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First, Believe

By The Lulu

They said the sky’s the limit

But what if you’re still underground,

still digging through the dirt of doubt with your bare hands,

still convinced the light up there was never meant for you?

Yeah. I know that place.

I’ve stood at the mirror and argued with my own reflection.

I told myself, not yet,

not ready, not enough,

not worthy, wait a little longer,

let someone else go first.

I’ve watched dreams collect dust on the shelf of someday, afraid to touch them in case they crumbled

in case I found out I was right about myself all along.

But here’s the thing nobody tells you about the war inside your chest

The enemy isn’t out there. It’s that quiet voice that sounds exactly like you saying give up in your own accent.

Give up. In your own voice. How cruel is that?

So let me talk about believing.

Not the loud kind not the motivational poster kind

not the highlight reel and the sixty-second clip that makes it look easy.

I mean the small, stubborn kind.

The kind that gets up Tuesday morning with nothing working and decides anyway.

The kind that says I don’t have proof yet

but I’m going to move like I do.

You don’t wait until you arrive to trust your own feet.

So fight for it.

Fight for it on the days you feel it burning

and fight harder on the days you feel nothing at all.

Fight past the people who needed you small so they could feel tall.

Fight past the version of yourself that learned to shrink before anyone could tell you to.

Fight like the dream is a child in your care because it is.

You made it.

One day

not in some vague, distant, maybe one day,

you will look back at the moment you almost quit

But decided to believe before you had a reason to.

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Raising Women Magazine Issue 050 – August 2026

Fifty issues. That feels worth pausing for.
Not because fifty is simply a lovely round number, but because every issue represents another opportunity to ask better questions about women, culture and the world we are building.
And Issue 50 certainly asks questions.
Our cover story, PRETTY, BY DESIGN, takes us to South Korea and its billion dollar pursuit of beauty, examining what happens when appearance becomes intertwined with confidence, opportunity and social capital. But before we become too fascinated by South Korea, perhaps we should check our own mirrors. The pursuit of “better” is increasingly global.
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Fifty editions later, Raising Women Magazine remains curious, global and committed to conversations that matter.
Here’s to 50.
And to everything we are still becoming.

Raising Women Magazine Issue 049 – August 2026

There is a quiet shift taking place in the stories women are telling.

For years, success was measured by titles, milestones, and visibility. Today, we are asking deeper questions. What does influence look like? Who is changing the world? Which friendships shape the women we become? And how do we carry our heritage into a future we are helping to build?

This edition celebrates women and girls of African descent whose ideas, courage, creativity, and leadership are reshaping global conversations. Our cover feature is a reminder that Africa is not waiting to be discovered. It is already influencing the future through remarkable women whose work is changing industries, communities, and generations.

Alongside these inspiring stories, we explore the quiet power of friendship, the economics of modern womanhood, fashion’s changing priorities, and the cultural moments defining our time.

At Raising Women Magazine, we remain committed to one belief: when women rise with purpose, they do not simply change their own stories. They expand what the world believes is possible.

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There is a quiet shift taking place in the stories women are telling.

For years, success was measured by titles, milestones, and visibility. Today, we are asking deeper questions. What does influence look like? Who is changing the world? Which friendships shape the women we become? And how do we carry our heritage into a future we are helping to build?

This edition celebrates women and girls of African descent whose ideas, courage, creativity, and leadership are reshaping global conversations. Our cover feature is a reminder that Africa is not waiting to be discovered. It is already influencing the future through remarkable women whose work is changing industries, communities, and generations.

Alongside these inspiring stories, we explore the quiet power of friendship, the economics of modern womanhood, fashion’s changing priorities, and the cultural moments defining our time.

At Raising Women Magazine, we remain committed to one belief: when women rise with purpose, they do not simply change their own stories. They expand what the world believes is possible.

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