She Rises The Stories of Awakening & Transformation
Author: Evan
Company: De secret beaute
Profession: April 22 brand agency, team leader
Position: Operational Director
2023 was the darkest year of my life.
I never thought
that one day
my marriage would end like this.
At that time,
I was a housewife.
I had been out of the workforce for many years.
My daily life revolved entirely around my family and children.
I always believed
that as long as I was willing to give,
willing to take care of the family,
my life would eventually be happy.
Until one day,
I discovered that my ex-husband had cheated on me.
And what truly broke me
was not just the collapse of the marriage.
It was also the huge debt he left behind.
In that moment,
I honestly felt
like my entire world had fallen apart.
With my two young children,
I left everything familiar behind
and returned to West Malaysia
to start over.
No stable income.
No job.
No direction.
I didn’t even know
how I was supposed to continue living from that point on.
Later,
because of the debt situation,
I entered AKPK.
During that period,
I lived every day feeling emotionally suffocated.
To repay the debt and raise my two children,
I had to return to the workforce.
I was terrified.
Terrified that I couldn’t keep up,
terrified that I wouldn’t do well,
terrified that people would think I was incapable.
But I had no choice.
Because I knew
if I collapsed,
what would happen to my children?
I started working during the day.
And after the kids fell asleep at night,
I continued doing side hustles and online selling.
Back then,
I was exhausted every single day.
Sometimes so tired
that I didn’t even have the energy to speak.
There were many nights
when I cried quietly by myself.
I felt wronged.
I doubted myself.
I wondered why life had turned out this way.
But every morning when I woke up,
I still went to work,
still took care of my children,
still kept trying to earn money.
Because I knew
there was no one left for me to rely on anymore.
My children
became the biggest reason
I kept going.
I didn’t have any magical solution.
I just kept telling myself:
No matter how hard things are,
just get through today first.
Slowly,
I began to get used to my new life.
Life didn’t suddenly become better,
and the debt was still there,
but I slowly learned
how to become stronger on my own, little by little.
I also came to understand
that a woman’s true sense of security
is not something given by someone else.
It is the ability
to still stand back up again
even when life suddenly falls apart.
Today,
I am still trying my best to live my life.
I don’t think I’ve completely healed yet.
But at least
I’m no longer as afraid of the future as I used to be.
After going through the darkest period of my life,
I finally understood one thing:
Life may suddenly spiral out of control.
But as long as you are willing to keep moving forward,
one day,
you will slowly piece your life back together again.