The Ultimate Suicide Prevention Guide is the premier resource for concerned family members and friends who want to help their loved ones with suicidal ideation without being overbearing or spending tons of time and money earning a degree in the mental health field. It's perfect for parents, educators, business owners, coaches and members of the clergy.

Thank you for reading this far. My name is Na'Kole Watson. I am a Suicide Prevention Champion. Why? Because I survived multiple attempts, and I have talked hundreds of people out of suicide. Suicide Prevention is not what I do. It's who I am.

When I was in dire need of help, I didn't get the help I needed. At that time, mental health challenges were even more stigmatized than they are now. I cried out for help and no one heard me. People thought I was just "crazy". They thought I "just wanted attention". They thought I was just doing things to be doing things. Little did they know that every single time they would push me away or accuse me of just wanting attention, I would go home and once again plan how I was going to end my life.

One day I realized that the problem isn't always that people don't care - it's that they are often completely unaware of how real this is, and if they DO know, they don't know what to say, and because they don't want to say the WRONG thing... they say nothing. They'd rather live with the guilt of not saying anything than to live with the guilt of feeling like they pushed someone past their limit. Not realizing that in saying nothing, they're saying something - even if what their silence says is the complete opposite of what their heart intends.

People often feel like talking about suicide will influence people to contemplate or complete suicide. Actually, the opposite is true. The more we normalize the conversation, the more comfortable people will feel about expressing their feelings.

When I finally worked through all of my issues, I became a suicide prevention advocate. I wanted everyone to know how much of a crisis we are in when it comes to suicide. The numbers have consistently gone up - not down. I was desperate. I had to find a way to show people how much of a threat suicide is... while breaking the stigma and empowering them to make a life-saving difference in their families, communities, workplaces and more.