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Fearlessly Always
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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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Another night of poetry and spoken word at the longest-running weekly poetry reading in the country hosted by Kai Coggin.
Today I closed the door on a huge part of the past three years of my life, and I now find myself starting a new journey. As of this evening, […]
In math class today, I learned that two out of 24 students have made a suicide attempt in the past year. (CDC, 2014) Before today, I didn’t realize I wasn’t […]
I really didn’t mean to have a voice for anything when I started speaking out against injustices. I only felt something so strong that I couldn’t shut my mouth. And […]
I provided an in-service for the Senior Companion Volunteers in Hot Springs, Arkadelphia, and Malvern last week. I shared my lived experience story with the group and provided them with […]
Love speaking to youth about what they can accomplish in life if they never stop moving forward. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t, not even you. #suicideawareness #suicideprevetion […]
I’ve been jokingly referring to this week as my College Tour. I trekked two hours to Russellville, Arkansas, to teach a safeTALK course to 20 Arkansas Tech University Career Center […]
It was Mental Health Awareness Week at CK Charter School this week. Minority Mental Health Month starts tomorrow!!! So we kicked it off with a blast. I’m grateful for those […]
I would never have thought that my personal journey of helping prevent suicide would become what it has today… a life mission… but also an organization such as CHI St. […]
People are always asking me about my job(s), and I can never give a concise or simple answer because what I do varies daily and even from hour to hour. […]
Today I taught SafeTalk at the Garland County district court to various community members. I’m thankful for the support of the district court as they work toward mental health court […]
It’s scary to consider openly admitting things society has told us shouldn’t even be in our heads. Telling people you have or are suffering can be one of the hardest […]