Thomas Brown

I lost my brother to suicide in 2001. After a decade of grief, uncertainty, and confusion, I decided I needed to change. In 2012, along with a friend who had also lost a brother to suicide, I set out on a cross-country bicycle tour for suicide awareness and the healing power of art. We started on the northern edge of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and ended in Wappinger's Falls, New York, at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, the art retreat center of artist, Alex and Allyson Grey.

Since my return, I have spent three years as a group facilitator for a local mental health facility, helping others who have lost loved ones to suicide. In 2015, I launched a podcast called Inner Monologue, a conversational interview show where others shared their journies of trials and tribulations. Recently, I published my book 2012: A Bicycle Odyssey, which tells the tale of my cross-country adventure.