If I am going to die one day anyway, what is wrong with JKM?

Rhyena Halpern
6 min readMar 26, 2021

How self-hatred transcends class, race & gender and finding HOPE anyway

Photo credit: Tami Gann in Unsplash

I am a volunteer crisis counselor with the national Crisis Text Line (CTL) and during my 2-hour weekly shift, I typically converse via a texting platform with 2–6 texters who contact us because they are in a mental health crisis. Think National…

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Rhyena Halpern

End of Life Doula who loves to write on Death & Dying, Third Act/Retirement, Wellness, Healing & Trauma, Sexuality/Romance/Aging. rhyhalpern@gmail.com