In this episode of the Find Your SPARK Podcast, Nicole Wilson shares what SPARK has to offer until the end of the year in honor of Suicide Prevention and Awareness and then dives deeper into how to be helpful to those who are suffering. She explains why we at SPARK...
I did not know I was suffering. Like a fish that would never understand what water looks like, I had no idea that my experience of “normal” was poor mental health. It was an honest mistake; mental health issues are the main narrative of my family story. Alcoholism....
In this episode of the Find Your SPARK Podcast, Nicole Wilson shares her brother’s story and the impact of suicide loss from a loved one. Last week, Nicole released a blog sharing her perspective as a young girl, losing her father due to suicide. This week, she shares...
Since I was a little girl, some of the hardest times I can remember were holidays. Normally, you wouldn’t expect that from a child but on March 8th, 2002, my excitement for holidays came to an end. It was that day that my emotional development took an unexpected...
This topic is close to our hearts here at SPARK as several of us have been personally touched by suicide and the impact it leaves behind. For the past year we have been thoughtfully discussing the link between our SPARK youth mentoring programs and suicide...