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Understand Suicide

Understand Suicide

Paula Fontenelle

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fmpaula-fontenelle/subscribe Here we will create a safe community to fight the stigma surrounding suicide. I will interview specialists, survivors, and individuals who have a story to tell. We will cover a variety of themes: grief, warning signs, risk factors, contagion, youth, and most importantly, what can be done to prevent suicide. To contact me, send a message to [email protected] Visit my page: www.understandsuicide.com Facebook Page: https://bit.ly/2MMLBWO

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Understand Suicide - Ep. 3 Religion and suicide - Interview Dr. Rand Michael
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10/14/19 • 31 min

Dr. Rand Michael is a clergy person, a counselor, and was a professor for twenty-six years. In this interview, he talks about the importance of listening to someone's pain without judgment, regardless of one's religion or spiritual view on suicide.

If you want to support my work, buy me a coffee. This will help me keep bringing hope to those touched by suicide: https://bit.ly/3whorPH

For more information on suicide, visit:

www.understandsuicide.com

My book "Understanding Suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention" can be found on Amazon.

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Understand Suicide - Ep. 2 - Losing a daughter to suicide / Interview Mindy
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10/04/19 • 30 min

Mindy lost her daughter to suicide in 2017. She shares her grief process, what has helped her, rituals that keep her daughter present, and how her other kids have each dealt differently with the loss.

If you want to support my work, buy me a coffee. This will help me keep bringing hope to those touched by suicide: https://bit.ly/3whorPH

Donate to the podcast:

https://bit.ly/3maL9RO

For more information on suicide, visit:

www.understandsuicide.com

My book "Understanding Suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention" can be found on Amazon.

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Briana and Michael’s story is an example of how empathy can break the barriers of judgment and fear. The couple had been exchanging messages on a dating app not knowing that both their lives had been touched by suicide: she had recently attempted and he had lost his wife a few years prior. We would think that as soon as they learned about their shared stories, it would be the end of it, but what happened was the opposite. I recommend listening to it until the end.

Briana contacted me through my website because the couple wanted to share their story so that others could maybe hear a different narrative that usually accompanies suicide, which is that it fosters loneliness and keeps people apart. I’m sure this episode will bring hope to many of my listeners.

Thank you both for trusting me to be the outlet of your great message of compassion and love.

If you want to watch this interview, visit my YouTube Channel "Understand Suicide."

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Donate to the podcast:

https://bit.ly/3maL9RO

Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com

Find my book "Understanding suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention"

https://amzn.to/2ANczuR

Contact me and exchange experiences on my Facebook page:

https://bit.ly/3h8sIet

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Brian Goff is a Clinical Psychologist with a private practice in Portland, OR. In this interview, he talks about the natural responses we experience when grieving, particularly when the death is by suicide. We discuss emotions, society's expectations of what is "healthy," what differentiates suicide grief from other types of death, and ways to go through it in a more compassionate manner.

If you want to watch this interview, go to my Youtube channel "Understand Suicide."

If you want to support my work, buy me a coffee. This will help me keep bringing hope to those touched by suicide: https://bit.ly/3whorPH

Donate to the podcast:

https://bit.ly/3maL9RO

More information on suicide at www.understandsuicide.com.

My book "Understanding Suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention" can be found on Amazon.

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Understand Suicide - Ep. 19 - Talking to my sister about dad's suicide
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04/12/20 • 26 min

Suicide has a devastating impact on families, especially if blaming is present and the individual ways of grieving are not respected. In this conversation, I talk to my older sister Renata about the ways we see dad's suicide and our personal grieving processes. We go through some of the emotions both of us experienced (or not), such as sadness, anger, guilt, memory loss, and mental confusion, as well as the differences in our views. If you want to watch this interview, go to my Youtube channel "Understand Suicide."

Donate to the podcast:

https://bit.ly/3maL9RO

Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com

Find my book "Understanding suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention"

https://amzn.to/2ANczuR

Contact me and exchange experiences on my Facebook page:

https://bit.ly/3h8sIet

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We often think of processing trauma through talking but what happens when the trauma occurred before the child developed language? Is it possible to access it? How does it affect development, relationships, and future behavior? These were some of the questions answered by Suzanne Rutti, a therapist in Columbus, Ohio, specialized in pre-verbal trauma.

In this interview, she gave us tips on how pre-verbal trauma manifests in kids, things to watch out for, the impact it has on learning, common misdiagnosis related to this kind of trauma, and tools on how to help children heal. She also shared the different ways pre-verbal trauma affects relationships and self-image in adults.

Find Suzanne Ruti:

http://www.suzannerutti.com/

If you want to watch this interview, visit my YouTube Channel "Understand Suicide."

https://bit.ly/36fVN3z

Donate to the podcast:

https://bit.ly/3maL9RO

Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com

Find my book "Understanding suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention"

https://amzn.to/2ANczuR

Contact me and exchange experiences on my Facebook page:

https://bit.ly/3h8sIet

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Lori Massicot has an empowering podcast called To 50 and Beyond, where she invites guests to discuss various topics. I encourage you to check it out.

In this episode, we talked about the myths about suicide, my personal story and how I delt with my father's death, warning signs, tips on what to do (and to avoid) when talking to someone who is contemplating suicide, misconceptions regarding this theme, the stigma that surrounds it, and my mission to help break the silence around this subject.

Donate to the podcast:

https://bit.ly/3maL9RO

Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com

Find my book "Understanding suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention"

https://amzn.to/2ANczuR

Contact me and exchange experiences on my Facebook page:

https://bit.ly/3h8sIet

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paula-fontenelle/message
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I gave this interview to the podcast "Which way?" which I highly recommend. It is hosted by daughter and mother Shari and Jann Simmons. We talked about suicide grief and how to help suicidal people.

Find the podcast Which Way?

https://apple.co/30b8SZa

Watch this interview on my YouTube Channel "Understand Suicide":

https://bit.ly/3vvQV60

Donate to my podcast:

https://bit.ly/3maL9RO

Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com

Find my book "Understanding suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention"

https://amzn.to/2ANczuR

Contact me and exchange experiences on my Facebook page:

https://bit.ly/3h8sIet

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paula-fontenelle/message
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Josephine Hallam is one of those good souls who tries to help others by sharing her story. She contacted me with the wish to give guidance to parents and therapists on how children process trauma. It is the first time she opens up about her pain. At the age of ten, she saw her father take his life, an event that according to her, defined who she was, from the profession she chose - Josephine is a criminal lawyer - to her outlook on life.

One of the things she says in this interview is that no matter how much adults try to protect kids by hiding the truth, kids will fill in the gaps with their own narratives. For her, this came in many ways. On the day of her father’s suicide, she was the only one at home. When the police came, little Josephine immediately believed that she would be arrested, that she was at fault. “From that day on, I was ‘that kid’ associated with something bad... I was the one with him and I should have stopped it,” she told me.

Josephine’s story is an example of resilience and goodness at heart. By sharing with us her painful experience, she rises above the trauma and the silence that suffocated her for over fifty years, and I feel honored that she chose to do it here, with you, on my podcast.

Find Josephine Hallam:

https://www.hallamlawgroup.com/

If you want to watch this interview, visit my YouTube Channel "Understand Suicide."

https://bit.ly/35rPKJY

Donate to the podcast:

https://bit.ly/3maL9RO

Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com

Find my book "Understanding suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention"

https://amzn.to/2ANczuR

Contact me and exchange experiences on my Facebook page:

https://bit.ly/3h8sIet

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Most of us have encountered a person who is contemplating suicide, but very few of us know that. In this interview, counselor Khara Croswaite Brindle talks about the common traits shared by those who are suicidal, how to approach them and build effective safety plans, and how suicidality shows up in the younger generations. Khara works in Denver, Colorado. Her work focuses on young adult professionals, with an emphasis on healing trauma and supporting personal growth.

If you want to support my work, buy me a coffee. This will help me keep bringing hope to those touched by suicide: https://bit.ly/3whorPH

Donate to the podcast:

https://bit.ly/3maL9RO

For more information on suicide, visit:

www.understandsuicide.com

My book "Understanding Suicide: living with loss, paths to prevention" can be found on Amazon.

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How many episodes does Understand Suicide have?

Understand Suicide currently has 134 episodes available.

What topics does Understand Suicide cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Understand Suicide?

The episode title 'Ep. 2 - Losing a daughter to suicide / Interview Mindy' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Understand Suicide?

The average episode length on Understand Suicide is 36 minutes.

How often are episodes of Understand Suicide released?

Episodes of Understand Suicide are typically released every 8 days, 20 hours.

When was the first episode of Understand Suicide?

The first episode of Understand Suicide was released on Sep 14, 2019.

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