** TRIGGER WARNING** This episode is about suicide and KariLynn's personal experience with losing her mom. We hope to bring awareness and honest conversation about how this has affected our lives. Please know your limits while listening, and please, please, remember self-compassion as well as compassion for those who are affected by mental health. .
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a United States-based suicide prevention network of over 200+ crisis centers that provides 24/7 service via a toll-free hotline with the number 9-8-8. It is available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress.
KarilLynn is a Peer Counselor and is an absolute gem of a woman! She shares her story often and it's powerful. She turned one of the most horrific experiences of her life, as a child, into a day of hope filled with flowers and all things yellow! She has unmatchable empathy and offers the gift of kindness and a listening ear to any and all who need it. I find myself grateful for the people, experiences, growth, connections, and lessons that each person brings to my life. KarilLynn is a force! Her strength, her story, her choice to thrive and heal from life's betrayals... gives me damn goosebumps ya'll!
"To anyone out there who's hurting, it's not a sign of weakness to ask for help. It's a sign of strength." ~Barack Obama
“If you feel too much, there’s still a place for you here. If you feel too much, don’t go. If this world is too painful, stop and rest. It’s okay to stop and rest. If you need a break, it’s okay to say you need a break. This life — it’s not a contest, not a race, not a performance, not a thing that you win. It’s okay to slow down. You are here for more than grades, more than a job, more than a promotion, more than keeping up, more than getting by. This life is not about status or opinion or appearance. You don’t have to fake it. You do not have to fake it. Other people feel this way too. If your heart is broken, it’s okay to say your heart is broken. If you feel stuck, it’s okay to say you feel stuck. If you can’t let go, it’s okay to say you can’t let go. You are not alone in these places. Other people feel how you feel. You are more than just your pain. You are more than wounds, more than drugs, more than death and silence. There is still some time to be surprised. There is still some time to ask for help. There is still some time to start again. There is still some time for love to find you. It’s not too late. You’re not alone. It’s okay — whatever you need and however long it takes — it’s okay. It’s okay. If you feel too much, there’s still a place for you here. If you feel too much, don’t go. There is still some time.”
― Jamie Tworkowski, If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
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