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Category: Suicide Grief

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Rumbling with Grief

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 2, 2017May 28, 2024

In her book “Rising Strong,” Brenè Brown devotes several pages to the topic ‘Rumbling with…

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Finding The Courage to Live Again

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 23, 2017August 10, 2023

Harold Fry retired recently having worked as a sales rep for the brewery for forty-five…

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Living With The Seasons

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 6, 2017August 14, 2019

Inspired by landscape paintings by Italian artist, Marco Ricci, Antonio Vivaldi composed the Four Seasons…

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Coping With The Unexpected

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 21, 2017August 14, 2019

No one ever has plans for a crisis. We can’t always predict what a day…

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Take a Minute, Change a Life

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 8, 2017August 15, 2019

I was sitting in a room with eight other people. The atmosphere was quiet, respectful.…

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Deep Silence, Deep Work

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 13, 2017August 15, 2019

If asked, “What are you doing in your retirement?” I might answer, “I like to…

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Living in the face of unspoken pain

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 12, 2017August 18, 2019

In her recent book The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life, Ann…

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When is a celebration not a celebration?

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 16, 2017August 18, 2019

It is difficult to have a celebration when the guest of honour is absent. This…

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Top Ten Reads in 2016

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 7, 2017August 19, 2019

Why read? Anne Lamott suggests, “Books help us understand who we are and how we…

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Scars

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 1, 2016August 19, 2019

As a young boy, I liked to use my finger to trace the imposing scar…

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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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