I’ve lost count how many times I’ve walked alongside someone on the edge of suicide. Clients. Friends. I talked about it last night. I talked about it this morning. In Massachusetts, death by suicide occurs at a rate 4.6x higher than that of homicide. It is the second leading cause of death among the ages ...
The weather is changing here in Boston. There is a slight nip in the morning air and sometimes I’m sure it actually smells different. I used to hate the change because it heralded a season of cold and darkness. I missed the beauty of it – how the leaves know what to do, how the ...
Across socioeconomic statuses and geographical lines, there is a widely held belief that grief or pain or sadness is best tucked away for private, solitary moments. Public tears ought to be shed quickly and quietly. Further still, is a social norm that equates the expression of sadness with a state of weakness (and weakness is ...