Her Side of the Stories

Episode launch Tuesday 5th May 3PM CETShe was seventeen and pregnant when someone said out loud what she thought everyone was thinking."You've ruined your life, then, haven't you?"That's where Victoria Price's story takes its turn.In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, Victoria sits with Asal Zara and tells the truth about a childhood spent walking through her own front door not knowing what she'd be met with. About a mother who struggled with mental challenges for as long as Victoria can remember. About the day at four years old when her earliest memory was made and it wasn't a happy one. About becoming a carer to her younger siblings and a housewife to her own father, long before she should have been. About a mother who eventually left, disappeared for years, and never really came back. And then about everything that came after.Victoria Price is one of a handful of people on the planet to ever reach Partner at one of the world's Big Four accounting firms. She is a leader, an entrepreneur, and the founder of her own fashion brand Emello — a woman who became a mother before she became herself, and built one of the most senior careers in global finance with a child on her hip ( later 3).But behind the title is a woman who has been underestimated her whole life and used every word of it as fuel.Victoria speaks about the silent rule of her childhood — don't talk about it. About the relief no one is supposed to admit when a difficult parent leaves. About the day she told her dad she was pregnant, and the first words he said to her. About the antenatal class where the other mums turned up in Range Rovers and she walked. About the job she turned down because it would have solved a today problem. About the mentor who pointed at a door and changed how she leads, forever. About mum guilt for the first time in her life. About forgiving her mother and what that actually looks like.— — —Her Side of the Stories is a cinematic, emotionally honest conversation series exploring the inner lives of women; what they've survived, what they've become, and what they've never said out loud until now.Hosted by Asal Zara. Filmed in Ibiza, Spain.Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side.New episodes every Tuesday, 3PM CET.If this episode meant something to you, the kindest thing you can do is share it with the woman who needs it. And subscribing (it's free) is how we keep telling these stories.— — —FOLLOW VICTORIA PRICE & HER BRAND: EMELLO Emello: https://shorturl.at/33R7FLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-price-75224936/FOLLOW HER SIDE OF THE STORIES YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hersideofthestoriesofficial Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0NdDte4w6fgcuZZwZH1rpi?si=5u1ARRWURf2ynKa0n3Fe8g Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-side-of-the-stories/id1890695561 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hersideofthestories Website: www.hersideofthestories.comFOLLOW ASAL ZARA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asal_zara__ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asal-zara-aa845766— — —#hersideofthestories #asalzara #victoriaprice #emello #teenagemum #teenagemom #womeninbusiness #womenleaders #singlemother #motherhoodjourney #womensstories #realstories #bigfour #breakingthecycle #generationaltrauma #postnataldepression #healingjourney

She was twelve years old. That's where Anna Janssen's story begins, but it isn't where it ends. In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, Anna sits with Asal Zara and tells the truth about a life shaped by the things most women carry in silence. What happened to her at twelve. What it did to the woman she became. What it cost her in love, in trust, in her own body. And the day — decades later — when she found her own daughter on the other side of the same nightmare. This isn't a story about what happened. It's a story about what stays. What it does to the way you love. The way you grieve. The way you mother. The way you finally, after everything, learn what forgiveness actually means — and who it was always for. Anna speaks about losing the man she loved in a single phone call. About anger. About the years she spent avoiding pain by avoiding everything. About the moment she became the only person her daughter could turn to — and what she said. About finding herself again on the other side of all of it. This is one of the most honest conversations we've had on Her Side. If you've ever survived something you weren't ready for, kept something to yourself for too long, or wondered whether the past will ever stop sitting in your body — this is for you. — — — CHAPTERS00:00 Welcome02:01 Three years after the war03:38 A happy childhood06:45 At 12, something happened09:28 The strength that came out of her11:54 Telling her mother12:45 "Don't tell your father"15:02 What it did to intimacy — until today15:22 Forgiveness is for yourself15:40 The pattern survivors don't talk about17:16 The smell that stayed20:43 Anger and forgiveness22:46 Seeing him again at 2326:43 Blaming herself28:13 The school years30:27 The confusion no one names33:18 The anger her son could see37:27 Texas38:50 Falling in love in America39:38 The day he didn't come42:14 The funeral she ran from43:18 Italy47:56 Meeting the father of her children51:18 Her second great love54:48 Living on a boat57:24 The Sunday afternoon59:41 Walking back onto the boat61:50 What her daughter did65:07 The silent retreat66:33 A year of teaspoons67:12 The letter69:10 Becoming a power woman70:34 Her trauma vs her daughter's72:13 "The trauma stays. But you can change it."73:12 Becoming a healer78:45 How to actually forgive80:20 Walk in the water and forgive81:33 What she'd say to them now82:25 Her advice84:36 Becoming softer — — — Her Side of the Stories is a cinematic, emotionally honest conversation series exploring the inner lives of women — what they've survived, what they've become, and what they've never said out loud until now. Hosted by Asal Zara. Filmed in Ibiza, Spain. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. New episodes every Tuesday, 3PM CET. If this episode meant something to you, the kindest thing you can do is share it with the woman who needs it. And subscribing (it's free) is how we keep telling these stories. — — — FOLLOW HER SIDE OF THE STORIESYouTube: https://youtube.com/@hersideofthestoriesofficialSpotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0NdDte4w6fgcuZZwZH1rpi?si=5u1ARRWURf2ynKa0n3Fe8gApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-side-of-the-stories/id1890695561Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hersideofthestoriesWebsite: www.hersideofthestories.com FOLLOW ASAL ZARAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/asal_zara__LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asal-zara-aa845766 — — — #hersideofthestories #asalzara #annajanssen #childhoodtrauma #traumahealing #grief #forgiveness #motherdaughter #womensstories #realstories #survivorstory #generationaltrauma #healingjourney #losingapartner #emotionalhealing