YOU ARE NOT ALONE
About Hope Speaker
Ever had the, "How did I get here?!" life moment, or wrestle with, "I don't know how to do this anymore?”
Most people reach a point in their lives where they are overwhelmed with the pain and struggle they are facing,
whether by tragedy, persistent hardships, our own mistakes, or wounds from other people.
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If you are trying to navigate a difficult trial, enduring a season of suffering, feeling alone, or are helping someone who is - this is your place.
Hi, I’m Rachel.
A survivor (and yet, still a dreamer) who feels called to boldly share with you what has gotten me through the darkness.
I am also a widowed, remarried, biogical and kinship Mama, Registered Nurse, and Lover of the Lord.
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I write, speak, sing, and create inspirational products, in order to support, encourage, and advocate for those struggling on this beautiful, messy adventure of life.
I know what it is to suffer…to the point of losing
all hope.
My life has included:
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Childhood abuse
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Family addictions
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Betrayal
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Raising nieces & nephew as my own, as their Guardian (but without allowance of full adoption)
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Spiritual abuse
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The death of my young husband by suicide
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Financial devastation
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Widowhood & single parenting before & through the pandemic,
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The loss my Nursing career for a time
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Nearly passing by suicide myself
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My own major failures
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The battle for healing and HOPE
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& navigating remarriage & blending of our already complex family with someone from another state
My story involves great tragedy but
my story is not A TRAGEDY.
NEITHER IS YOURS.
Why Hope Speaker Exists
Within the first year of losing my 30 year old husband by suicide, I found myself in the darkest place of my life, and in unbearable pain.
At 3 a.m. I was yet again grieving at the place he died.
I had walked there barefoot (just as he had before passing), the evening before and cried for hours.
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I felt so alone.
I believed I couldn’t keep going anymore, and I had no hope for my life. I had already decided; I was waiting there to die.
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This, in fact, is where our stories meet - yours and mine.
It was as I lay there on the rocks, longing for relief from my pain in the darkness, that the Lord gave me a vision of Hope Speaker.
The vision was of me standing and speaking HOPE and life, to others in the same hopeless place I was.
“You have to keep going,” He told me, “There are many where you are, and there will be many more. You have to keep living. Show them how.”
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You were the reason the Lord gave me to keep going.
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And though it was not the end of my suicidal struggles, and certainly not the end of my fight for HOPE, it saved me that night.
I got up from those rocks, and I walked home.
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Your struggles are just as real. Your pain is just as valid.
Your story, and your life, are just as valuable.
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Let’s journey on together.
COACHING
I help Christian widows go from feeling lost, unhappy and lonely to guided, HOPE-filled and confidently creating a life and future they actually want.
1:1 Coaching can help you get unstuck and have forward, life-giving movement through grief. This isn’t all there is for you - and you don't have to do it alone anymore.
“I had done therapy, read the books, tried to find the support I needed. Coaching with Rachel finally gave me traction. I’m dreaming again.”
-Amy
Fighting Hopelessness
Suicide prevention is integral in our mission. Someone dies by suicide every 11 minutes in the U.S., and every 40 seconds globally, according to 2021 statistics.
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Rachel continues to receive messages that her story and work has saved lives and prevented suicides.
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Your investment in, and sharing of, our lifework here at Hope Speaker enables us to focus on spreading HOPE to those who need it.