Suicide Prevention Speaker for Colleges at Vincennes University in Indiana

by | Oct 16, 2023 | Events, For Educators, Mental Health, Suicide Prevention | 0 comments

public speaker on a running track outdoors with a lectern, a microphone in hand, with a fence and houses in the background

My visit to Vincennes University was to present a suicide prevention training and education presentation as a Lunch and Learn. Then the next day I joined the community as the mental health keynote speaker for the suicide prevention walk with mostly suicide loss survivors like myself which was very healing for me.

Tucked away in smaller universities like Vincennes and Eastern Illinois University are some of the most robust programs staffed with people who really get it. I was telling Jennifer Andrews this and she shared she was a graduate of EIU which was a surprise.

Thank you to Kathy Evans LCSW and Jennifer Andrews LCSW for their trust in me. This one was booked through AAE. You can see the review there. :)

Link to index cards

"To be sad and im pain, at time, is to be human. Life is full of manh feelings, both happy and sad. To try and escape those feelings is to escape life" hand-written note black ink on lined white index card
“To be sad and in pain, at times, is to be human. Life is full of many feelings, both happy and sad. To try and escape those feelings is to escape life”
I lost my mother at 17 and my father over Christmas last year. I am 21 and my family is gone. Somedays are harder than others but I refused to give up. Thank you for shairn gyour story. It makes me happy knowing you are sharing your experience wand helping people.
“I lost my mother at 17 and my father over Christmas last year. I am 21 and my family is gone. Somedays are harder than others but I refused to give up. Thank you for sharing your story. It makes me happy knowing you are sharing your experience and helping people.”
People from a loving home can die by suicide. focus on the good parenting you do not the bad.
“People from a loving home can die by suicide. focus on the good parenting you do not the bad. “
One thing I learned today. We are in the trenches with our 10 year old son. ODD, Anxiety, ADHD. Thank you for the reminder to not get focused on teh 5% of parenting that we didn't do just perfect. Our house always has been and will be filled with love.
“One thing I learned today. We are in the trenches with our 10-year-old son. ODD, Anxiety, ADHD. Thank you for the reminder to not get focused on the 5% of parenting that we didn’t do just perfectly. Our house always has been and will be filled with love.”
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