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When Milestones Are Overshadowed by Other Realities

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on May 28, 2020

On 2 February 2015 I published my first blog post, ‘Understanding Suicide.’ It took two…

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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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Surviving the Desert

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 14, 2018June 4, 2024

Robyn Davidson was born on a cattle property in Queensland, Australia. She was the youngest…

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Grieving a Suicide

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 2, 2018August 8, 2019

I received an excerpt from Pete Deison’s book, Visits from Heaven. He writes about the…

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Why do they keep calling his death an accident?

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 23, 2018May 28, 2024

I recently saw the movie The Post, a historical drama about how the reporters, editors,…

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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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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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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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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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