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New Promo Video!
My friend Stephenie asked me to create a video to help her promote KnowResolve to the National Honor Society at her school. I put this together one afternoon last week and I’m quite proud of it… I hope you dig it too! Peace, – Dennis
Stigma
by Stephanie Prechter (full essay posted at detourproject.org)
I personally didn’t put a lot of thought into stigma until this past experience with depression. For the most part, I always felt as if it was a word for those who didn’t deal with serious mental illness. Naturally people who can’t understand the depths of emotional despair [...]
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Bullying and Suicide
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) has released an issue brief examining the relationship between bullying and suicide. Here is short summary along with a link to the full brief.
Both victims AND perpetrators of bullying are at a higher risk for suicide than their peers.
Bullying, especially chronic bullying, has long-term effects on suicide risk and [...]
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Celebrating our 5th Year… Thank You!!
Our mission from day one has been simple and clear: To Break the Silence surrounding suicide… to educate, to reduce stigma, to connect people (specifically teens and young adults) to available resources and new perspectives.
Why is this important? Because suicide is currently the 3rd leading cause of death among youth ages 15 to 24. Because [...]
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Some thoughts on work \ life balance!
“You are not your job”
posted at detourproject.org
Over the weekend a friend asked for some advice. He told me that he’d really been struggling with some things lately and was looking for some tips to lighten the load. As I listened, I heard him acknowledge that he was having trouble setting boundaries and that he felt like he’d been [...]
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Thank You
Dear friends,
Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your support over the years. As we enter our 5th year of service, I wanted to take this moment to thank you for making our mission possible. By supporting our events, spreading the word, or helping through a financial contribution you make it possible for us to bring [...]
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5th Annual Breaking The Silence Benefit
My friend Robb is one of the most creative and talented people I know. Last year he came out from Chicago to grab some footage from our Breaking the Silence event and put together this amazing video for us. I think what he’s done here captures the essence of this event beautifully. To learn more [...]
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An Uncomfortable Conversation
Bradley, Kristal and I have been roommates for almost six years. During this time we’ve grown together, learned together, worked together, struggled and sacrificed together, celebrated together, traveled together. We shared our lives and meals together, and this was our home… Click HERE to read the full essay.
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Building a Foundation for Happiness
I have some exciting news to share with you… after a couple years of trying out different things with The Detour Project (our little experiment on the side), I have decided to take a slightly different direction with it.
Over the summer I wrote a short eBook called “Building a Foundation for Happiness”. While it only [...]
The Invention of Our Discontent
This is a guest essay by Chase Night. Follow him on Twitter. And read the afterward for commentary from Joshua Millburn.
Let me tell you about the monster who rides on my shoulders.
When Josh asked me to write a guest essay for The Minimalists, I was honored, but my mind totally blanked on ideas. So I [...]
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