Heidi Swapp: 9 Easy Things Every Parent Can Do To Begin Preventing Suicide Now

Seven years ago, Heidi Swapp lost her 16-year-old son, Cory, to suicide. In the wake of Cory’s passing, Heidi endured devastating thoughts of her perceived failures as a mother. But instead of focusing on what she couldn’t change, Heidi determined to learn as much as she could and then share the things she wished she’d known with as many parents as would listen. One of the most important things she's learned is that suicide prevention begins long before we are ever concerned about someone we love. So on today's episode, she shares nine principles that she believes have the ability to make a critical difference.

3:08- Seven Years Later

15:35- Don’t Freak Out

22:18- One Day At A Time

27:12- 'Forgive Yourself For Not Knowing What You Didn’t Know’

29:57- Don’t Believe Everything You Think

35:00- The End

39:12- Now Is Not Forever

42:48- Connection > Concern

45:58- The Importance of Evolving

49:13- Yet

53:35- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 

"Being all in is allowing yourself to figure it out as you go, and to learn and to evolve—to allow yourself to have a question, to allow yourself to have a surety and to allow yourself to be loved by a perfect Heavenly Father and to be saved by Jesus, recognizing that you just don't have to have it all figured out."

Links- Deseret News article Morgan wrote about Heidi 7 years ago- https://www.deseret.com/2017/4/11/20610132/going-home-utah-scrapbooking-ceo-finds-hope-after-losing-a-child-to-suicide

Light the Fight- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/light-the-fight/id1354722078

Heidi's website- https://www.heidiswapp.com/

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