Category: iFred
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What we can learn from Jeremy Renner about suicide prevention
From GMA News Exclusive. Watch the full video here. When I was 18, my dad died by suicide. I don’t think there is anything worse than seeing someone struggle and being unable to save them. Watching my dad suffer so deeply, so profoundly, to the point where he took his life is a pain beyond…
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Mental Illness Doesn’t Predict Suicide; Hopelessness Does.
Disclaimer: Content is created by iFred’s team of editors. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a commission. The death of Bed Bath & Beyond’s CFO,Gustavo Arnal, hits far too close to home for me. He was a father of two girls, a financial executive, and a husband. No matter what…
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Finding Hope on National Grief Awareness Day
Two years ago, we received the call that my father-in-law had passed away. We sat in our kitchen, nursing drinks and listening to the quiet tick of the clock, trying to understand. We were trapped with our grief, separated from the hospital and the rest of our family by closed borders and pandemic protocols. When…
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Choose Hope This School Year
Disclaimer: Content is created by iFred’s team of editors. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a commission. It has been a tough couple of years for our youth. Between the global pandemic, civil unrest, and world events outside of their control, our children are experiencing hopelessness at unprecedented rates, with…
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Oscars Incident Prompts #90SecondChallenge for #Hope #StressSkills
Our First Key to Hope is identifying and managing the stress response. When we don’t proactively manage our stress response, triggers can cause us to react with violence, addiction, self-harm, and more. This was perfectly exemplified on the stage at the Oscars (if you didn’t watch it, check out this article). It was hard to…
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Hopeful Mindsets on the College Campus Launches to Improve the Lives of College Students Everywhere
As hopelessness rises to an all time high for college students returning to class this year, Hopeful Mindsets™ on the College Campus seeks to address this global issue by teaching the “how-to” of hope. “Hope is teachable, it’s learnable. I think we’ve learned that hope is something that people can embrace, that there are strategies…
