Getting Through Profound Loss Is Not Simple As Many Of You Reading This Likely Know.
Susan Sall Warner’s son died by suicide 3 years ago and her husband unexpectedly died from cancer 6 months later. (Correction from the ‘3’ months mentioned in the podcast conversation) Very tough losses to move on from.
Susan graciously agreed to talk with me about the often taboo subject of suicide, about what one is supposed to say to a mother who’s endured such a tragedy, about how she endured the double whammy of the unexpected loss of her husband soon after, and how a ‘widow -woman- human’ who’s suffering such pain moves on.
Susan says she lives her life by ‘going forward, but not moving beyond’.
Susan started writing about it all and talking about it. About the depth of loneliness, the horrible pain, the empty heart and then the mindset to move forward and rediscover, reinvent and enjoy life to the fullest.
Her message began to resonate with others who had also suffered the loss of a spouse, a child, a parent, a sibling and she felt she was really making an impact and helping others heal with her message… “That with loss – life doesn’t have to end, and it does not need to DEFINE them.”
Susan is now helping others who’ve suffered profound loss move forward and has become both a motivational speaker and writer on the subject. She’s also continuing to do her work as independent College Counselor.
Susan joined me for a heartfelt conversation on suicide, loss, a mothers pain, a widows pain and more as we closed out September which is Suicide Prevention Month.
Contact: SusanWarner02@gmail.com
