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Rachel E Reader is a Singer-Songwriter, Artist, Mother, full-time unpaid Carer, Activist and Advocate. Her music speaks to the experiences that connect us all: love, relationships, heartbreak, loss, grief, trauma, healing and the courage to begin again.

Having lived through domestic abuse, violence and coercive control, narcissistic abuse, while caring for her adult daughter, who has severe learning disabilities, for more than two decades, Rachel writes with honesty, compassion and deep understanding.

Faith, hope and love run through Rachel’s music. Her earlier songs, written between 2006 and 2012, draw on biblical themes and Scripture, reflecting her search for intimacy with God, her journey of faith and healing and the enduring message of God’s love.

Since then, her music and songwriting have grown to explore healthy and unhealthy relationships, toxic love, heartbreak, grief, faith, recovery, motherhood, caring, boundaries, resilience and self-discovery.

Moving through different seasons of life and emotion, Rachel’s music invites listeners to recognise something of their own story and find comfort in knowing they are not alone.

Rachel is currently working on bringing together a growing collection of songs she has written over the past 15–20 years, many of which have never been released, alongside newer work. 

This website will eventually become a place where the different chapters of her songwriting journey can be heard, explored and shared.

Rachel’s experiences have also shaped her activism and advocacy. She raises awareness of domestic abuse, coercive control and violence against women and girls, including through the #MeToo movement. She also advocates for unpaid carers, people with disabilities and families navigating special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

A Story of Redemption and Overcoming

At the heart of Rachel’s story is redemption and overcoming. Her life has included love and loss, trauma, toxic relationships, faith and doubt, motherhood and caring, hardship and recovery, exhaustion and resilience. Through difficult seasons and the demands of caring for others, she sometimes lost touch with parts of herself. Healing meant finding her way back.

For Rachel, overcoming does not mean pretending that difficult chapters never happened. It means refusing to let them have the final word. It means healing, reclaiming her voice and identity, setting boundaries, rediscovering her worth and finding the courage to walk away and begin again.

Rachel has shared her music and testimony with women since 2014. Her earlier albums include Pursuit of His Presence, Freedom and The Best Gift.

Beyond the Music

Rachel is also an artist and creative with qualifications in Education & Training, Counselling and Art Therapy.

Arts, crafts, music and songwriting are more than creative outlets for Rachel. They are ways of expressing, processing and making sense of life. She passionately believes that finding a creative pursuit — whether through music, art, crafts, writing, art therapy or other creative acivities  — can bring an enormous sense of freedom from inner turmoil and emotional and psychological pain, helping us to express what words alone sometimes cannot.

Today, her creative work brings together the many threads of her life. It reflects her belief that healing, restoration, freedom and new beginnings remain possible, even after the most difficult chapters.

A Personal Note

Rachel does not believe her story is unique. We all experience love and loss, joy and heartbreak, hope and disappointment, grief, struggle and change. Often, we carry these experiences quietly, without knowing how to put them into words.

Through her music and creative work, she hopes to offer connection and validation — to help someone think, “I’ve felt that too.” If her songs bring comfort, ease loneliness or give voice to something that feels difficult to express, that connection matters.

Perhaps hearing another person’s journey can help someone find the hope and courage to heal, overcome, rediscover their passion and purpose, and become all they were created to be.

We all have a story. Sometimes hearing someone else’s helps us find the words for our own — and the hope and courage to begin again.

"Rachel is a wonderful singer/songwriter and so much more. Her music flows out of her pursuit of God and of social justice.  Her life story is a powerful testimony both to the realities of what many women suffer and also to the power of God who redeems, transforms, and restores.  Rachel has a beautiful voice and speaks very clearly and personally to her audience.  We were privileged to have her sing at the Annual General Meeting of Restored where she was a vital and much appreciated part of the evening."

Peter Grant, Co-founder,

Restored Relationships

An International Christian Alliance that aims to transform relationships and end violence against women and girls (VAWG) by working through and with the church and Christians worldwide.