"I want the world to stop and people to freeze, and to go up to people and change their lives, make them understand:
Suicide is an excuse, not the solution."
Jennifer Jane Barry
1989-2005
"I want the world to stop and people to freeze, and to go up to people and change their lives, make them understand:
Suicide is an excuse, not the solution."
Jennifer Jane Barry
1989-2005
Hello, I'm Jenetta Barry, Founder of World Jenny's Day.
On 10 October, I lost my 16-year-old daughter to suicide.
Prophetically, 10 October is World Mental Health Day… but I'm getting ahead of myself.
During the deep depression that followed, when grief took over my entire being, I lost my marriage, home, lifestyle, livelihood, other family interactions… the black hole I was in seemed endless.
But black holes are not endless — not in the universe, nor in our souls.
It's been said that destruction is the mother of creation.
9 months after Jenny's passing, I came across the basics of what I now call The Epiphany Process
— a practice that brought me to a point of acceptance, and then to a place of being able to say,
"Depression has been my saviour. Depression has given me the insights and understandings that are now my life's work.”
On 10 October, I lost my 16-year-old daughter to suicide.
Prophetically, 10 October is World Mental Health Day… but I'm getting ahead of myself.
During the deep depression that followed, when grief took over my entire being, I lost my marriage, home, lifestyle, livelihood, other family interactions… the black hole I was in seemed endless.
But black holes are not endless — not in the universe, nor in our souls.
It's been said that destruction is the mother of creation.
9 months after Jenny's passing, I came across the basics of what I now call The Epiphany Process
— a practice that brought me to a point of acceptance, and then to a place of being able to say,
"Depression has been my saviour. Depression has given me the insights and understandings that are now my life's work.”
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Why Jenny's Day?
World Jenny's Day is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to celebrating and promoting the awareness of mental health wellness.
All proceeds donated, fund stage presentations and artistic performances as well as on line presentations for World Jenny's Day.
These presentations and performances endorse and provide powerful and effective skills to enhance conversation and insight around mental health wellbeing,
Donations and fundraising made during 2022 will contribute towards the 2023 planning, operating and performance/presentation costs that such a project entails. Should any excess funds be collected, these funds will go towards World Jenny's Day 2024.
All proceeds donated, fund stage presentations and artistic performances as well as on line presentations for World Jenny's Day.
These presentations and performances endorse and provide powerful and effective skills to enhance conversation and insight around mental health wellbeing,
Donations and fundraising made during 2022 will contribute towards the 2023 planning, operating and performance/presentation costs that such a project entails. Should any excess funds be collected, these funds will go towards World Jenny's Day 2024.
OK! Magazine and The Mirror ran articles in tribute to
World Jenny's Day - 10 October
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Jenetta on ITV News - World Jenny's Day 2021
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