It’s OKAY to Talk About Your Feelings

Does your teen know it’s okay to talk about the emotions they have when they feel lost, depressed, sad, and hopeless? On July 31, rugby player Luke Ambler said this, “My brother-in-law killed himself back in April and it was completely out of the blue.” Because it left his family devastated, he felt that something…

Read More

Wake Up! Your Teen Is Trying To Tell You Something!

The above quote was by my daughter in the height of her depression and suicidal tendencies. As a parent, it was difficult to hear but also eye-opening at the same time. What she shared is very true to how teens feel. This month all across the nation is focusing on the awareness of suicide. It…

Read More

A Teen’s Life Story of Depression, Anxiety and Self-Harm

Telling her own personal story as a teen and what her mom was faced with, Adria shares what it was like being faced with the fact that her depression and anxiety as well as self-harm was leading her to a road of destruction.  Her mom was left with little alternatives other than to put Adria…

Read More

Why Setting Aladdin Free is Wrong

I have been really shocked and appalled at the media and Hollywood for making statements such as “Aladdin, you are now free!” after the death of Robin Williams. This statement sends a very wrong message to our struggling teens who are in crisis.  When in despair, such wording as this gives them permission to kill…

Read More

There Are Always Signs But Do We Always See Them?

In a recent interview with Barbara Walters, Peter Rodger, the father of Elliot Rodger who killed 6 and wounded 13 others, said that he never saw the signs that something was severely wrong. Peter and his wife truly believed with all of their heart that their son’s issues would not take him to the mental…

Read More

At Age 6, Suicide Was His Only Option

On June 3rd of 2013, an angry little 6 yr. old boy from Idaho took off his belt, tied it around the handle of the freezer and hung himself. This was not his first attempt at suicide. Sad to say, this time it was his last because he succeeded. Although he might not have understood…

Read More

1000 Ways

Why and how this program ended up on television is surprising, but unbelievably it became one of the deterrents regarding suicide for my teen after watching it. I wouldn’t promote it for anything or encourage your teenager to watch it but 1,000 Ways to Die became the show to see several years ago. It graphically…

Read More