Lifesuccessnz personal development

  Overcoming the trauma of suicide—whether it's personal suicidal thoughts, a suicide attempt, or the loss of someone to suicide—requires   deep resilience , the kind that grows slowly but can transform your life. I speak from experience of suicide loss of not just one person in my life but two of them. Here are the key points of resilience you need to build and sustain in this process: 🧠 1.  Emotional Resilience What it means : The ability to face overwhelming emotions like grief, guilt, anger, shame, and sadness without being consumed by them. How to build it : Allow yourself to feel your emotions without judgment. Use journaling, therapy, or talking with a trusted person. Practice self-compassion — especially when you're hurting. 💪 2.  Mental Resilience What it means : The ability to reframe your thoughts and challenge beliefs that keep you stuck in despair. How to build it : Learn cognitive behavioural techniques (CBT) to shift harmful thought patterns. Identif...

  By focusing on nonjudgmental support and alternative coping strategies, you can learn how to help someone who’s self-harming. You may not always know when someone you love is engaging in self-harm. It’s often a secretive behavior, hidden by clothing or under the guise of injuries from sports and other activities. When self-harming behaviors become known, it’s natural to want to stop your loved one from hurting themselves. Punishment isn’t the answer, however. One cannot discipline someone out of  self-harm . Instead, it requires a nonjudgmental, supportive approach from those who want to help. I know from experience.  Ebook What is self-harm? Self-harm, known clinically as nonsuicidal self-injury, is a mental health issue. It’s a maladaptive or unhelpful way of coping with  emotional distress . Self-harm involves causing deliberate injury to yourself physically or  emotionally . Hitting, biting,  burning , and  cutting  are common examples of se...

 Suicide prevention  Suicide is a major public health issue in New Zealand. I want to help you and other New Zealanders understand how I can work with you as individual and others to prevent suicide and support each other to create lives worth living. Overcome depression  To me, that doesn’t mean no one should ever go through a hard time or find it hard to keep going. It means that when those tough times hit we all have the skills and support we need to get through. That support should be culturally appropriate, recovery-focused, evidence-informed, compassionate and centered around you – your goals, your values, your life and your beliefs. I want New Zealanders to know what puts people at risk of suicide,  what warning signs we can all look out for , how to get help for ourselves or someone else and what we can do to prevent people from becoming suicidal. We want our families, whānau and community to feel empowered to care for their loved ones when they need support....