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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