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Marshall has been serving communities touched by suicide for more than 5 years. She served on the NC Chapter Board for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention on the Loss & Healing and Public Policy Committees for several years. For the past 5 years, she's been lovingly and devotedly facilitating support groups for Survivors of Suicide Loss. Using her own lived experience of surviving her father's suicide, independent research and what she's learned from folks she has companioned, she has developed a program to anchor others who are grieving suicide losses. The course combines body-awareness components and emotional acceptance to bring balance and address the deep grief of folks all over the world.

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Apr 15, 20266 min
The Wounded Healer Grows Up
The cat I live with (who I sometimes mess up and call “my cat”) is named Chiron. If you know your Greek mythology, you already see where this is going. Chiron was the original wounded healer. He was an immortal centaur, the greatest teacher and healer in the ancient world, who suffered a wound that couldn't be healed. He spent his life tending to others even as he carried his own unrelenting pain. The story eventually ends with him surrendering his immortality to be released from it. Chiron...

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Feb 26, 20266 min
What People Grieving Suicide Loss Wish You Understood
Content Warning: Suicide loss, grief, death You probably know someone who has lost a loved one to suicide. Actually, let me say that differently. More than 42% of American adults know someone who has died by suicide. That's nearly half of us. Over 48,000 Americans die by suicide every year. That means approximately 135 people today. And by some estimates, each suicide loss profoundly affects at least 135 other people. ( American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ) Photo: Aaron Burden/Unsplash...

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Dec 18, 20257 min
The Best Reiki Practitioners Don’t Have Perfect Lives
Choosing a Healer Who Gets It Photo: Vanessa Owen & Gavin Stewart You know what nobody tells you when you're looking for a reiki healer? The best ones usually don't have it all figured out. Don't get me wrong; I'm not saying they are huge messes. It would be hard to start and operate a reiki practice in that case. They're human. They're still learning. They're navigating life while also holding space for others. But what they do have is devotion to their own healing and a call to serve...

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