I recently read a Huffington Post article a friend posted on Facebook titled “The Questions That Will Save Your Relationships”. Here is the link and I’d highly recommend reading it. In the article, the author, a stay-at-home mom of three, discusses the struggle to effectively communicate with her working husband on occasion. They realized that asking each other, "How was your day?" after 12 hours apart was quite a loaded question and left both ...
Archives for January 2014
Analyzing Suicide Rates Among Professionals
Time Magazine posted today a video on suicide rates among professionals in the U.S. What caught my attention was the headline, “Lawyers are committing suicide at an alarming rate.” This is because my dad was in the field of law. The two-minute video segment explains that lawyers are 3.6 times more likely to suffer from depression than non-lawyers, partially due to the stress that comes with being in a career surrounded by conflict. They deal with ...
Feeling Normal Again after a Suicide
The title of this post is a bit misleading. Any survivor will explain that feeling normal again after a suicide is something that never happens. We often talk about our “new normal” – the way we adapt to live on after being rocked by such a traumatic experience. Emotions, traditions and even the way we move about our day changes. However, the old adage “time heals” does ring true for us, too. By no means am I suggesting that I am “over” my ...
Compassion Needed for the Suicidal
My mother-in-law recently sent me this article, "Compassion Needed for the Suicidal," which provides a new perspective on suicide. I wanted to share this article with our readers. What I love most about the article is the perspective it gives on suicide and those who have died by suicide. So often in society we hear that the act of suicide is a choice. Suicide is viewed as a selfish act, as it leaves behind family members and loved ones asking ...