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My Dear Community, As I read articles and work with clients, I see an emerging pattern about youth suicide. Many of these teens appear to “have it all”. They’re intelligent, charismatic, athletic [...]

My Dear Community, The words we allow and the words we speak to ourselves in our minds leads to self-loathing or self-love. Life or death. Self-loathing – the path to death April 20th approaches. [...]

My Dear Community, Its arrived, its arrived! Spring. New life. Sunshine. Fresh green. Lightness as the days grow longer. It seems like overnight Spring arrived. But buried beneath the cold hard [...]

Dear Community, When someone dies by suicide, we often focus our thoughts on how they died. But the way they died doesn’t define their life. Focus on how they lived! On Monday I answered a [...]

Dear community, This week’s e-letter was written by my friend, JoLene Weir, RN. She originally “met” me in 2016 on AMNW and later became a grief client. Through focused hard work, she transformed [...]

My Dear Community, Last week’s blog post titled, And the Award goes to…, touched deep nerves. Many wrote in and shared the hurtful words people said after the death of a loved one. I’m saddened [...]

My Dear Community, Family traditions bind us together, give us a sense of belonging, and build loving memories. But when a loved one isn’t here to share in the tradition, what then? How can you [...]

Dear Community, Lately, I’ve been wondering, how can we raise grief awareness? Specifically, how can we educate friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors about better ways of greeting a grieving [...]

Dear Community, My clients know they can make an SOS call whenever they’re drowning in grief. You know, those times when you can’t catch your breath in between sobs. And the snot won’t stop [...]

Last Tuesday my colleague said to me, “My husband is now in Memory Care. I feel like I am grieving.” As I listened and stayed in the moment with her, she continued, “I can’t believe he’s not [...]