I hope you will allow me a braggy moment. Book sales tend to sag when I’m not speaking at conferences so this was a welcome surprise.
When libraries in Virginia are open again, people will be able to check the book out of the library. And it’s nice to be featured and you can see it here.
If you’ve read the book, please leave a review and recommend it to a friend who needs it. My heart and soul is between those book covers.
If you’ve not read it, here’s where you can find it.
“Months later, I am still feeling the effects of Diary of a Broken Mind….I lost my own son to suicide 15 years ago, and although I have read so many books about this kind of loss, nothing has touched me as deeply as this.” —-Mea
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This will be a signed copy plus a personalized message with your name, or the name of someone you list. And you can say what message you want if you want that. Where it say’s “Name for personalization” below the paypal button is where you … Read more...
This note is published with permission from the parent who sent it. Her daughter also gave consent. Trigger warning: suicide attempt method mentioned.
My 27-year-old daughter had decided that the pain was too great, that she was a burden on everyone, and that since she was going to die anyway, might as well do it that night.
She went to google to find a site to learn how to hang herself. When she clicked on the link, she came to your site and a video with your son’s spoken word. It had such a big impact on her that she … Read more...
The safety of our tribe members and employees remains our top priority at Emotionally Naked. Except that we don’t have employees but that’s beside the point because I want this pledge to sound exactly like all communications you have received of late in your inbox from t-shirt to light bulb companies.
Hundreds of companies have sent you links to the CDC COVID-19 Pandemic page because you are so anxious you cannot possibly find those resources by yourself. (CDC= Center for Disease Control in the US)
As concern for the Coronavirus grows, we will continue to monitor and evaluate the situation … Read more...
I love talking to students. My favorite part is what they learn about themselves–the moment when I read what everyone is going through and when the students recognize their classmates are dealing with some serious issues.
The post-it note interaction is such a simple exercise. But the discoveries we make together are not. I’m always shocked by what I read on those notes.
What’s more, so are the students.
Social anxiety, rape, murdered siblings or parents, anorexia and more. Some of these kids have lost several loved ones in the space of a year and they carry that with them … Read more...
Ghosting is when someone cuts off all communication without explanation, either by text, email, phone, in person, or all of the above.
If it’s a hot, new relationship, you might get mad. “That jerk, he’s ghosting me. Why can’t he be a man and just tell me he’s not into me!” So it can be a weak way in which one person dumps on another.
Whatever the case, the ghoster usually has some kind of issue. Which means the issue is not you, but them. It’s probably not their first ghosting event. So take yourself out of the equation and … Read more...
I met Shelby briefly when she was leading a suicide prevention training in Richmond VA, soon after I lost my son to suicide. I meet a lot of people but I remembered her immediately when I saw this video posted.
Shelby Rowe is a suicide attempt survivor, a national leader in suicide prevention and a Chickasaw bead artist. Visit the community of support at HopeInc.com for more inspiring stories.
Few ever think it will happen to them. I never thought it would happen to me.
Even family members who have a loved one who has attempted suicide, think it won’t happen to them. And even if they are, they are never prepared for it.
A death by suicide is always a shock. Parents often don’t even believe their children who tell them outright, much less kids who leave a more subtle clue. We can’t fathom life would be so bad for our child they would take their life. The same goes for siblings, friends, aunts, uncles, parents. From the … Read more...
I went to a lovely event called the Super Women Awards. Pate and Donna Ray McCoy hosted the event and it was emceed by Dee and Willy Jolley who was also at my National Speakers Association meeting in the morning so I got a double-take of the famous, hall-of-fame speaker. I would show the group photo, but I don’t have one yet. I’m both honored and humbled by the award and the fellow women who were recipients were amazing.
Anger is typical in early grief. It’s also typical when you have a loved one struggling with mental illness or addiction.
Around 2012, I was angry that Charles wouldn’t stop misusing drugs and alcohol. Then I was angry at the mental health system, God, and people who wouldn’t let me talk about him then. But once he died, I took my anger to a whole new level.
I wasn’t mad at just the system or God or some psychiatrist. Not at Charles or anyone in my family. For the record, it’s not unusual for family members to be angry at … Read more...
Out of respect for my cousins, his siblings, son, and his ex-wife, who are struggling with their grief, they asked that I not share this on social media. So I ask that you not share it there either. I’m just sharing it with you, my tribe.
Meet my first cousin Pat. Whenever he arrived, the fun followed. He was interesting, thoughtful, and something of a hippie farmer.
While he lived in Richmond as an adult as we did, as children we were five hours away from this set of cousins. My mom’s sister had four children, and Pat was … Read more...
Anne Moss Rogers on Living with Your Child’s Death
It only took a moment for Anne Moss Rogers’ life to change direction; only seconds for her to move from years of fear and dread to a life committed to service and education. That moment, when she learned her younger son, 20-year-old Charles, had died by suicide, was the most devastating moment of her life. But the heart-wrenching experience fueled her desire to help others.
Rogers and her husband were eating … Read more...
I order these postcards to insert in my book so when you buy it from Fountain Books, Beach Glass Books or Amazon, the card is in there and the books are signed.
When those who buy the book post their photos with the book on a social media page, more people buy. For a new author, it’s my best advertising.
Promoting a book is as challenging as writing one. Thank you to those who’ve posted a picture. It’s working!
Here is the gallery of all the ones I have so far.
One million pages on this site have been read since February 1, 2016. That’s thanks to all your stories, shares, comments, and support.
That doesn’t mean there have been one million visits. That number is around 730k. So there is still some ways to go there.
Thank you.
I know you want to tell someone but you are afraid to. It’s hard to know what to say or to whom. And it’s frightening to think of baring your deepest darkest hurt to another human being. You may even think you’ve been leaving clues that seem like flashing neon signs and no one is picking up on them which makes you think they don’t care. However, what you think is obvious just is not to others.
Will the person you tell … Read more...
