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How it started

I'm Shardell.

A woman who's been broken, rejected, abandoned.

I've battled low self-worth, insecurity, and silence.

I became a mother as a teen, lost myself in people-pleasing, and mistook survival for living.

I've been overlooked, misused, homeless, depressed--

and I've made more mistakes than I could count.

There were seasons I didn't recognize myself.

Times I believed I wasn't worthy of anything good.

I dimmed my light to fit in, stayed where I wasn't valued, and carried shame that didn't belong to me.

But the beautiful truth? I didn't stay there.

Through truth, grace, and the Spirit of God, I started returning to myself.

Piece by piece. Breath by breath.

And that's how Pretty with Purpose unleashing the power within was born--not from perfection, but from the ashes.

This is not a brand. It's a home.

For the woman who's tired of hiding.

For the woman who's ready to heal.

For the woman who's becoming.Every offering I share, I share a piece of me--my healing, truth, and becoming.

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© 2025 by Shardell Martin. 

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