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We've created a team for our local American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Walk. If you'd like to find a walk in your area, please click HERE. Our team MotherhoodUnadorned/ PurposefulPractices will once again be walking around Green Lake in Seattle on October 13 to raise … [Read more...]
Saturday was the Out of the Darkness walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. It was absolutely sobering to see almost 1,000 people joining together to walk for the cause, in the rain no less. Wonderful to see so many people out there, but also heartbreaking that such a large number … [Read more...]
i walk for my friend Dina. i walk for my friend Matt. i walk for Tracie's sister Leslie. i walk for Tianna's Grandpa. i walk for Brian's friend Geoff. i walk for Tony's cousin Michael. i walk for Maya's Dad. i walk for Eileen's Dad. i walk for Jennifer's friend K. i walk for Yael's Mom. i … [Read more...]
Lest you think I might slack off advocating for mental health and suicide prevention now that suicide prevention week is over and my hair is already blue, think again my friends! My co-captain Tracie & I are both survivors of suicide and that just doesn't go away. I'm very passionate about the … [Read more...]
Success! Last week I hit my goal of $1,500 raised for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In fact my Team Purposeful Practices/Motherhood Unadorned has now raised over $2,100. In celebration, I dyed my hair blue and a few of my friends also got some blue hair in support of suicide … [Read more...]
Many months ago I was talking with my dear friend Tracie @PurposefulPract and we decided to join forces to create a team for the Seattle Out of the Darkness Walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on October 1st. We're both suicide survivors, if you haven't heard. Tracie lost her … [Read more...]
I can't tell you how pleased am I am to have Eileen on my blog today. I met Eileen when I won the Mom Central Blog Grant, and we connected immediately. Her kindness and openness was so apparent right from the start. I had the absolute pleasure of meeting her in real life at BlogHer and she did not … [Read more...]
Doing a little something different today for "I'm Not a Bad Mom Because..." Thursday. Today I welcome Yael to the blog. She is a good friend who I met on Twitter in #PPDChat. She is also a suicide survivor, having lost her mother to PPD when she was 6 years old. Clearly suicide prevention is as … [Read more...]
It's a holiday weekend. So I'm fairly certain many of you don't really want to think about mental illness or suicide. Who ever wants to think about it, right? Well today starts National Suicide Prevention Week. And for me, THIS is a very important day, holiday or no. Because like so many of you … [Read more...]
Suicide Prevention Week starts Sunday. Until Sunday Sept 4 at 1pm EST/10am PST, I have a little online auction going on to raise funds for my Suicide Prevention fundraising. Check out the beautiful EllieAdorn Gemstone Mama Necklaces and BID for a great cause HERE. Until Friday Sept 9, I will … [Read more...]
One of my wonderful readers Amber @PSIofWA nominated me--or rather MOMinated me--for Babble.com's Moms Who are Changing Your World, a celebration of 100 mothers who are changing the world for the better. Ten winners of this vote will receive $5,000 for the cause or charity of their choice. I … [Read more...]
Ah! Tricked ya! No not that kind of blue. Today I'm not sad blue, I'm actually in awe of what social media is doing in my life and others. If you had asked me one year ago if Twitter could change my life, make me real friends AND help save lives, I would have ignorantly said no. I know very … [Read more...]
Please help me raise funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. If I collect $1,000 by September 9th, I will dye my hair BLUE. (If I only hit $500, blue streaks are in my future.) This is a very important cause. Please consider donating! Details are HERE. Or feel free to donate any … [Read more...]
Ok friends, here is my big CALL TO ACTION. If you read my blog---or even just look at the home page---you can see that I am very passionate about mental health and suicide prevention. This is SO stinkin' important that I am putting my HAIR where my mouth is and will dye my hair BLUE if I hit my … [Read more...]
Mark your calendar! Help fight the stigma of mental illness and save lives. Tracie Mason Holton of Purposeful Practices Project and Cristi Comes of Motherhood Unadorned cordially invite you: WHAT: "Move It for Mental Health" Daylong event of yoga, dance, exercise and mindful martial arts classes … [Read more...]
Mark your calendar! Help fight the stigma of mental illness and save lives. Tracie Mason Holton of Purposeful Practices Project and Cristi Comes of Motherhood Unadorned cordially invite you: WHAT: "Move It for Mental Health" Daylong event of yoga, dance, exercise and mindful martial arts classes … [Read more...]
Today I'd like to highlight two guest posts that were published here on the blog before I even launched Motherhood Unadorned. My co-captain for the Out of the Darkness walk benefiting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is my friend and fellow advocate Tracie Mason Holton. She lost her … [Read more...]
Today I'd like to highlight two guest posts that were published here on the blog before I even launched Motherhood Unadorned. My co-captain for the Out of the Darkness walk benefiting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is my friend and fellow advocate Tracie Mason Holton. She lost her … [Read more...]
I'm honored once again to have my good friend Tracie guest posting on the blog today. She is my partner for the Out of the Darkness Walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I've learned so much from her courageous openness in sharing her story of mental illness, the loss of her … [Read more...]
I'm honored once again to have my good friend Tracie guest posting on the blog today. She is my partner for the Out of the Darkness Walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I've learned so much from her courageous openness in sharing her story of mental illness, the loss of her … [Read more...]
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