All posts by Rachael Costa

Rachael is the founding director of ThinkTwice; a charitable organisation aiming to educate churches about the reality of mental illness and eradicate the stigma which associates it. She has a day job in project development and can usually be found drinking coffee surrounded by wedding magazines and Cath Kidston.

The stigma surrounding suicide

// It kills someone in the world every 40 seconds. It’s the second leading cause of death in 15-29 year olds...

Written by Rachael Newham

Speaking of suicide

// I've attempted to commit depression. I've committed an eating disorder.

Written by Rachael Newham

We don’t want to talk about it

// The Christian world, and more importantly the world of Rick Warren and his family was rocked with the news that...

Written by Rachael Newham

On depression and darkness

// It isn’t the job of the Church to be psychiatrists or mental health workers.

Written by Rachael Newham

When scars turn into stories

// Once a battle with self-harm has ended, seeing every day reminders can be beyond difficult.

Written by Rachael Newham