Category: She Diaries
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Rachel Wall’s Story: Grief, Chronic Pain, and the Hidden Struggles Behind Suicide Loss
When Rachel Wall lost her husband Mike to suicide, her world changed in an instant. Left to raise three toddlers while navigating her own grief, Rachel speaks openly about the hidden struggles of chronic pain, the stigma surrounding suicide loss, and the resilience it takes to keep moving forward.
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“You’re Not Alone”: What Michelle Bray’s Story Teaches Us About Survival, Separation, and Self-Love After Suicide Loss
When Michelle Bray sat down to share her story on She Diaries, it hadn’t even been a year since she lost her husband David to suicide. For 34 years, Michelle navigated the highs and lows of marriage to a man she deeply loved, but who struggled with alcoholism, untreated trauma, and depression.
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Kathryn’s Story Part 2 – The Birth of a Mantra: Choose This Day
In Part 2 of Kathryn Craft’s story, we return to a moment still in motion—the police standoff that would end with her husband’s death by suicide. Kathryn was separated from her sons. The house was surrounded. Officers were preparing to use mace. And she was holding her breath, caught between fear and hope.
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Kathryn’s Story Part 1 – How Author Kathryn Craft Turned Personal Tragedy Into a Voice for Truth
In Part 1 of her She Diaries interview, Kathryn shares the deeply personal story that would later inspire her novel The Far End of Happy. The episode covers the early days of her marriage, the slow erosion of trust, and the night she discovered a folded note from her husband—one that changed everything.
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Kristy’s Story – How Kristy Steenhuis Became a Voice for the Bereaved Across Australia
Kristy Steenhuis was 28 years old when her husband, Matthew, died by suicide. She was a mother of two young children, left to navigate devastating grief, community judgment, and the unrelenting quiet that followed loss.