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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 have been involved in suicide prevention for over a decade. As I sit here, this suicide prevention month, I find myself wishing I could remember more about the early […]
Today is the first day of Suicide Prevention Month. Some will be posting their personal ties to suicide, maybe a loss, or a struggle. Suicide prevention folks will share fundraising […]
It’s been over ten years since I began my journey into suicide prevention. It’s strange to take that statement in and really consider what it means. When I started doing […]
Being good is NOT the absence of bad. Being good is the action of doing good deeds. To be good, one must do good things. To be bad, one must […]
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 […]
How many conversations have there been about including individuals with lived (and living) experience(s) over the years? As a field, the mental health space has prescribed answers for those of […]
Early in my prevention career, I attended an annual employee training. I was new with the company and had only met a handful of my coworkers at that time. The […]
Hello, Stranger. I know you care deeply and want everyone to know. You have a voice that must be heard. But if others speak, you fear your voice will be […]
Join the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for the newest episode of Elevating Voices for Long-Lasting Change, A Candid Conversation About Suicide in the AAPI Community! AFSP Vice President for Health […]
I was asked what happened to me so I could be studied and understood. The only problem was that the words they wrote didn’t sound like mine. I said a […]