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About Us

“An empowered voice knows when to listen.

An empowered voice knows when to speak.

An empowered voice knows when to shout a message from the mountaintop.”

Andrea Hylen, Founder of Heal My Voice

Heal My Voice’s mission is to support women and girls in writing and telling their stories to reclaim personal power and step into greater leadership in their homes, communities, businesses, and the world.

We believe women are pivotal role models in their homes, communities, business, and the world. Our programs and projects are designed to create a safe, intimate space for each participant’s voice, allowing each woman to experience her vulnerability and power authentically and to speak from her place of truth and inner authority. We believe that humans who trust their ability to speak and express themselves are a powerful force to unleash in this world. In short, we believe your voice matters.

“…if a woman knows who she is, she cannot be drawn into an abusive relationship or manipulated by corporate media or prevented from playing the active role in politics that her country’s laws entitle her to. She is quite simply immune to exploitation of any kind. And to take it one step further, if a whole generation of girls could grow up knowing who they are, inoculated against sexism, their very presence would bring into question everything that has kept women at the margins of life, and from that nothing but good would come.” ~Carol Lee Flinders, Author of At the Root of This Longing

Andrea Hylen founded Heal My Voice after seeing, in her personal and professional life, how grief, trauma, and loss had silenced teenage girls and women. Their spirits were crushed, and they lost confidence and hope. Heal My Voice emerged from a book project that began when 44 women agreed to write a story for the book, “Conscious Choices: An Evolutionary Woman’s Guide to Life.” During the project, women wrote about a challenge and a triumph in their lives, reclaimed the personal power tied up in that story, and naturally stepped into leadership. They became gentle readers for each other and attended a weekly phone circle that offered one-on-one encouragement, emotional support, and editing support. Heal My Voice has expanded the experience of women supporting each other through a variety of creative self-expression, adding a structure to support more women in healing and in building a supportive community during the process.

Heal My Voice has conducted letter-writing projects with women in prison, supported journal-writing and visual arts projects with women in recovery, and published ten books of individual stories by women in the United States and Sweden. In 2015, we received our 501(c)(3) status.

At this time of great change in the world, we are even more aware of how important it is for women to heal and transform their experiences into leadership in their homes, businesses, communities, and the world.

When you support our mission with a donation or share our program links, you help keep our transformational programs affordable for women from all walks of life. You support the power of a woman’s voice and leadership.