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Kellie lost her son, Chris, to suicide 2 years ago. Kellie had adopted Chris when he was 3 years old and at 22 years of age, he took his own life after struggles with addiction. Kellie’s story has many layers and her honesty and bravery come fo
Mary lost her partner, Phil, to suicide 3½ years before recording this podcast. Mary has been a therapist for 30 years but had no idea how significant the loss would be until it happened to her. “Life has changed forever. I am changed forever.”
In episode 30, Sara shared how it was losing her son, Billy, to suicide almost 3 years ago. This episode is Keelie’s story - Keelie is Billy’s sister. Keelie shares what it was like from the perspective of being his older ‘protective’ sister an
Andrea lost a good friend to suicide 8 years ago and shared her story of this in episode 28 Andrea is back to share what it was like telling her 7 year old twins and how she has coped with the mental health difficulties of her son, Isaac. We di
Cindy lost her 19 year old son, Andrew, the youngest of her 5 children, to suicide 4 years ago. Cindy speaks openly and honestly about how being a mum defines who she is and, since losing Andrew, how she has managed the physical and emotional m
20 years ago, Nick lost a friend at high school to suicide. Nick’s friend, Zaf had struggled with what was known as Manic Depression at the time (now recognised as Bipolar) and Nick discusses the struggles Zaf faced as a teenager. Nick shares t
This is Sara’s story of losing her son, Billy, to suicide in 2019. Sara trained to be a counsellor 20 years ago and found it helpful in staying strong and calm whilst caring for Billy during a long period of mental health difficulties shrouded
Andrea lost her friend, Chris, to suicide 8 years ago. Chris had bipolar and Andrea and her family had supported him through his highs and lows. In this episode hear how: Andrea coped with telling her young children and how they have processed
This is an inspiring story of hope from Bee, a suicide attempt survivor who wishes to help suicide loss-survivors heal from the responsibility and guilt they may feel. Since her attempt, Bee is on a mission as a mental health advocate to make s
Breanna talks of losing her high school friend to suicide 5 years ago and how she developed her therapeutic yoga practice to heal from her loss. Breanna’s story is full of helpful information about grief yoga and how we can heal our bodies. Hea
Olivia is bravely living with the effects of her father’s suicide attempt and has lost her Aunty and several friends to suicide. This is Olivia's story. As a clinical psychologist from South Africa, Olivia recognises she wears two hats – a cari
Kristina from Vancouver lost her sister Erin in late 2013, 7 years at the time of recording this podcast. In this powerful episode Kristina describes how her family decided to talk about what her sister couldn’t – mental health. The COVID lock
This is Jane’s story. Jane lost her husband, Terry, to suicide in November 2019 and is in the process of starting a charity in his name (TRH Charity). In this episode we discuss: • Why Jane is starting a charity. • How we can work as a communit
It was only when Kathy lost her son and ex-husband to murder-suicide in April 2020 she realised how grief had affected her whole life. Kathy lost both her Dad and Aunt to suicide before she was a teenager and her brother in a motorbike accident
Tracy lost her teenage daughter, Chelsie, to suicide 15 years ago and brings bucket-loads of wisdom to this episode. Tracy shares many things: from how it felt parenting her son through his emotional difficulties to common issues found after su
Amy lost her Mum to suicide when she was 21 years old and the family didn’t speak about it, leaving her just to get on with life. It wasn’t until she was 31 years old and her grandmother died that Amy realised she needed to find a way through h
Sasha’s Mum died in an accident 8 years ago when Sasha was 29. She then lost her Dad to suicide almost 3 years ago and that changed the trajectory of her grief. Sasha felt that her mum’s death was going to prepare her for her Father’s death but
This is Laurence’s touching story of losing his partner, James, to suicide 8 years ago. Hear how Laurence: • did his absolute best to support James through his mental health difficulties. • had friends that helped by just being there. • coped
Joe tells his story of losing both his mother and father to suicide before he was 11 years old. After over 30 years of coping with a generalised anxiety disorder, panic attacks, a divorce and the stress of being a professional business man, Joe
Crystal lost her sister to suicide over 2 years ago. The youngest of 8 siblings, Crystal received the phone call none of us thought we would ever receive. Crystal tells of her sister’s mental health struggles and how she learnt how to grieve fr
Ryan’s brother, Tom, died by suicide 2 and a half years ago. Ryan runs a business with his close-knit family and had tried to help his brother recover from various addictions. Just 2 months before Ryan’s first son was born, Tom suicided and lif
Hannah, 25 years old, lost her mum to suicide. In 45 minutes we hear the immense journey she has been on during the past year - being impacted by huge feelings of shock, anger, confusion, pain and pride, which has led to periods of avoidance, t
Chrissie shares so much wisdom of her lessons from grief. She supported her husband’s mental health for 4 years by being the strong one, on constant guard to make sure he was ok. After 2 previous suicide attempts, he died by suicide on her birt
Lisa offers us a unique perspective. She not only attempted suicide herself when she was 19 years old, she lost her brother, Stephen “the loveable rogue”, to suicide 5 years ago. After living a life with emotional turbulence herself, Lisa was d
Jill shares her story of losing, Mike, her only son to suicide 6 years ago. On December 27th 2014 Jill got the message she never thought she would hear. Her son was a military man who had struggled being happy since a child. Jill describes the
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