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Living With Hope and Despair

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 23, 2021

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic people have vacillated between hope and despair. It has felt like…

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The Prolonged Effect of COVID-19 on Suicide Rates

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to re-evaluate our response to mental health as the…

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The Sunset Limited: A Conversation Between Two Strangers About the Meaning of Life

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 25, 2021September 8, 2021

The Sunset Limited, written by acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy, is described as a novel in…

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Robbing People of Hope

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 3, 2020

Everybody needs hope in their lives. When we rob people of hope, we deny them…

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Deaths of Despair

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 27, 2020

Princeton researchers Anne Case and Angus Deaton have dubbed suicide, drug overdoses and alcohol-related liver…

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To Learn To Read Is To Light A Fire

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 14, 2020May 5, 2021

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

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The Contours of Grief Revisited

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 13, 2019January 5, 2021

There is no such a thing as the proper way to grieve. Grieving is not…

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The Librarian of Auschwitz

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 23, 2019January 23, 2023

How do you live when you’re surrounded by death? The Librarian of Auschwitz, written by…

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Tethered To Hope

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 14, 2018November 11, 2019

Have you ever asked yourself what it is you are tethered to? If so, you…

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Hope Rising

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 14, 2018August 3, 2019

The state of Victoria in Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions in the…

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Bruce Rickard

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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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