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Fate or Freedom?

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 28, 2020

Thirty-five years ago, Laurence Weschler was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and he…

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To Learn To Read Is To Light A Fire

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 14, 2020January 31, 2025

With bushfires raging across the vast continent of Australia the words of Victor Hugo take…

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A Man Called Ove

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 24, 2019January 31, 2025

How to relate to someone who doesn’t want to live anymore: A Man Called Ove…

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To Kill A Mockingbird

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 13, 2019January 31, 2025

Looking to fiction for insights on suicide: There is a paperback edition of To Kill…

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My Favourite Books for 2018

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 13, 2019November 11, 2019

Alagappa Rammohan, 79, lives in Chicago having immigrated from Chennai, India in 1962. He has…

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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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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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The Power of Choice

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 9, 2017December 30, 2021

A native of Hungary, Edith Eva Eger was just a young teenager in 1944 when…

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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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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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