Ron Pappalardo
Author of "Reconciled by the Light"
Suicide Prevention Programs
When his 17-year-old son committed suicide, author Ron Pappalardo started a journey that taught him how to prevent future suicides, defeat depression, and find deep meaning despite adversity.
Ron has spent years working with students all over the world, promoting understanding and cooperation between young people of all nationalities, religions, and ethnicities. In the 1990’s, he worked with thousands of students from the countries of the former Soviet Union, speaking on their campuses and hosting them in the United States for International Leadership seminars.
In 2001, he was given an award by the “Centro para la Paz y la Cultura” (Center for Peace and Culture) recognizing his
achievements in getting students from Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America to work together on service projects in Honduras.
Topics
How I survived, and learned from, my son’s suicide.
How to tell if your college friends are suicidal,
and what to do about it.
How to survive, and learn from, adversity in life.
Suicide and Spirituality – what are the implications?
What college students can do to beat depression.
How to tell if your college friends are suicidal,
and what to do about it.
How to survive, and learn from, adversity in life.
Suicide and Spirituality – what are the implications?
What college students can do to beat depression.
Reconciled by the Light: the after-death letters from a teen suicide
On August 11, 2003, I lost my 17-year-old first-born son to suicide. It’s a tragedy that no one should ever have to go through, but I did, and I survived. I can’t think of a more painful experience for a parent than having to bury a child.
Over thirty thousand people commit suicide in the United States every year. Some of those who are left behind do not survive the emotional and psychological shock waves that follow. Some sink into depression, some see their marriages and families break up, and some commit suicide themselves. It doesn’t have to be this way.
This book recounts the details of the process my son and I went through before and after his death that took us on a path to healing, reconciliation, and peace. It is not just my story; it is his story as well. While my story transpires on this side of the veil of death, most of his is told from the “other side.”
Over thirty thousand people commit suicide in the United States every year. Some of those who are left behind do not survive the emotional and psychological shock waves that follow. Some sink into depression, some see their marriages and families break up, and some commit suicide themselves. It doesn’t have to be this way.
This book recounts the details of the process my son and I went through before and after his death that took us on a path to healing, reconciliation, and peace. It is not just my story; it is his story as well. While my story transpires on this side of the veil of death, most of his is told from the “other side.”
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