In this episode of Girls with Grafts, Rachel sits down with burn survivor and Phoenix SOAR Peer Supporter Fahima Abbas for a heartfelt conversation about emotional healing, self-confidence, and finding your voice. 🩷

Fahima shares her burn survivor journey and how living with facial scars has shaped the way she sees herself and connects with others. She reflects on the challenges of rebuilding confidence and learning to love herself, as well as the powerful impact of finding an online community of burn survivors who understood her experience. ✨ That connection inspired Fahima to begin sharing her own story and eventually become a Phoenix SOAR Peer Supporter, so she could offer that same sense of understanding and hope to others.

Together, Rachel and Fahima talk about what it means to feel comfortable being seen, the freedom that can come from owning your story, and why our scars never determine our worth. Scars don’t change our value—and finding the confidence to believe that can be an important part of healing. 💪

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Fahima Abbas is a burn survivor living with facial scars from a life-changing experience. Her journey with facial burns has shaped so much of who she is today and continues to influence how she sees herself, connects with others, and supports the burn community.

• Learn more about Phoenix SOAR: https://resources.phoenix-society.org/phoenix-soar
• Follow Fahima on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fahimalove_
• Follow Fahima on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FahimaAbbasJourney/
• Follow Paige Lauren Billiot, aka Flawless Affect, on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flawless_affect/?hl=en

Today’s podcast is powered by the Bert Martin Foundation! The Bert Martin Foundation was established to assist those who help others and provide financial support for nonprofit organizations. We’re honored to have the Bert Martin Foundation as a long-standing Phoenix Society Partner.

Interested in becoming a sponsor of the show? Email us at info@phoenix-society.org.