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Fearlessly Always
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.
I hope you will join my journey and stay in touch!
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The field has spent years focusing on how stories are used, not nearly enough time on what happens to the people doing the sharing. Pressure to share isn’t accidental. It’s […]
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 […]
My recent keynote in St. Louis led to a quick interview by Voyage St. Louis magazine. Learn more about my journey, the work I’m doing right now, and how I […]
I used a bad word.
It will upset some.
The bad word shouldn't be read or said. But that doesn't stop it from existing.
My not saying the word doesn't make it less true. It doesn't change the fact that many have been taken for granted, tossed aside, or dismissed beyond the parts of them that were deemed useful. "We," the lived experience community, have sometimes outlived our use in professional spaces.