Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Frances Beck It’s 18 months since you drew your last breath; 18 months of missing you more every day; 18 months of appearing to be locked in a surreal nightmare. 18 months of ‘what ifs’ and unanswered questions; 18 months of trying to understand; 18 months of yearning to Continue Reading
By Kristi Horner – Courage to Caregivers On a regular day in June of 2010, I got a call from my little brother. He wanted to end his life. While at that moment I didn’t know how to support someone who was suicidal, I did know enough as a loving Continue Reading
By Christopher Malenab ‘Life sometimes give you a second chance.’ – Maya Angelou On Sunday January 6, 2019, I sat on my couch watching TV and suddenly the darkest moment in my life kicked in. I was in auto-pilot at that point and felt like I had no control of Continue Reading
By Frances Beck Five hundred days. Five hundred days!! Yes, 500 days since you drew your last breath. I like to think that you left this world quickly. And peaceful in the knowledge that you believed you were doing the right thing in that exact moment. I also like to Continue Reading
By Richard Dixon In memory of Glenn Dixon – To Paradise for Glenn Fundraising Walk Supported by Her Grace, The Duchess of Northumberland 150 Miles in 8 Days We are organising a 150 mile, 8 day, walk from Newcastle to Glasgow in August this year. This is in memory of Continue Reading
Although there is a subtle difference in the wording of “keep on moving” and “moving on”, their meanings are distinct.
Mental health is so confusing. One day you are in Disneyland taking selfies, and a few days later you’re hiding in a library toilet cubicle.
Suicide, a word that turns my stomach when I hear it, it’s of the biggest causes of death. Many of us experience the loss of someone to suicide.
By Frances Beck I have now survived for 14 months without Conor being physically in our lives. Fourteen months that I couldn’t imagine how I possibly could keep on, yet here I am keeping on keeping on. And I’m still counting. I still count the weeks and months away from Continue Reading
By Ashlyn Reid We can spend every waking moment with a loved one and still not know a single thing about them. The truth of the matter is, the face we present to the world may not always be authentic. Laughs are easy to force. Smiles don’t need a cause. Continue Reading
By Connie Nagy…. Carl’s Mom Suffering in secret This is what I know and have learned since finding this picture on my son’s phone in November 2018. Carl secretly suffered from severe anxiety and who knows for how long as he never showed any signs of anxiety and decided to Continue Reading
By Frances Beck Yesterday was the anniversary of the day we said our final goodbyes to my boy, but I was really keen to not let this be another significant date, so I tried to not let it be a big deal. Unfortunately, that memo didn’t reach my emotions. Oh Continue Reading