Lisa Sugarman

Lisa Sugarman is an author and three-time survivor of suicide loss. A passionate mental health advocate, she serves as a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project and as a storyteller with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), where she uses her lived experience to help others find healing through connection and community. She's the Founder of The HelpHUB™, the most inclusive and comprehensive free online destination for mental health resources, tools, treatment options, crisis hotlines, and content designed to support the diverse needs of every community. Lisa is the author of Surviving: Finding Hope After Suicide Loss (2026), How to Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids and Be OK With It (2019), Untying Parent Anxiety (2017), and LIFE: It Is What It Is (2014). She also cohosts The Survivors Podcast, a show that provides candid conversations and real stories of survival for anyone impacted by suicide or mental illness. Lisa is also a facilitator for Safe Place, a virtual support group for survivors of suicide loss hosted by Samaritans Southcoast in Boston, where she also serves as a board member. She is a contributor to the Mental Health Television Network (MHTN), and her writing has appeared in Calmerry, Healthline Parenthood, Grown & Flown, TODAY Parents, Thrive Global, LittleThings, The Washington Post, and Psychology Today. A former nationally syndicated columnist, Lisa continues to write widely on topics of suicide, grief & loss, and mental health and wellness. Lisa lives and writes just north of Boston. Learn more at TheHelpHUB.co.

Lisa Sugarman's Titles

Surviving Finding Hope After Suicide Loss

Surviving

Included on the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Recommended Reading List for Suicide Loss SurvivorsGuided by certified crisis...


How to Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids and Be OK with It Real Tips & Strategies for Parents of Today’s Gen Z Kids

How to Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids and Be OK with It

Helicopter parent, tiger parent . . . lawnmower parent? Generation Z has a reputation of entitlement, but this attitude is often fostered by...


Untying Parent Anxiety (Years 5–8) 18 Myths that Have You in Knots—And How to Get Free

Untying Parent Anxiety (Years 5–8)

Raising the perfect child . . . it’s our dream as parents.But the reality is: the perfect child doesn’t exist. Yet parents everywhere are...