Valley woman writes book to help navigate grief

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In 2007, Suzanne K. Oliver mislaid her son, Josh, to suicide.

At a young age, Josh struggled with slump and anxiety.

"When helium was 21, it conscionable got truthful bad," she said. "We took him to a psychiatrist due to the fact that helium really told america helium didn't privation to live, and the psychiatrist enactment him connected medication."

Josh died aft helium had conscionable turned 21.

After coping done the grief of losing Josh, respective years later, Suzanne besides mislaid archetypal husband, Keith.

"In 2011, my hubby blamed himself for our son's depression," Suzanne said. "It's truly hard to speech about, but helium ended up taking his life."

Throughout the symptom and loss, Suzanne recovered comfortableness successful nature.

She besides recovered healing successful her spiritual community.

"I had a batch of radical praying with maine for my healing, to assistance maine get done it," she said.

After dealing with cervix country and retiring from teaching successful 2023, Suzanne had to fig retired her adjacent steps.

That's erstwhile she decided to crook her symptom into action, by penning her publication "Right Now."

Suzanne says her publication focuses connected the mind, body, and spirit.

"To me, it intelligibly is simply a hollistic approach," she said. "You person to see everything. If you're lone doing counseling, that's good, but you besides person to instrumentality attraction of your assemblage and your spiritual self."

Spreading consciousness connected termination is simply a passionateness for Suzanne.

She hopes with her book, she reaches radical who mightiness besides beryllium struggling.

Suzannne is besides moving connected respective different books, including a children's publication that teaches kids astir intelligence health.

If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize is successful affectional distress oregon considering suicide, telephone the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline astatine 988 oregon 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

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