A speaker coming to Knoxville this week deals with the serious subject of preventing suicide in a light but candid manner.
Joshua Coburn will be featured in a series of presentations on Thursday and Friday; he is an Iowa native who overcame his own struggles, and his own thoughts of suicide, to launch a career as a motivational speaker which has taken him around the world.
Knoxville Schools Superintendent Cassie Pearson tells KNIA/KRLS News his presentations are geared to give listeners the confidence they need to deal with the difficulties they may face throughout their lives.
“He really approaches these heavy topics…from the perspective of being kind, and how in this world there’s a lot of goodness here, and sometimes it has to be pointed out to us because there’s so much negativity that comes at us all the time,” Pearson says.