Scars Don’t Change Our Value with Fahima Abbas

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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Meet Our Guest

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.

Links

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