CONTENT WARNING // DEATH AND SUICIDE

Both personally and professionally, Margaret has experienced some incredibly interesting as well as some incredibly difficult times. And yet nothing she'd ever experienced could have prepared her for the profound personal tragedy of losing her eldest son to suicide. 

00:25  CAUTION: We will be discussing suicide in this episode: 

01:00  The World Looks Different Now 

02:00  A search for meaning as a suicide loss survivor 

03:40  How do you write about suicide? 

04:45  We are in a crisis 

06:00  Connections of the book to the pandemic 

09:50  Worldwide and survivors need to talk about it  

12:25  Life in London as a Journalist and Kieran's formative years 

14:30  The transition to the United States  

16:45  Flashbacks in the book 

17:40  The process of writing the memoir 

25:45  Stigma and writing about suicide 

28:20  World Suicide Prevention Day - Not Today and a pledge 

34:40  Finding peace and the source of the guilt 

36:30  Warning signs and suicide prevention 

38:50  Resources available to help us make a difference  

40:20  We are all in a different place 

40:45 Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the US - 1-800-273-TALK (8255), Suicide Prevention Service in Canada 1-833-456-4566,  SupportLine In the UK 01708 765200 https://margaretrileythomson.com/

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