Tara Lal is an Australian firefighter (British born), mental health speaker, and author of the beautifully written book “Standing on my Brother’s Shoulders,” which traces back the losses she has experienced in her life and the suicide of her brother Adam.  As a child, she had to come to terms with her father's debilitating mental illness and her mother's early death by cancer.  While all that was happening, her brother Adam was her anchor, the safe place where she could go to for support and love. 

Tragically, the family's losses and his internal struggles were too much for him; at the age of twenty, he took his life.  In this interview, Tara talks about her story, the process of writing the book, and her relationship with Adam. She also explores the many ways in which her struggles shaped her self-image and how she learned to become her true, authentic self.  

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