Some Words on Depression
The darkness and weight of depression often leave me breathless. The thickness of it can make me feel like there is no way out...
Sure, you’re giving space. But are you doing it right?
Giving space isn’t a line to use to get out of uncomfortable situations.
Nothing Lasts Forever
Once I started opening up, I really started healing.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Living at the Intersection of Homelessness + Mental Health
The intersection of mental health and homelessness.
Feeling Alive and Crying at the Movies
What I didn’t expect to experience while or after viewing the film was this wave of aliveness.
When Forever Ends But Tomorrow Still Exists
Losing someone to suicide is traumatic.
Proof the World Wouldn’t Be Better Off Without You
If suicidality leads to the belief we will not be missed, yet each person who dies by suicide is mourned intensely, then that belief has to be false.
Portrayals of Suicide in Pop Culture
Novels, shows, films, songs, and so on address a sensitive topic sometimes with layered nuance and other times with deeply misguided perceptions.
Five Myths About Suicide
Imagine my surprise when he looked at me and said, “Well, if you were actually suicidal, you would have just done it.”
Connection as Prevention
Stigma stated, “If you admit to having these thoughts, people will see you differently.”
The World is Not Better Without You
The moment of intervention should not be a moment at all, but a collection of moments.
Discovering, Defining, and Nurturing Glimmers
I think we’re all overwhelmed—at least on the inside—by what’s happening around us and being thrown at us on a daily basis.
