Posts by: Rachel Berrie

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 could not breathe, could not stop crying. ‘We will never have a baby.’: Couple share emotional adoption story after taxing 11-year infertility journey

“My sister called me crying. ‘I am so sorry, this should’ve been you.’ She was pregnant without trying at 43. We were the damaged couple and that sucked.”

Published by Rachel Berrie - Jul 15, 2022

‘Do I belong here? Am I wanted?’ Like many adoptees, I fell prey to identity issues.’: Writer shares how being a transracial adoptee influences her life and art

“Writing finally began the journey of coming to terms with my identity issues and not letting it consume me.”

Published by Rachel Berrie - Jul 13, 2022

‘My son would have grown up knowing I died from a disease I’d passed on to him.’: Woman with rare disease shares heartbreaking decision to abort

“I wanted my baby so badly. I wanted his ten little toes. I wanted to see those blue eyes and the thick black hair he had to have. But then I thought of him watching me waste away as I watched my own father waste away, knowing I had chosen the same fate for him.”

Published by Rachel Berrie - Jul 13, 2022

‘Everything in my life was crumbling and I COULD NOT STOP until physically stopped.’: Man shares how he achieved long-lasting sobriety after addiction journey

“I stood by her crib and stared at the greatest gift I had ever been given, my beautiful baby girl. As I looked at her, tears flooded out of me uncontrollably. I couldn’t drink — if not for me in that moment, for her.”

Published by Rachel Berrie - Jul 08, 2022

‘I spent 50% of my life in active addiction.’: Young woman recounts journey to sobriety after years-long battle with addiction

“Even if this reaches one person, and they decide to face their demons and feel their feelings over becoming numb, all because I could show them it is possible, then my life purpose has been filled.”

Published by Rachel Berrie - Jul 07, 2022

‘I wanted to escape my body, run away. I wanted to not be here…on earth.’: Abuse survivor bravely shares abortion story

“When the news of Roe vs. Wade came out, I began to weep uncontrollably. My heart went to the 19-year-old girl in the same situation right now I once was in. Feeling hopeless and suicidal, but now on top of that being forced to do something against her will. Not having an option, a choice over her BODY which her soul chose specifically for her journey.”

Published by Rachel Berrie - Jul 05, 2022

‘I have a friend who can get you into rehab.’ He found me on the floor, passed out in vomit. Crying my eyes out I said, ‘Yes please.’: Man 2.5 years sober after decades-long battle with alcoholism

“There was a time when all I wanted was a ‘normal’ life. I didn’t think it was possible to break the cycle I was trapped in. I took one step at a time. I was determined to work as hard as I needed to, take as many steps as necessary to become the man I wanted to be, and now that man is exactly who I am.”

Published by Rachel Berrie - Jul 01, 2022