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Welcome to my blog!
This is the space where I share professional insights, personal stories, creative writing, and day-to-day reflections. My writing chronicles my living experiences and acts as a place where I can personally offer you professional expertise and best practice ideas.
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I am the firstborn and lastborn daughter. I am East and West. I am Southern through and through. I am dark skin with flexibly freaky feet. I am clumsy and […]
Storysharing lacks best practice approaches. Lately, I have found myself saying, “Just because something is a common practice, doesn’t make it a best practice,” on repeat. Storysharing has been a […]
You’re wrong about meaningful engagement. I’m sure no one wants to be told what “meaningful” should look or feel like by someone else, let alone an organization that may or […]
Why is language development an important concept to understand for the lived-living experience space? Words shape how we see, navigate, and interpret the world around us. Words matter. They wield […]
🧵 I’ve been thinking a lot about those powerful, rare moments when someone truly sees who you are. These happenings remind us that lived experience isn’t just something we carry, […]
The words swell out of me like a tidal wave. Flowing, fiercely aggressively, booming in percussive unison. They batter my face with foam and fury, punishing me because of their […]
The phrase or term “lived experience” is everywhere. It’s become a professional profile to the point that people (myself included) have it on their LinkedIn, bios, and resumes. While I’m […]
Today is the anniversary of the day my father passed. This day has a way of suffocating me in all the old feelings of loss and abandonment. Every so often, it’s […]
I was recently interviewed by PiZetta Media and had a wonderfully deep conversation about my work and how I got here. Susie Reece: A Lifelong Mission for Mental Health Advocacy […]
Suicide comprises nearly one third of jail deaths, but strategies for effectively supporting implementation of suicide prevention education in jails are understudied. Here, we aimed to identify and pilot strategies to promote uptake of a brief suicide prevention education program
As I have become seasoned, I have wondered what communication processes and sense-making might be found across “sharers,” or those who speak publicly about their personal experiences. I have considered my journey and the lessons I’ve learned and pondered if others have undergone similar learning. Do those of us who share our lived experience narratives engage in similar communication processes? Am I experiencing a journey that is only my own? Can we do a better job of communicating expectations to those who may be new to this arena? Can we provide lessons learned to those considering sharing? Can we positively influence the wellbeing of those who would share? In asking these questions, I realized what I wanted to know was what ethical considerations or best practices should be taken when deciding to disclose publicly.
I slipped into my sadness, one timid toe at a time. Sinking softly into the warm waters of woe. My skin dipped into the depression, and dazzled as though diamonds […]