LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — In a strong new memoir launching this month, a Las Vegas father is remodeling private tragedy right into a nationwide name to motion.
Reggie Burton, an award-winning PR skilled and longtime psychological well being advocate, is releasing his second e-book, Changing into a Psychological Well being Champion, impressed by the life and lack of his son, Avery.
Avery died by suicide in 2017, a second that modified the course of Burton’s life and fueled a mission to help others going through psychological well being struggles.
“As dad and mom and as individuals weren’t used to burying our kids, that is not regular,” Reggie Burton mentioned.
Set to hit the cabinets in late July 2025, the e-book serves as each a deeply private reflection and a sensible useful resource for fogeys, coaches, educators, and neighborhood leaders searching for to higher perceive and help these in disaster. It follows Burton’s first title, This Is Despair, which launched readers to the early days of his advocacy work.
Changing into a Psychological Well being Champion weaves collectively tales from Burton’s many years in sports activities communications, classes from psychological well being first support coaching, and experiences from his work with the Avery Burton Basis, a nonprofit he launched in Avery’s reminiscence to offer psychological well being training, scholarships, and outreach applications.
The e-book’s core themes embody:
Turning ache into objective
Resilience via grief
Psychological well being advocacy for males and fathers
Classes from athletes and Stoic thinkers on restoration
Constructing neighborhood help via storytelling
The duvet picture reveals Burton in his Avery Burton Basis scrubs, proudly sporting his Stanley Cup Championship ring from his time in skilled sports activities captures the essence of the e-book’s message.
“I’m going to take people on that journey with me and show them what I did. For anyone going through grief, adversity, and setbacks, I want to empower them to take control of that process,” Burton mentioned.
With psychological well being challenges rising throughout the nation, particularly amongst youth and males of coloration, Burton hopes the e-book will assist break the silence and stigma that usually encompass melancholy and suicide.
He’s already talking at faculties, religion teams, and company wellness occasions throughout Southern Nevada and past.
Burton now dedicates his life to psychological well being training, public talking, and storytelling that empowers others to search out therapeutic. He’s an authorized Psychological Well being First Assist teacher and the writer of This Is Despair.
Changing into a Psychological Well being Champion can be obtainable via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and different main booksellers. Preorders are actually open.
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