Heidi Swapp: 9 Easy Things Every Parent Can Do To Begin Preventing Suicide Now

Published: Sept. 21, 2022, 11 a.m.

Seven years ago, Heidi Swapp lost her 16-year-old son, Cory, to suicide. In the wake of Cory\u2019s passing, Heidi endured devastating thoughts of her perceived failures as a mother.\xa0But instead of focusing on what she couldn\u2019t change, Heidi determined to learn as much as she could and then\xa0share\xa0the things she wished\xa0she\u2019d known\xa0with as many\xa0parents as would listen.\xa0One of the most important things she's\xa0learned is\xa0that suicide prevention begins long before we are ever concerned about someone we love. So on today's episode, she shares nine principles that she believes have the ability to make a\xa0critical\xa0difference.

3:08- Seven Years Later

15:35- Don\u2019t Freak Out

22:18- One Day At A Time

27:12- 'Forgive Yourself For Not Knowing What You Didn\u2019t Know\u2019

29:57- Don\u2019t Believe Everything You Think

35:00- The End

39:12- Now Is Not Forever

42:48- Connection > Concern

45:58- The Importance of Evolving

49:13- Yet

53:35- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?\xa0

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"Being all in is allowing yourself to figure it out as you go, and to learn and to evolve\u2014to allow yourself to have a question, to allow yourself to have a surety and to allow yourself to be loved by a perfect Heavenly Father and to be saved by Jesus, recognizing that you just don't have to have it all figured out."

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Links- Deseret News article Morgan wrote about Heidi 7 years ago- https://www.deseret.com/2017/4/11/20610132/going-home-utah-scrapbooking-ceo-finds-hope-after-losing-a-child-to-suicide

Light the Fight- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/light-the-fight/id1354722078

Heidi's website- https://www.heidiswapp.com/

Heidi's Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/heidiswapp/

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