I am a lived experience speaker, talking about:
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Bereavement by suicide
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Losing a parent to suicide
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Navigating Complex Grief
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Living with a parent with mental health issues
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Trauma
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Disassociation
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Perfectionism
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Self-Compassion
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Acceptance and forgiveness
My story is multi-faceted and can be used to explore the above topics in the workplace, schools, universities and for self-development and wellness events. I am a trained counsellor and for the last six years I have been facilitating a Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide group for SoBS, so am able to hold a save space for difficult conversations.
I have spoken on multiple podcasts about my lived experience, links below.
Maike was just twenty-one when police broke the devastating news that her father had taken his own life. Not only that, but he left behind a confession suggesting that he had been physically inappropriate with her. Maike was painfully aware of her father’s troubled life, but this came as a complete shock – she loved him and had no conscious memory of sexual abuse.
Thrown into personal turmoil, and questioning her identity and place in the world, she spent the next twenty years trying to uncover the truth.
Through deeply personal counselling sessions, extensive research, yoga and meditation she explored the darkest reaches of her subconscious and emerged with an ‘answer’ that enabled her to live in peace. Free from the agonising burden of The Confession.
This is Maike’s remarkable journey to hope and peace.
