Teah Hood — Founder, Purpose From Pain Project

Teah Hood is a birth mother, speaker, and the founder of the Purpose From Pain Project, a movement dedicated to giving hope, clarity, and courage to young women facing overwhelming circumstances. Her story is one of survival, surrender, and the redemptive power of God’s grace.

Growing up in a home marked by addiction, instability, and trauma, Teah learned early how to care for others long before anyone cared for her. With no stable support system, she carried responsibilities far beyond her age and grew up believing she had to survive life alone. Those early wounds eventually led her into a marriage that mirrored the chaos she came from—a place of fear, control, and emotional and physical instability.

In the middle of those dark and confusing years, Teah became a mother multiple times. With no safety, no resources, and no way out, she faced decisions no woman expects to face. Out of love and a fierce desire to protect her children, she made the incredibly difficult choice of choosing open adoption—entrusting them to a family who could give them the peace, stability, and security she could not offer at that time.

This choice was not the result of failure but of sacrificial love.
It was a surrender that broke her heart and ultimately saved her children’s futures.

Today, Teah maintains a loving, open relationship with the children and their adoptive family—something she considers one of the greatest blessings of her life. Still, every visit, every goodbye, and every milestone brings a complex mix of gratitude, grief, love, and healing. Those emotions came to the surface in a deeply painful way recently, reminding her of how heavy and holy this journey truly is.

But from that lowest moment, something awakened in her.

God made it clear that her pain had purpose—that her story could spare another young woman from feeling alone, ashamed, or cornered into hopeless decisions.

The Purpose From Pain Project was born from that calling.

Through her testimony, Teah speaks to young women with compassion, transparency, and faith. Her message is simple but life‑changing:

“You are not alone. You are not ruined. You have options. You matter.
And even the deepest pain can awaken purpose.”

Teah’s heart beats for the girl who feels scared.
For the woman who feels trapped.
For the mother who feels torn in two.
For the teen who thinks there is no one to turn to.
For the one who needs to hear that God can redeem any story—especially the painful ones.

She now dedicates her life to helping women find hope, support, and a path forward, offering guidance rooted in truth, grace, and lived experience.

This isn’t the story of what broke her.
It’s the story of what God rebuilt.