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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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Keeping the Faith When All the Birds Have Flown Away

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 24, 2021

Birds are regular visitors to our front garden. This morning, there were six Red-rumped Parrots…

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In Search of Happiness

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 11, 2021

Eddie Jaku is a survivor. At one hundred and one years of age he is…

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10 Questions To Ask Yourself If You Struggle With Suicidal Thoughts

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 12, 2020

In his 2015 best-selling memoir Reasons To Stay Alive, British author Matt Haig opens up…

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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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A Town Called Demmin

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 30, 2019January 5, 2021

The mass suicide of ordinary Germans in 1945 The small town of Demmin, located in…

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A Man Called Ove

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 24, 2019January 23, 2023

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

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Unreachable

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on May 18, 2018August 7, 2019

In his recent book ‘Bruised and Wounded’ Catholic priest Ronald Rolheiser says, “Most persons who…

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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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