Rachel Berrie is a content discovery intern at Love What Matters based in New York City. She will be graduating from Kennesaw State University at the end of July of 2022, with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a concentration in Criminology. She is passionate about mental health, substance abuse and other behavioral health issues and hopes to become a Substance Abuse Counselor. In her free time outside of work and school, you can find Rachel listening to true crime podcasts, singing her favorite songs, laying out by the pool, or trying out new make-up looks.
‘I’ve decided to speak my truth.’: Woman opens up about leaving family’s damaging religion
“I know our parents do their best to raise us to have more than they did, but that’s not the hand I was dealt.”
‘How long do I need to do this for?’ He replied, ‘Indefinitely.’: Woman with diabetes shares struggle of diagnosis, daily life
“Living 18 years one way and having it flipped on its head with an incurable autoimmune disease made me angry at the world. But diabetes has given me some of the best experiences of my life.”
‘Not one trauma surgeon thought I’d make it.’: After being hit by car, woman with lupus works to help others
“For anyone wondering, ‘What can I do as one person?’ The truth is your story could alter someone’s life forever.”
‘I was using whatever was available to cope.’: Woman overcomes eating disorder, addiction to become mental health advocate
“‘No one wants to help me because I’m going to die?’ And he said, ‘Well yeah, I’m sorry. But I’ll keep trying.’ Two months passed, and every day for two months I was still using fentanyl.”
‘If I can help one person, it’s worth it.’: Woman with Ankylosing Spondylitis raises awareness sharing her journey
“I’ve gone through so much and I’m still here fighting, and that is something to be so incredibly proud of.”
‘I knew deep within me, I just had to survive.’: Woman born into sex trafficking shares journey to freedom, becomes advocate
“I believe I am here to help others by shining light on this darkness, through love and humility. I am so passionate about this due to my own lived experiences.”
‘If not for abortion, I would not have my daughter.’: Mom shares abortion perspective, advocates for reproductive choice
“Many of the current state laws would have forced me to endure unspeakable suffering, would have reactivated my mother’s trauma, and without a doubt would mean my amazing, beautiful daughter would not exist today.”
‘You’d heal faster if you put the cake down.’ I hadn’t eaten in 3 days.’: Chronically ill woman shares medical trauma
“Instead of being met with compassion, we end up seeing this system at its worst. The racism, fatphobia, gaslighting, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and antisemitism that transpires was a shock to what I thought I knew about the world.”
Anorexia Survivor Details Male Experience With Eating Disorder
“It was never really about the scales for me, but my body fat levels from an appearance angle. I was blind to the fact my excessive exercise and food restriction was doing the opposite of increasing my fitness.”
‘I woke up the next day, he was angry with me, so I poured myself another drink.’: Former alcoholic shares recovery journey
“I remember my partner saying, ‘I can’t see anything going wrong between us.’ I replied, ‘I do, my drinking.’ He didn’t seem to grasp that I couldn’t only have a couple of drinks. With me, it was all or nothing.”