#137 - It’s Time We Talk About Suicide With Frank King

In today’s episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy talks to Suicide Prevention and Postvention Public Speaker and Trainer, Frank King. They talk about his long dark journey of battling with depression, his suicide ideation, and realizing that he can turn his life around and help others do the same.
Frank King, Suicide Prevention and Postvention Public Speaker and Trainer, was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years, is a Corporate Comedian, syndicated humor columnist, and podcast personality, who was featured on CNN's Business Unusual.
Depression and suicide run his family. He's thought about killing himself more times than he can count. He's fought a lifetime battle with depression. Thoughts of ending his life, turning that long dark journey of the soul into a TED Talk, "A Matter of Laugh or Death," www.FrankTEDTalk.com, and sharing his lifesaving insights on Mental and Emotional Health Awareness with the corporation, association, youth (middle school and high school), and college audiences www.TheSuicidePreventionSpeaker.com.
As an Inspirational and Motivational Public Speaker and Trainer, he uses the life lessons from the above, as well as lessons learned as a rather active consumer of healthcare, both mental and physical, to start the conversation giving people who battle Mental and Emotional Illness permission to give voice to their feelings and experiences surrounding depression and suicide, and to create a common pool of knowledge in which those who suffer, and those who care about them, can swim.
And doing it by coming out, as it were, standing in his truth, and doing it with humor.
Connect with Frank at:
Website: www.thementalhealthcomedian.com and www.yourtedxcoach.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/frankkingthemhcomedian
FB: facebook.com/thementalhealthcomedian
IG: @mentalhealthcomedian
Twitter: twitter.com/theMHcomedian
YT: outube.com/thementalhealthcomedian
Phone: 858.405.5653
Show notes:
[4:20] Frank’s journey
[5:46] Discovering comedy
[8:52] Becoming the speaker who’s funny
[11:45] The Mental Health Comedian
[15:52] The power of levity in talking about mental health and suicide
[17:32] There is no permanence in depression
[18:43] Join Dr. Tarryn's Business of Happiness Prosperity Coaching to redefine success in your terms. Check out www.thebizofhappiness.com and be the happiest business owner you know
[19:25] What has Frank learned from meeting people struggling with their mental health?
[22:05] Addressing shame about mental health issues
[24:01] How does Frank handle stress in his life?
[29:19] What is Frank’s superpower?
[33:12] Where to find Frank
[36:44] His definition of happiness
[37:14] Outro
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