Barbara Legere is the author of "Keven's Choice - A Mother's Journey Through Her Son's Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide" and "Talk to Me, I'm Grieving - Supportive Ways to Help Someone Through Grief."

She has been featured in Prevention Magazine, Authority Magazine, Salon, andHuffington Post as an advocate for those suffering from substance usedisorders, mental health issues, and grief. Legere is an advocate for harm reduction, MAT (medically assisted treatment) and ending the stigma towards substance abuse and mental health issues.

After losing her son, Keven, to suicide, her passion has been reaching out to other grievers to offer support and understanding. She does this through her writing and as a volunteer for TIP (Traumatic Intervention Program).

Her writing and social links can be found at www.barbaralegere.com.

A native Californian, Legere resides in Orange County, CA with her sister, and a

house full of pets.

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A little side note:

I am not a practitioner of health professional. These shows are meant to create food for thought for people going through similar situations. Planting seeds of information about things that perhaps you never knew could and might assist in treating and managing the symptoms associated with your diagnosis.

Alternative treatments are out there to be used, alongside allopathic medicine, or instead of, that part is completely up to you, but gaining knowledge is the first part in empowering yourself back to health.

In love, light and electricity

Lainie