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Laugh at Last, Robin
While clinical depression was a topic that I never intended to talk about here, it’s already come up once, and with the passing of Robin Williams yesterday by his own hand, I feel compelled to speak...
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In The Richness of Time
Today I am celebrating 70 years of living. It is my birthday – and I am having trouble getting my mind around being alive for 70 years. Maybe it is because I don’t have enough fingers and toes to...
View ArticleEvery 15 Minutes
[An email I really received] Re: Sad News about your client Dear Counselor, It is with much regret and great sadness that I tell you that my family member has passed away. He chose to take his life...
View ArticleIn Honor of the Man Robin, In Sorrow for His Pain
Depression is a terrible life to deal with. I know because I’ve struggled with it most of my l
View ArticleRoom in My Heart
♥ There’s room in my heart for you, A place for you to reside. And there you are with me Until the d
View ArticleRobin Williams And Poets
“We do not read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we
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Suicide: The Brain versus The Mind
Richard Sahn Listening to pundits in the last two days, both on mainstream as well as on alternative TV networks, on the death of Robin Williams has been very disappointing. I keep hearing that his...
View ArticleNo Suitable Options
Since I am claustrophobic being buried would not be my pick Nor would I reserve a place in an urn as I prefer not to burn As well as not wanting to be bone chillingly frozen is not the way I would...
View ArticleAlice and the Swans of Avalon
By Don Laird, MS, NCC, LPC The following is the second condensed excerpt from Don Laird’s upcoming b
View ArticlePermission to Live
In hospice care, it is understood that the patient is going to die. There is time to think, to recon
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Death Cafe / Café Mortel in Montreal
Death Cafe / Café Mortel; Learning to live with death. Kit Racette (Edu-Therapist) runs Death Cafe to talk about death and dyeing in Quebec. http://kitracette.com/meet-kit/...
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On Hopelessness and Suicide
Trivia: Did you know that somewhere around the globe a death by suicide occurs every 40 seconds? According to the International Suicide Statistics, the number one cause of suicide is mental illness,...
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Passing Thoughts Passing Through
I’m at an age where many pass from my life. From friends and loved ones to public and familiar faces who’ve been a part of the broad narrative of this life. Some have already become defunctioned and...
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When We Were in the World
letters and fragments from the dead Writing is a moral act. Ethics and the psyche are part of every letter that falls from the pen or emerges from a depressed key. This is how we remember it:...
View ArticleMy Going Home Song
I know that people have different understandings regarding death and dying. For me it represents a j
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Life Is a Numbers Game
August 13, 2013, I forced myself to tell my senior Jack Russell rescue Minnie Winnie good-bye. She had developed intestinal lymphoma that my vet had diagnosed the previous September. I was thankful to...
View Article"Comedy is acting out optimism" -Robin Williams
I, along with so many others were shocked and deeply saddened hearing of the death of Robin Williams. He was such a big part of my childhood in films including Jumanji, Aladdin, and Mrs Doubtfire and...
View ArticleQuality verses Quantity
Life without quality isn’t much of a life at all. Quantity of days without quality is like a desert
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