Welcome to Linda's Corner.  In this episode, Dylan Sessler talks about suicide, mental health, and overcoming your hardest battles.  Dylan is a mental health coach, social media influencer, podcast host, combat veteran, and the author of “Defy the Darkness:  A Story or Suicide, Mental Health, and Overcoming Your Hardest Battles.”  You can reach Dylan at his website https://dylansessler.com.

Some of the highlights Dylan shares:

• Opening the conversation about suicide
• Improving  mental health
• Informing  people about the causes and effects of trauma
• Personal experience as a 6 year old losing his father to suicide and the self blame that followed
• Experiencing  abuse and bullying 
• Wartime experience in Afghanistan, injuries, PTSD and being at the brink of taking his own life
• The question he asked himself that made him put down the gun and choose to live
• The danger of staying silent and keeping our burdens hidden inside
• How he began healing by sharing his story
• Why it's important to listen with the intent to understand
• What he does to help others who struggle with darkness and thoughts of suicide
• How he gives hope to people who have experienced pain at the hands of evil people
• And more

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