The Wild She: She Speaks

Excerpts from Time For Fun: “Sometimes at the same time because let’s face it: life can get weird.” “ Joanna has lots of friends who see her when she is struggling. They speak up loudly and kindly.”

Excerpts from Freedom: “There are some things our flesh walks us into that our flesh won’t be able to walk us out of.” “The decision must be made, to continue on with the lie, to continue to belong to each other in that spiritual sense that is the jailer of truth, or to turn away from the lie – thereby avoiding the agreement.” *** She Speaks welcomes story submissions from women who feel called to...

Excerpts from: Out Of Sight “He rolled over to his side to expose his back, and I audibly and loudly gasped – may have even let out a little scream.” “Mike knew something had happened to him – pain and experience was informing him that there was a problem. Because there was a problem.” *** She Speaks welcomes story submissions from women who feel called to share their voice. We’re seeking short, r...

Excerpts from: The Witness “I’ve been told several times, by two different and very significant people, at two very different times in my life that I look at myself in the mirror a lot.” “A little bud of darkest truth has been unfolding for several months now: much of my life I’ve felt invisible.” *** She Speaks welcomes story submissions from women who feel called to share their voice. We’re seek...

Excerpts from: Hidden In Plain Sight “Please, please, please – if you are offput by any of these words I use specific to my life, just insert whatever you ascribe to.” “With old books, old people, antiquated ideas… They were flying their freak flag!” *** She Speaks welcomes story submissions from women who feel called to share their voice. We’re seeking short, reflective pieces rooted in lived exp...

Excerpts from: The Spring Forward “I’m thinking about how, in my personal life, I’d like to go to sleep in spring forward three or four months and wake up unburdened.” “ The problem isn’t in the past and the solution isn’t in the future.” *** She Speaks welcomes story submissions from women who feel called to share their voice. We’re seeking short, reflective pieces rooted in lived experience — st...

Excerpts from: An Acquired Taste “Now, I understand that his baby brain was caught up on the actual taste of the wine, but my brain was thinking about the metaphorical blood.” “The kind that doesn’t necessarily taste good, at all, to your mouth, but will save you from the hellish moments we find ourselves in.” *** She Speaks welcomes story submissions from women who feel called to share their voic...

Excerpts from: The Obstructed View “ He went on to tell me that they aren’t exactly sure to what degree the view will be obstructed, but there’s a possibility that nothing on stage will be visible.” “Like pretty much everything in this world, there’s a scale that has two sides to it and the only way to equalize. It is to put the same size mass on both sides.” ***She Speaks welcomes story submissio...

Excerpts from- Day 4: Holy Ground “This is the one I’ve been dreading. This is the one that’s been balled up tight in my stomach, only to get caught in my throat when I attempt to hack it up.” “I’ve always pictured a life/a person as this intricate machine that has a hard exterior- exterior- bones and sinew- impenetrable. Death is a candle inside the machine. So delicate. And once it’s time, all i...

Excerpt from – Day 3: Corrected Vision “No one to rescue me – they couldn’t have even if they tried. I was alone in my own internal wilderness.” ****She Speaks welcomes story submissions from women who feel called to share their voice. We’re seeking short, reflective pieces rooted in lived experience — stories shaped by grief, addiction, loss, becoming, love, healing, or the quiet moments in betwe...

Excerpts from: Day 2- Putrefaction “ You let it consume you, you let it eat, you alive, you let it rot inside of you, you let it decay and kill what it wants.” “These decisions will wreck me, these decisions will save me, these decisions will take me to the top of the mountain where earth and heaven meet. These decisions will take me to the stinking foul funkiest depth of hell. I’m pretty sure it’...

Excerpts from: The Naked Mole Rat “Even if I have nothing to write about, I’m going to trust God is going to drop an inspired thought into my head, a person in my path, a lesson in my lane.” “ and then, God tenderly drop the meaning into my heart: baby girl, you’re a blind mole in the middle of the asphalt too.” ****She Speaks welcomes story submissions from women who feel called to share their vo...

She Speaks is a collection of short, vivid stories drawn from life’s quiet corners and its loudest moments. Written and voiced by Joanna, each episode offers a reflective glimpse into themes of grief, loss, becoming, and the spaces in between. These are not stories meant to instruct or persuade — they are invitations to feel, to notice, and to sit with what rises. Episodes are brief, intentional,...