Rebecca Balfe is a former editor for Love What Matters. She resides in NYC, owning and rescuing adorable cats. She is an avid Lupus fighter and advocate.
‘I don’t want to die!’ The accident became my miracle.’: Woman sober 6 years after near-death experience
“It’s never too late to reinvent ourselves.”
‘There’s NO WAY you’re that thick and still a virgin.’ I wanted to hide.’: Woman talks body positivity, ‘I love the body God gave me’
I’ve allowed society, doctors, ignorant therapists, rude family members, and childish men to define my body.”
‘Hello, bags beneath my eyes, dimple on my butt. I love you.’: Woman pens self love letter for mental health awareness month
“You remind me I am whole, not just pieces of a whole.”
‘It doesn’t look the way it’s SUPPOSED to!’: Mom of mixed-race family says ‘it’s my job to learn’
“I became the white mom who can’t do her mixed daughter’s hair. I don’t want to be that stereotype.”
‘I was banned from work and told I’d get the sack. They don’t care about nurses.’: Former nurse turned yoga teacher shares plea for change
“Health care staff are fed up, run down, demoralized, and unhealthy.”
‘What you see on social media is NOT life.’: Young woman discusses mental health awareness, ‘You’re never a burden’
“I’d be lying if I said I could even remember why I was crying.”
‘Our struggles are NOT isolated. You DESERVE to be supported.’: Yogi gives coping tips for mental health awareness month
“DON’T shy away from being held up by others. It’s a DAILY battle.”
‘The tests came back perfect, so you can stop convulsing. Take some Advil and SUCK IT UP.’: Chronic Lyme Disease warrior details journey, ‘I celebrate my small victories’
“Do you see her? There’s something VERY wrong.’ A group of my friends stood right outside the door, praying for divine intervention.”
‘No matter WHAT you see on the internet, NO ONE has it all together.’: Mom of twins gives early motherhood advice, ‘It’s a game of ‘winging it’
“If someone offers help, DON’T fight it. Just say YES.”
’My mom is away on business,’ I’d say, as I undressed her and threw her into the shower.’: Daughter loses mom to addiction, rheumatoid arthritis, ‘I want to make her proud’
“My mom endured higher and higher doses of medicine. I remember joking to the doctor, ‘If you gave her elephant tranquilizers she’d take them.’ She couldn’t stand.”