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“Suicide Boys” FYI!!!

October 22, 2019 by wpadmin

In this short note, I am sharing important information with you as professionals and individuals who want to support and understand what is happening in the world. Recently I was speaking with a mom whose teen aged child died by suicide. ...

What others might not know about suicide loss continued (part 3 of 3)

September 20, 2019 by wpadmin

This is what I have noticed when people start to “get better” or appear better. This in NO WAY says they are 100% better. It does say that they are starting to live around the pain of their loss. As...

What others might not know about SUICIDE LOSS (part two of three)

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by wpadmin

Below is a continuation of a prior post on some of what others might not know about SUICIDE LOSS and the experiences that someone has when a suicide death happens to a person they care about. Not only care about,...

What others might not know about SUICIDE LOSS (part one of three)

August 31, 2019September 10, 2019 by wpadmin

Below is some of what others might not know about SUICIDE LOSS and the experiences that someone has when a suicide death happens to a person they care about. Not only care about, but perhaps they have found the deceased...

Life Insurance and Suicide

March 15, 2019February 18, 2019 by wpadmin

Life insurance is purchased for a variety of reasons and used after death to help with final expenses, pay off a mortgage, to leave extra money to family or a charity and whatever else you can think of. Sometimes, people...

Why didn’t I see the signs?

February 2, 2019 by wpadmin

Often I counsel individuals who have experienced the suicide death of someone they care deeply about. One of the most common questions I hear is “Why didn’t I see the signs”? What if that individual made certain you did not see...

What Some People Say About Those Who Die by Suicide

October 9, 2018 by wpadmin

The fact that people die by suicide has been around for hundreds of year. I am going to focus on the present times with this article and what comments are said or heard after a suicide death has occurred; especially...

Children and Suicide

August 13, 2018 by wpadmin

Children and suicide is a fact more so now than ever before. As a grief counsellor, I have parents come for counselling; more often it is the moms. A child can be any age, but for this article I am...

Children and Thoughts of Suicide Part 2

June 9, 2015 by wpadmin

As discussed in a prior article part 1, children do have thoughts of suicide and DO act upon those thoughts. What do you need to pay attention to? How do children know about suicide? What can YOU do? What do you...

Children and Thoughts of Suicide

June 1, 2015 by wpadmin

Children and thoughts of suicide is a topic many, including myself, find disturbing. You may ask yourself “Why would a child have thoughts of suicide”? Are there no support systems? Where are the parents? There is never a shortage of questions....

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