September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness month and September 10th is National Suicide Prevention Day. I thought it appropriate to write this blog since my husband Steve died by suicide on September 14th. You also may have lost a loved one to suicide. If so, I am very sorry for your loss. If you follow […]
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Do you have unprocessed grief? Grief is a normal reaction to loss and if you have experienced love then you shall experience grief at sometime in your life. Everyone grieves in his or her own time frame and in the way that is right for him or her. The problem occurs if grief is brushed […]
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Have you ever thought to write a letter to yourself? Why should you? To express those pent up emotions that are eating your insides up. It’s not those that are associated with grief. Those emotions must be processed and then let go of as part of your grief journey. The emotions that I am referring to […]
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Today is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. If you are reading this and have lost someone to suicide this makes you a “survivor.” So this day is important for you. But don’t stop there, instead become a thriver! Ask yourself, why shouldn’t I be happy? Your happiness doesn’t ever take away the love you will […]
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Do you have strange visits from the deceased? Have you had experiences with your deceased loved one that might make many people uncomfortable? In fact, those experiences are probably not your usual topic of conversation. You probably believe others will think you are crazy if you talk about them. But, if you had those experiences […]
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I wish I had known more about the brain in 2005 when my husband Steve died by suicide. Maybe I wouldn’t have thought I was going crazy at the time. Perhaps you feel that way if you lost someone you love to suicide. Thankfully, there is a tremendous amount of research on the cerebrum. Researchers now […]
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