Suicide Prevention The Taboo Topic No one wants to Discuss with Jackie Simmons

<p>TEDx speaker, Radio Show Host, International Best-selling Author, Resilience Master, and co-founder of the Teen Suicide Prevention Society, Jackie Simmons is best known for her mission to “Stop Teen Suicide.”</p> <p><br /></p> <p>In 1995, blindsided by her 14-year-old daughter’s suicide attempt, Jackie entered a world of depression, addictions, medical mysteries, and deadly silences.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>The journey into the world of mental health services and cultural taboos left Jackie feeling lost and alone.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>“OK” on the outside, with “really, I’m fine,” her most frequent response to inquiries about how she was doing. Jackie hid her deep, psychic wounds from the world behind a façade of frantic entrepreneurial activity.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Then on August 3, 2019, Jackie’s now 37-year-old daughter, broke the silence. Jackie wasn’t ready. She calls August 3, 2019 the day her “purpose tapped her on the shoulder.”</p> <p>Please join me as I interview Jackie and we go on the journey that launched the mission to stop teen suicide.</p> <p>www.TheTalkAboutSuicide.com</p>