Today, we share in the loss of lived experience speaker, educator and NowMattersNow.org founding Ambassador Diana Cortez Yañez. Diana died on Monday at the age of 57 after a medical emergency associated with diabetes struggles.
ALT Full text of a tribute to Diana Diana Cortez Yañez.
ALT A photo of Diana Cortez Yañez with the text "We Honor the life of our lived experience champion" and "Diana Cortez Yañez".
ALT A photo of Diana Cortez Yañez and NowMattersNow.org founder Ursula Whiteside created as part of a video series on cold water, see https://bit.ly/NMN_Cold
ALT Diana Cortez Yañez presenting at the White House during the Obama Administration for the ZeroSuicide Initiative.
Today, we share in the loss of lived experience speaker, educator and NowMattersNow.org founding Ambassador Diana Cortez Yañez. Diana died on Monday at the age of 57 after a medical emergency associated with diabetes struggles.
ALT Full text of a tribute to Diana Diana Cortez Yañez.
ALT A photo of Diana Cortez Yañez with the text "We Honor the life of our lived experience champion" and "Diana Cortez Yañez".
ALT A photo of Diana Cortez Yañez and NowMattersNow.org founder Ursula Whiteside created as part of a video series on cold water, see https://bit.ly/NMN_Cold
ALT Diana Cortez Yañez presenting at the White House during the Obama Administration for the ZeroSuicide Initiative.
Diana was buoyant and loving and her words cut through the noise to the essential message.
You can learn more about Diana on her professional website: dianacspeaks.com/.
Please hold Diana’s family and loved ones in your hearts. 🖤🖤🖤
Before donating to NowMattersNow, please first consider supporting Diana's family fund to cover her medical, funeral, and memorial service expenses: gofund.me/012d52cb
With all the good promotion of the new #988 line to prevent #suicide, it's also great to have additional coping strategies. I've recently become aware of @NowMattersNow, which provides education and #DBT skills to help people cope with intense emotions! buff.ly/3o9fiUK
For those of you out there who are suffering, please check out this video. It helps with all kinds of pain- both emotional and physical.
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Acompáñanos para un importante seminario web gratuito en español mañana a las 8 pm hora del este. Este evento estará en facebook.com/UniteSurvivors en vivo y Zoom. Escanee este código QR o acceda a este enlace para registrarse: bit.ly/SaludMentalComunidade….
“In 1999, at the request of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Senator Reid introduced a resolution designating a day in November as National Survivors for Prevention of Suicide Day. This observance has since become International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day”
Cold Water acts so fast, it is like throwing water on a fire.
**Surviving Overwhelming Emotions and Craving**
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Friday was Native Heritage Day and we wrap up Native Heritage Month this week. Please follow @weRnative if you aren’t already. Let’s keep the celebration going! #wernative#nativeheritage
Last month, we celebrated our contributor, Diana. Head to our Instagram (@nowmattersnow) to see more about her work! In this video, Diana talks Radical Acceptance and how it helped her abstain from alcohol as she began (and continues) her recovery process. vimeo.com/458266021