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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.
I hope you will join my journey and stay in touch!
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Standing on stage is an experience. For several years, when I was invited to speak at larger events, I loathed the stage. Standing above everyone, the center of attention. (I […]
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 […]
Would paying a person to share their story “cheapen” the value? I recently came across a comment where someone said that if they found out a person had been paid, […]
What if lived and living experience (LLE) wasn’t a story we heard about but something we built alongside? This video project was created to help organizations, leaders, and partners understand […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
People think personal stories are static. Maybe it’s because many of us wrote our English assignments in pen on paper—fewer today than years past, though. Or because we haven’t been […]