Tweet A message to Team Giggle On participants and supporters: With all the excitement and fun planned for Sunday (wait until you see all the clown noses), I want to take a few moments to share the serious and personal side of why I plan to walk for the Mental Health Association this Sunday. This [...]
Walking for MHA, a personal story
October 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Confessions, Giving Back, Suicide Awareness, Yoga
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Survivor Q & A: Erica Volkman
October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Giving Back, Suicide Awareness
Tweet Moving Through Grief and back into the Giggle Earlier this year I posted some questions to my fellow survivors of suicide in an effort to better understand the grieving process and to gain tips and insight about moving through grief and hopefully, back into the Giggle. No one dodges loss in life completely but [...]
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Team Giggle On E-Races the Blues
September 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Giving Back, Inspiration, Suicide Awareness
Tweet Team Giggle On™ is back! Please join Team Giggle On™ Sunday, October 25, 2009 for the E-Racing the Blues Event benefiting the Mental Health Association in Delaware. Update: November 13, 2009. The Team Captains Luncheon was help today and thanks to the 74 registered participants on our team we were recognized by E-Racing the [...]
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Reflections on World Suicide Prevention Day
September 9th, 2009 · 12 Comments · Confessions, Suicide Awareness, Yoga
Tweet September 10, 2009 is World Suicide Prevention Day Does anyone care? I do! I care. My friend, Kelli Karlton, posted this orange image on her Facebook page today about World Suicide Prevention Day. Kelli works hard to raise awareness about this issue and I admire her dedication to educating the public. Heart-breaking statistics you [...]
Tags: Brian Mishara·fake it until we make it·International Association of Suicide Prevention·Kelli Karlton·Laughter Yoga·mental illness·seek joy·WIIFN·World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide Survivors Guilt
October 12th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Suicide Awareness
Tweet Part 3 of my Suicide Awareness and Survivor Support series focuses on the guilt survivors of suicide experience. In this case, I talk about my guilt for not taking the handgun my friend Jim used to kill himself, and my ‘Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda‘ complex. This is a long post so unless you are an SOS, survivor of suicide, you may want [...]
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- the foundation for full blown fits of belly-aching laughter; laughter in an uncontrolled, silly or giddy way; to laugh repeatedly with short spasmodic sounds in a light manner.