Hannah was a vivacious teenager who hid her pain and completed suicide at 16 years of age. Because she thought there was no hope for her life to change, her mother Laura Warburton is trying to encourage that hope of change in others with the Live Hannah's Hope Foundation. She joins this episode of Relentlessly Resilient to share Hannah’s story and her own.

Laura was aware of her daughter’s mental and neurological health issues, followed the best medical advice she was given, sought out experts and doctors to help her child, but Hannah’s hurt was deeper than she let on and she chose to exit this world on her own terms. Since that time Laura has decided to live her life not on the “What ifs?” of Hannah’s death, but in the “Because of.” Laura has researched and compiled a variety of resources to help possibly prevent another suicide of a person who just feels like there can be no change. On her website, LiveHannahsHope.org Laura shares resources, teaches courses on suicide prevention, and has become an outspoken advocate for mental health and mindfulness education for school-age children and young adults alike.

Even though we live in challenging times we can become Relentlessly Resilient as we lean on and learn from one another’s experiences. Hosts Jennie Taylor and Michelle Scharf are no strangers to overcoming adversity; Michelle lost her husband to cancer, while Jennie’s husband Major Brent Taylor was killed in the service of our country. Their stories bond them together and now listeners can join them weekly as they visit with others enduring challenges and who teach us how they are exercising resiliency, finding value in their grief, and purpose in moving forward. 

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