Rachel Browne

Toronto

Reporter and Producer at Freelance

Contributing Writer at The Walrus Magazine

journalist & producer | contributing writer @TheWalrus | former @VICENews | rep'd by @carlywatters | writing a book—LET US PLAY (2025)—for @BeaconPressBks

Articles

Exclusive: Robert Land Academy Is Closing for Good

2 weeks ago | thewalrus.ca | Rachel Browne

R obert Land Academy, Canada’s only military-style private boarding school for boys, founded in 1978, is shutting down, eight months after an investigation by The Walrus revealed decades of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse at the school. The school faces numerous multi-million-dollar lawsuits by former students. RLA leadership informed school staff today that it would be closing at the end of the academic year this June.
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome: Why You’re More Qualified Than You Think

2 weeks ago | goodmenproject.com | Rachel Browne

If you’ve ever thought, Who am I to say this? What if I’m wrong? What if I’m not enough?—you’re not alone. Even the most “qualified” people I know wrestle with impostor syndrome. It doesn’t matter how many accolades or accomplishments they’ve stacked up; the quiet, insistent voice of doubt still finds them. Impostor syndrome whispers that your voice doesn’t matter, that you’re unworthy of visibility, you are not the expert others believe you to be.
The Perfectionism Trap: Why Waiting to Feel ‘Ready’ Silences Your Voice

1 month ago | goodmenproject.com | Rachel Browne

Most things in life aren’t about arriving at perfection; they’re a practice, a process, a messy evolution. So waiting to feel “ready” before you begin a new project, task, or adventure is like seeking gold at the end of a rainbow—a fantasy. Readiness isn’t real; it’s a fictional ideal we chase because the pursuit of a place to start frees us from having to ever start at all. I’ve always thrown myself into things before I felt ready because I understood that starting was the only way to grow.
Six False Voices Sabotaging Your Creativity

2 months ago | goodmenproject.com | Rachel Browne

“Blocks are the price of avoiding surrender, surrender is not defeat but rather the key to opening into a world of delight and nonstop creation.”—Stephen NachmanovitchWe’ve been sold a lie about the creative process—that it should be clean, predictable, and effortless. But the truth is much wilder, much messier than we could ever know. Creativity, like nature itself, is turbulent, untamable, and full of contradictions.
Allegations of Abuse at Robert Land Academy Go Right to the Top

2 months ago | inkl.com | Rachel Browne

Robert Land Academy / YouTube L ast summer, The Walrus published an exclusive investigation by contributing writer Rachel Browne into allegations of physical and sexual abuse, humiliation, and degradation at a private, military-style boarding school in Southern Ontario.
Why Do I Never Feel Fully Self-Expressed?

Jan 17, 2025 | goodmenproject.com | Rachel Browne

Being human means living in constant evolution—a perpetual unfolding that only ceases the day we die. This means we’ll never feel fully self-expressed, at least not how we imagine. If we aren’t careful, we can waste our lives chasing a fantasy, searching for the “right” configuration that feels perfect in all the right ways—believing, mistakenly, that such a thing exists.
The Top 4 Ways to Explore What Makes You Unique

Dec 6, 2024 | goodmenproject.com | Rachel Browne

We’re all born with a blueprint of who we are. Made up of a unique cocktail of DNA and traits—we are a reservoir of potential crafted by nature to be distinct. This inherent individuality is not an accident; it’s a deliberate part of the evolutionary process—nature needs diversity.
15 Questions to Discover Your Life’s Work

Nov 8, 2024 | goodmenproject.com | Rachel Browne

To have a purpose is a deep human need, and the quest to find one is so profound that it can transform every aspect of our lives. Most people set out to discover their life’s work with a mixture of excitement, uncertainty, and apprehension because they have no idea what to expect. The problem is, when they quickly realize the journey is difficult and rife with obstacles and setbacks, they quit, feeling like they just must not have one after all. But this is not remotely true.
Teach What You Know

Oct 11, 2024 | goodmenproject.com | Rachel Browne

Only when we speak about an experience we’ve had do we approach truth, no matter what the experience. —Ayya Khema, Buddhist NunHaving worked with healing and wellness professionals for over a decade, I’ve realized that a huge part of creating a life that feels authentic and fulfilling lies in discovering, understanding, and integrating your life’s work with your professional practice. There’s an undeniable magic that occurs when your professional life is aligned with your deepest truth.
The Beauty, Potency & Power of Living Your Truth This Lifetime

Sep 20, 2024 | goodmenproject.com | Rachel Browne

You can’t go by nothing but your own convictions. Because if you don’t live the way you believe, sooner or later, you will believe the way you live. —James BaldwinBeing true to who we are is a paradox—we constantly evolve, yet most of us have felt the discomfort and incongruence of being what we are not. Leaving essential parts of ourselves out of work, relationships, and life can harden our hearts, make us unhappy, and leave us feeling chronically unfulfilled.