to ask:
𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮?
Perhaps now is the time to set a new game plan for the second half and think about how you can make the the rest of this year really count.

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You invest in everyone else.
This Mandela Day, we’re investing in you.

We’re thinking about how much you give of yourselves.
To your kids. Your work. Your people.
Most of the time, there’s not much left for yourselves.

So we’re doing something simple but meaningful for Mandela Day. 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝟲𝟳% 𝗼𝗳𝗳! Our small way of saying: We see you. We believe in you. And we're excited for you to grow too.

"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” - Nelson Mandela

It’s a self-paced, guided journey for women in midlife who want to reconnect with who they are - and who they’re re-discovering.
💚 Journaling prompts💚 Video coaching💚 Tools for self-discovery💚 Space to reflect and reset

Use the code MANDELADAY — valid for this weekend.

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and we will pay proceeds from every purchase forward to help support our girls through CATCH Trust