Mental health awareness equals suicide prevention

Welcome to My village has no elders. I am Fronten’a Woodson, and I am so glad you found me.  

Life has been hard on me. So hard that there were times that I believed I was only here for suffering. I used to ask myself all of the time why God created me if just to suffer? Why did God create me to be born into a village where I was shown so much harm?  

So much pain, and very little support. 

And then the answers to those questions revealed themselves to me during my healing journey. 

God didn't create me to suffer, he created me to be a healer. 

To help others get through their darkest hour. But I first needed to learn pain. 

I heard someone say once that you have to learn the anatomy of pain in order to heal it. What felt like suffering in pain, was actually my education in it. 

I was born with a fighter's spirit. Fearless, and bold. But I'm also gentle and empathetic. If I have something, I give it to those who need it. And most broken souls need just that, a gentle, empathetic soul, who does not fear standing in for others.

I was created to show others how to find their way out of darkness. But I had to find my way out of it first. I had to learn pain. 

Not to suffer, but to teach. 

To help the broken not only get back to wholeness, but to get back to wholeness stronger and more powerful then when they started. 

I figured out how to stop being afraid of the dark and make the dark be afraid of me. And now I am ready to show others how to do so, too. 

I want to be the little bit of sunshine that gives someone the light that they need in order to be able to get 

to their own light at the end of the tunnel.   

That is why I'm here. This is my purpose. This is the calling that I answered. 

I was chosen for this.    

And if you found your way to me, you were chosen for something big, too. 

You were lead here because you were meant to be here.

People’s ignorance to mental health illnesses is why I fight so hard. Because I am fighting for those who can't fight anymore. And those who lost their battle after a long fight. I am fighting to educate those around those who can't advocate for themselves. I am fighting to be for others what would have kept me fighting just one more day when I was in my darkest hour. 

This is not an optional education. This is life-saving urgent education. That might just save the life of someone who needs you.

I am that light and safety that I always needed but never had. I am the compassionate listening ear that will hear you. Listen and be ready with solution focused advice. I am that safe, soft place to land when every other place has been so hard.

I'm not a victim. Nor am I a survivor. I am a healer. The hurt others give me becomes the fuel I use to heal and then help others heal, too.

I am a healer.

I am a beacon of light in a world so filled with darkness. And you can be a beacon of light too. Just, be the beacon. 

Not the darkness that is available in abundance already.

I also firmly believe that peace can be found in every space where boundaries exist.  Setting boundaries to find peace was something that made a huge difference in my mental health. And it will make a difference in your mental health, too.

Be the light this world needs. And I can show you how. 

Be mindful of how you allow others to handle you. And forgive yourself for how you’ve handled you.  

Please consider becoming a part of my village. I think you’ll like it here.  

Please consider becoming a part of my village. I think you'll like it here.