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411: Making it ok to break the rules – Tanis Frame

By Rick Clemons | 12/11/2019 |

Life is a series of rules. Or is life meant to be about breaking the rules? In reality, it’s a combination of both that require us to play with the rules and see where that takes us. As a Status Quo Disruptor, I’m all about breaking the rules…for good. I found my co-conspirator in breaking…

409: Coming out of the closet about suicide – Anne Moss Rogers

By Rick Clemons | 11/27/2019 |

Death is never pretty, easy, or something that we are trained to contend with in our lives. We know it is inevitable, but death by suicide is never anything that we can be fully prepared for, especially with it is a death by suicide by our child. It hurts, it brings up tons of questions,…

399: Beyond the closet door of depression and suicide – Frank King

By Rick Clemons | 09/18/2019 |

Imagine depression and suicide running in your family. Then imaging contemplating suicide as regularly as you change your underwear. Now imagine using humor to inspire hope, and laughter to save lives. Frank King, Suicide Prevention speaker and Trainer was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years. He’s fought a lifetime battle with Major…

356: Suicide or Bucket List. Now that’s a bold choice! – Chase Boehringer

By Rick Clemons | 02/13/2019 |

Darkness. Despair. Depression. Divorce. Sounds pretty gloomy and not anything that anyone would but on their bucket list. It was gloomy, ugly, and daunting, and the only way through was either to continue to live his life or to end it. But before ending it, he decided to do one thing that he’d said he…