Liane Ashberry, 1963-2015. Died by suicide. See rudeangel.co.uk

1. Liane Ashberry, 1963-2015. Died by suicide. See rudeangel.co.uk

3. Detailed information and significant references/further reading: bit.ly/foladreport (Festival of Life and Death, Nov 2018 report) festivaloflifeanddeath.org (main FoLaD website) rudeangel.co.uk (Liane Ashberry story/music/words) feelgoodfarm.co.uk ('good grief'/authenticity/wellness/transformation innovation) businessballs.com (ethical work/life/leadership) bit.ly/pos-dis (Dabrowski/Tillier 'Positive Disintegration' life/universe/everything, suicide, authenticity, growth via trauma ~ also positivedisintegration.com) bit.ly/simondodds (complex adaptive systems engineering, healthcare transformation ~ also saasoft.co.uk) bit.ly/respaceprojects (empty buildings/societal/planet transformation) sharondrewmorgen.com (change/transformation innovation) thriveldn.co.uk (Thrive London ~ citywide movement for mental health and wellbeing ~ research, intiatives, transformational best practice) zerosuicidealliance.com (free suicide prevention training and lots more) nspa.org.uk (National Suicide Prevention Alliance ~ increasingly powerful, hugely helpful) rethinkyourmind.co.uk (example of genius suicide prevention emergent design) BBC World Service (ideas and inspiration, leading thinkers around the world) deepadaptation.ning.com (climate change ~ also jembendell.com ~ N.B. profoundly disturbing.) The Savage God, Al Alvarez (1972 ~ seminal work on suicide) Personality Development through Positive Disintegration ~ William Tillier Positive Disintegration ~ Kazimierz Dabrowski See also: Abraham Maslow, Erik Erikson, Katherine Benziger, Yuval Noah Harari, Mariana Mazzucato, Ken Robinson, Don Miguel Ruiz, Henri Bergson, Viktor Frankl, Friedrich Nietzsche, Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates... bit.ly/accvmay19 (Alan Chapman ~ work, story, contact details... it's moving feast/rebirth)

4. Some facts and figures (there are very many more, easily found) Global suicides equate to more than five Jumbo Jets crashing and killing all 500 passengers every day. This is c.1million suicides every year. Suicide kills more than wars, murders, war, terrorism and other acts of violence, combined. For every suicide there are about 20 attempts. For every attempt, 10 / 20 / 50(?) contemplate suicide ~ nobody knows, because we don't attempt to measure it. Self-harm and prior attempts are major predictors of suicide risk. There are several more 'obvious' suicide risk clues that are easy for us to miss, because the possibility of suicide is typically unimaginable. Suicides are significantly under-reported ~ taboo, shame, sensitivity, etc. Every adult suicide costs >£1.8m/$2m (yes children kill themselves too). The shockwaves of suicides are indescribable and immeasurable. We all pay for suicides, attempts, ideations, one way or another. UK 6,000/yr. India 100,000/yr ~ all nations are blighted ~ oddly suicide unites the world ~ wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate Suicides are preventable ~ far more easily than believed ~ and the earlier the easier. Mentioning suicide doesn't cause suicide. Not mentioning suicide does. Every suicide is different. Suicide is rarely is due to a single factor.

6. Festival of Life and Death What and how? • Suicide awareness/prevention/education ~ emergent, organic, free. • Breaking suicide taboos and stigmas, especially death and suicide. • Helping people bereaved/affected by suicide and other grief/trauma. • Promoting/enabling human wellness via free self-organised community ‘festival’ events, and similar group activities, for any situation. • People performing/participating in wellness experiences, especially arts/music/dance, nature/animals, crafts/making, yoga/mindfulness, good food and drink, and simply talking and listening, involving ‘lived experience’ guides/teachers/role-models/etc. • Multi-sensory ~ reaching, conveying, connecting in natural ways ~ because normal 'language' is inadequate, confusing, and mostly unnecessary.

7. Festival of Life and Death What, for whom and why? • Free, very adaptable, ‘open source’, emergent, for anyone to use and/or to align/associate with. • For groups, communities, schools/FE, corporate/workplace, healthcare, leisure. Anywhere. • The concept design includes ‘Nudge Theory’ and ‘Trojan Horse’ ideas. • FoLaD is very ‘lean’ (simple, low cost, easy), autonomous/de-centralised. • Transformational - it's about authenticity, love and peace, and what it is to be human. • FoLaD also supports and gives solutions for existential threats to life on earth, notably climate change/pollution, economics/politics, technology/lifestyle. Where we fix suicide, we fix everything.

9. Original painting Katarzyna Klein. Words Liane Ashberry, from Feel My Heart Sing, by Rude Angel.

10. Elements, considerations... the levers of transformation growth through trauma / positive disintegration (bit.ly/pos-dis) | thoughts become things (placebo, self-fulfilling prophecies, reflection and systemic environment reaction) | music, arts, dance, and every healthy form of entertainment imaginable | nature, animals, wildlife, countryside | universe – everything is connected, we are part of it always | hope, faith, belief, 'false hope' becomes real hope | love, forgiveness, vulnerability, peacefulness | restorative justice/practice, crime and law | grief – is normal, different for everyone, disintegration | truth, authenticity, individuality | mindfulness, acceptance, gratitude | parenting, education, leadership | giftedness, abuse, disadvantage, difference, marginalisation, bullying | emergent/adaptive design/quality – evolved, organic, 'owned' | empowerment, Y-theory (learned, grown) vs X-theory (instructed, limited) | economics, work, technology, AI, bias, stress, life balance, leisure, value, money, population | built environment, transport, communities | culture, ethnicity, religion | media, news, internet | language and meaning | governance, CSR, regulation, free market ('public executions'), fat, sugar, gambling, debt, poverty, austerity, social mobility | power, greed, inequality, aspiration | climate change, pollution, environment | conflict, government systems, empathy, resistance, inertia, change | innovation, ideas, instinct, intuition, risk vs evidence, justification | creativity, self-expression, making things | food, drink | sleep and rest and meditation | exercise, mind/body/soul, blood-brain barrier myth, inflammation, obesity, depression | addictions, medications | governance, greed, CRS regulation (again) | near death experiences, suicidal ideation, disintegration | evolution, genetics, anthropology, indigenous people, authenticity | talking and listening, lived experience, peer support, lived experience | communities, families, ancient cultures, tribal lifestyle and mutual support, social connection (eg 'Blue Zones'), pubs and cafes | nudge, accentuate the positive, heuristics | strugglers become healers, guides, role-models, changemakers, experto credite | fixing suicide fixes everything | suicide is not euthenasia/assisted dying | laughter, play, silence | purpose, meaning 'happiness' | life and death, life-stage, denial, fear, mortality | what it is to be human | design suicide prevention into everything | a song or two | tea and cake | austerity and yet the austere generation... | yin and yang

11. Detailed information and significant references/further reading: bit.ly/foladreport (Festival of Life and Death, Nov 2018 report) festivaloflifeanddeath.org (main FoLaD website) rudeangel.co.uk (Liane Ashberry story/music/words) feelgoodfarm.co.uk ('good grief'/authenticity/wellness/transformation innovation) businessballs.com (ethical work/life/leadership) bit.ly/pos-dis (Dabrowski/Tillier 'Positive Disintegration' life/universe/everything, suicide, authenticity, growth via trauma ~ also positivedisintegration.com) bit.ly/simondodds (complex adaptive systems engineering, healthcare transformation ~ also saasoft.co.uk) bit.ly/respaceprojects (empty buildings/societal/planet transformation) sharondrewmorgen.com (change/transformation innovation) thriveldn.co.uk (Thrive London ~ citywide movement for mental health and wellbeing ~ research, intiatives, transformational best practice) zerosuicidealliance.com (free suicide prevention training and lots more) nspa.org.uk (National Suicide Prevention Alliance ~ increasingly powerful, hugely helpful) rethinkyourmind.co.uk (example of genius suicide prevention emergent design) BBC World Service (ideas and inspiration, leading thinkers around the world) deepadaptation.ning.com (climate change ~ also jembendell.com ~ N.B. profoundly disturbing.) The Savage God, Al Alvarez (1972 ~ seminal work on suicide) Personality Development through Positive Disintegration ~ William Tillier Positive Disintegration ~ Kazimierz Dabrowski See also: Abraham Maslow, Erik Erikson, Katherine Benziger, Yuval Noah Harari, Mariana Mazzucato, Ken Robinson, Don Miguel Ruiz, Henri Bergson, Viktor Frankl, Friedrich Nietzsche, Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates... bit.ly/accvmay19 (Alan Chapman ~ work, story, contact details... it's a moving feast/rebirth)