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Category: Protective Factors

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Surviving the Waves

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 1, 2018August 3, 2019

The Great Ocean Road, one of Victoria’s premier tourist attractions is under erosion threat. Pounding…

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Three Activities to Promote Mental Wellbeing

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 25, 2018August 3, 2019

Mental illness is very common. One in five (20%) Australians aged 16-85 experience a mental…

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Connectedness: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 21, 2018November 7, 2019

Social media has allowed for people to connect with each other in unprecedented ways by…

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Five Strategies to Help You Survive Your Darkest Hour

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 17, 2018August 8, 2019

There are moments in our lives when we feel under siege. The threat is real…

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How Winston Churchill Navigated His Darkest Hour

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 13, 2018August 13, 2019

In his book, Darkest Hour Anthony McCarten explores what made Winston Churchill such a great…

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Top Ten Books 2017

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 30, 2018August 13, 2019

Why do we read? Author Lynne Griffin suggests, “No matter the narrative, we read to…

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Holding on to Hope

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 23, 2017August 13, 2019

How often we are called to hold on to hope when everything around us is…

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Go Slow, Grow Strong

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 18, 2017December 13, 2019

We live in a fast-paced world. We get caught up in the frantic rush of…

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When Tomorrow Feels Impossible

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 10, 2017August 14, 2019

Paul Kalanithi was born in New York, moving at age 10 with his family to…

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Courage: Having the strength to stare it down.

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 2, 2017August 14, 2019

Handling life’s challenges is a problem for many of us. When confronted by sorrow, disappointment,…

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Bruce Rickard

Bruce Rickard

Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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