Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: Peggy Green - Helping Women Move Through Physical, Mental, Emotional, And Spiritual Suffering Caused By Child Suicide

Peggy Green is a mother, a teacher, a survivor, a speaker, a leader, a grief coach, and an Amazon bestselling author who has experienced the loss of two of her four children, her daughter Courtney by accident in 1991 and her son Connor by suicide in 2018. The remarkable ways Peggy overcame these two devastating losses informed her first book, titled “ Life After Child Loss: The Mother’s Survival Guide to Cope and Find Joy ,” which has helped hundreds of readers on their grief journey, and her second book, titled “Survive Your Child Suicide: How To Move Through Grief To Healing,” will be available in September 2022. You may not know that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among adults in the U.S. and the 2nd leading cause of death among people aged 10-24. This is an especially timely interview because it will air in September, which has been designated National Suicide Awareness Month. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE: The grieving process How Peggy was inspired to become a grief coach Peggy’s Grief to Healing Program What people need to know about understanding suicide The five types of fear Peggy’s journey to healing and recovery SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS PEGGY: Why do you call moving through grief to healing like walking across a rope bridge? What do people need to know to be able to understand suicide? What are some of the lifelong physical and mental problems not dealing with grief can cause in a person's life? Guest Links: Peggy Green’s Book - Life After Child Loss: The Mother's Survival Guide to Cope and Find Joy Peggy Green’s Book - Survive Your Child Suicide: How to Move through Grief to Healing Visit Peggy Green’s website: The Grief Specialist Why Suicide – Referenced on this Episode