#parenting…who?

If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or harming self, please proceed to your nearest hospital for medical attention. PLEASE NOTE: This episode is a heavy topic and may be triggering to some listeners. Please proceed with caution. Sheilagh provides some context regarding the interaction between the listener and the individual who is having suicidal thoughts; she describes it as both Breath Taking and Breathtaking and how the listener will have an intense visceral response when being told by someone they don’t want to live anymore. How do we go on to support these individuals?  Breath Taking – details of the impact, and how to cope, reclaiming the breath Breathtaking – the soul connection, existential moment, being the “chosen soul” What is the role now of the listener? What to say in the moment Be the life raft, one of those lovely soft sided, blow up life rafts Create the visual and felt sense of that role Death will take us, every one of us. There is an absolute