Margot Azmann Email & Phone Number

Vienna, Austria

There are probably as many attempts to explain suicide as there are human beings. Our experience of life says that no reason is the one. Because while every brook and river eventually flows into the sea, each does so after its very own marvelous, breathtaking and unspeakable journey. And while it seems to be generally accepted that grief is a natural reaction to significant loss, how can we say that ending one's life by suicide isn't a natural reaction to apparently endless significant lack of conditions to thrive? So how is suicide not the ultimate expression of grief? —Margot and Harald Walter AzmannThe main and closing session of Beacon | The Power of One • A Chance for Happiness London Mental Health Week October 3-10, 2023 at historic Westminster Chapel included the equally historic announcement of a long overdue World Mental Health Forum.A worldwide gathering from October 3–10 each year, with brilliant talks and discussions, workshops and seminars, music, art and fun, both online and in person wherever, just like the Olympic Games, we are invited to come. Next year, unless we are persuaded otherwise, we'll be in the U.S.Applications to host the first World Mental Health Forum 2024 are invited as of right away and if you wish to participate and present your work to a worldwide audience, you are welcome to get in touch at office@worldmentalhealthforum.com. We look forward to getting to know you and what you have to say. Our response is never "no" but "how can we make it happen?" Against all odds, against all handicaps, against the chamber of horrors we call history, man has continued to dream and to depict its opposite. That is what we have to do. We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art – we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones. —Anaïs Nin#mentalhealth #wellbeing #charity #london #happiness #art #music #love #respect #motivation #creativity #change

Velden Am Wörther See, Carinthia, Austria

Everyone has a story that will break your heart. And, if you're really paying attention, most people have a story that will bring you to your knees. —Brené Brown. Sometimes, until it's at your front door, you don't think about it enough. Channel 5 News www.facebook.com/C5News/videos/1825120120845791Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people between 15-29 in Europe. Every 40 seconds, someone dies by suicide worldwide, with suicide attempts being even more frequent, and every 50 seconds someone is left behind, asking "why?" Why are so many people losing faith in life at a time when more of us are doing better than ever before? It's a question most of us would rather continue to avoid.Founded in 2017, A Chance for Happiness Foundation, a registered non-profit charity in Austria, supports relevant projects, large and small, in the following areas: 1. Enjoyment of life and personal development (happiness research), 2. Intelligent anti-bullying initiatives, 3. Suicide prevention (transgenerational transmission) and 4. Grief counseling for "orphaned families".Following in the footsteps of the last decades' successful international initiatives regarding cancer and HIV/AIDS, our main aim is to encourage an up to date discussion about the worldwide phenomenon of increasing suicide – not just on the margins, but at the center of society, where it belongs. Because as soon as we start to talk about things openly, we'll find better solutions than what we've had so far.Meanwhile, A Chance for Happiness Foundation has been a member of World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) since 2018 and has organized annual charity events benefitting Mental Health in Velden am Wörthersee, Austria 2017, Vienna, Austria 2018, Paris, France 2019, Monaco 2020 and – following the global Covid break – at Laxenburg Castle near Vienna, Austria 2022, and London, UK 2023. More at www.achanceforhappiness.international