**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode covers sensitive subject matter and is not suitable for all listeners. If this topic could be a trigger for you, listen to this episode with a friend, a sibling, a loved one or a parent so you can talk about any emotions that come up for you. The contents of this episode … Continue reading Episode 4: Living Through Depression, Releasing Shame and Transforming My Life After My Suicide Attempt with Ryan Cullen
Author: susanecasey.com
Susan E. Casey, MSW, MFA, is an author, a licensed mental health clinician, a certified bereavement group facilitator, and a certified life coach. Throughout the past 25 years, Susan has worked in hospice, in-patient, and home-based settings with teens and adults, and taught numerous courses to executive leaders and clinicians.
Currently, Susan works for a measurement-based care organization, providing clinical coaching to therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists countrywide to improve mental health outcomes for youth and adults.
Susan’s blog on her website, susanecasey.com, chronicles her grieving process following the death of her younger brother. Her fiction has won numerous awards, including first place in the PEN/Nob Hill Literary Contest and Green Writer’s National Literary Contest. Rock On: Mining for Joy in the Deep River of Grief is her first work of nonfiction published on February 14, 2020 by Library Tales Publishing. Both Susan’s professional and creative work have been guided by her deep belief that every individual has purpose and inherent strengths and deserves the opportunity to reach their own unique potential. Susan lives in Maine with her husband Steve and miniature aussidoodle Rocky
Episode 3: Losing My Sister to Suicide with Balpreet Sidhu
**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode covers sensitive subject matter and is not suitable for all listeners. If this topic could be a trigger for you, listen to this episode with a friend, a sibling, a loved one or a parent so you can talk about any emotions that come up for you. The contents of this episode … Continue reading Episode 3: Losing My Sister to Suicide with Balpreet Sidhu
Episode 2: Surviving and Thriving After My Suicide Attempts with Emily Hoerm
**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode covers sensitive subject matter and is not suitable for all listeners. If this topic could be a trigger for you, listen to this episode with a friend, a sibling, a loved one or a parent so you can talk about any emotions that come up for you. The contents of this episode … Continue reading Episode 2: Surviving and Thriving After My Suicide Attempts with Emily Hoerm
Episode 1: Losing my Father to Suicide with Stephanie Bruder
In this very first episode on the podcast, I speak with Stephanie Bruder, who lost her father by suicide when she was in highschool. Stephanie shares her story so bravely and courageously, in hopes to help other young people who may be going through the same thing. She shares about her darkest struggles, and the … Continue reading Episode 1: Losing my Father to Suicide with Stephanie Bruder
Redefining Intimacy Amid COVID-19
On a Saturday morning, numb and overwhelmed, I stared at the newspaper, jam-packed with dismal news, haunting images of makeshift field hospitals in Central Park, and numbers splashed across the headlines of the climbing death toll. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com As a mental health therapist and author of a book on sibling loss, I … Continue reading Redefining Intimacy Amid COVID-19
A Tribute to Mom
On the year anniversay of my mother's death, I'd like to share my tribute to her. I love and miss you every day, Mom. Dear Mom, There are people in this world who leave deep boot prints on the heart. The kind you long to fill because the hurt curls up in those holes, … Continue reading A Tribute to Mom
Rock On!
I know…I know…I’ve not posted in a long time. As you all know if you follow this blog, I’ve been writing Rock On: Mining for Joy in the Deep River of Sibling Grief. Many or probably all of you know, the book is being released on the 6th anniversary of Rocky’s death—Friday, February 14, 2020 … Continue reading Rock On!
We are not meant to live life like salmon, swimming against the current
Good afternoon, my friends! It's been 8 months since my last post. Time truly does seem to have a set of wings. I've been working on my book proposal and it's been quite a process so thank you for not giving up on me. Kelly Murphy, whom I met in 2012 at the Passion Test Certification … Continue reading We are not meant to live life like salmon, swimming against the current
Mining for Joy
Tick tock. Tick tock. The hands on the clock twitch, reminding me of time, passing time, fleeting time. It’s been five months since my last post. It wasn’t a conscious choice. The days stretched into weeks, weeks into months. So I thought I’d let my readers know what has reeled me in and sucked me under. … Continue reading Mining for Joy
The Language of Water
At the end of August, as the slight chill of Autumn drifts through open windows in the early morning, we pack up dogs, food, books that have waited patiently to be read, journals and pens, and head North to Moosehead Lake. On the first day I arrived, I breathed in the crisp air, tipped my … Continue reading The Language of Water
