Kak Ngah is from Malaysia where suicide is still a crime. She faced the loss of a loved one to suicide almost 10 years ago and she shares her story, highlighting how cultural attitudes to suicide may affect those grieving.

Kak describes how she felt shame and tried to hide her grief, which only erupted like a volcano with mental health difficulties and suicidal thoughts. At which point she reached out for support and has found her own way through her grief.

Through setting up a support group, Kak is speaking out about suicide grief and mental health awareness in order to highlight the fact that feeling suicidal is not a crime and those who feel suicidal need to have support - not a criminal record.

This has taken courage, to which Kak replies “courage is contagious.” She feels the more courageous she is, the more courage others will have to speak out until the law is changed.

Find Kak on Instagram or FB: @awas.malaysia

Please listen with care and know there are people out there that can help and support you. 

Within the UK: 

Samaritans - Free on 116 123 

Suicide&Co - Free on 0800 054 8400 Mon-Friday 9aam-9pm 

Within the US: 

Suicide Hotline: Free on 1-800-273-8255 or text 742741 

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For more resources: www.suicidegriefsupport.com

For EMDR Grief Retreats - www.EMDRGriefRetreat.com

This episode’s guest is Meg, who lost her husband to suicide in 2008.

Meg shares her ups and downs and how she feels she has now risen, like the Phoenix, in the painful flames of grief.

In 2008 Meg had little support or understanding for her loss and had to learn how to live again, as a widow, without a manual.

Hear how Meg let go of friends that didn’t serve her anymore, supported her teenager’s grief and used her journal to recover from a 4 year period of grief depression - where Meg had recognised how bad her husband may have been feeling. This understanding helped Meg shift her mindset and become the woman she is today.

An uplifting story full of the rollercoaster emotions of suicide loss.

Please listen with care and know there are people out there that can help and support you. 

Within the UK: 

Samaritans - Free on 116 123 

Suicide&Co - Free on 0800 054 8400 Mon-Friday 9aam-9pm 

Within the US: 

Suicide Hotline: Free on 1-800-273-8255 or text 742741 

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For more resources: www.suicidegriefsupport.com

For EMDR Grief Retreats - www.EMDRGriefRetreat.com

Sensitive Content… Listen to this episode with care. Our guest is very honest about her mental health and suicide attempt - great to raise awareness and in order to help those left behind by suicide but may touch of some of your pain.

Sharon from @Sixty.Ninth.Street.Suicide attempted suicide over 4 years ago and has written a book in order to support suicide loss survivors. By defining her ‘why,’ Sharon hopes others can make meaning of any guilt or shame they may feel after the suicide of a loved one.

Hear how the long trajectory towards suicide, which started when Sharon was a teenager, made her hide her depression and feel that suicide was the only option she had left.

Hear how depression affected Sharon and how getting professional support after her suicide attempt, has helped her learn that she is not her thoughts – but is in charge of her own life.

Please listen with care and know there are people out there that can help and support you. 

Within the UK: 

Samaritans - Free on 116 123 

Suicide&Co - Free on 0800 054 8400 Mon-Friday 9aam-9pm 

Within the US: 

Suicide Hotline: Free on 1-800-273-8255 or text 742741 

Find Dr Sue:

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For more resources: www.suicidegriefsupport.com

For EMDR Grief Retreats - www.EMDRGriefRetreat.com

Find Sharon here:

Sixty-ninth Street Suicide: A Memoir of Divorce, Depression and Defining My Why: Amazon.co.uk: Greenwald, Sharon: 9781950743360: Books

Kristel lost her long-term partner to suicide 7 years ago.

In this heart-warming episode, Kristel shares her long journey with grief - with very difficult periods and times where she felt relief knowing her partner was in peace after mental health difficulties.

Hear how Kristel managed guilt, shame and other strong feelings alongside daily life with their children.

Hear how she made a decision that she was done with the stigma, judgements and expectations and grieved in her own way – mindfully, honestly and emotionally – no matter how hard that was.

A very touching story of loss, vulnerability, strength and wisdom.

Please listen with care and know there are people out there that can help and support you. 

Within the UK: 

Samaritans - Free on 116 123 

Suicide&Co - Free on 0800 054 8400 Mon-Friday 9aam-9pm 

Within the US: 

Suicide Hotline: Free on 1-800-273-8255 or text 742741 

Find Dr Sue:

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For more resources: www.suicidegriefsupport.com

For EMDR Grief Retreats - www.EMDRGriefRetreat.com

In this episode we are honoured to have Linzi Meaden, from ‘What Suicide Left Behind,’ discussing the loss of her only sibling to suicide just 9 months ago.

Hear how Linzi has written her own book as a way of processing her journey and how she is finding her own voice - her own purpose,  which she found hard to do prior to her brother’s death.

Still in a bit of a ‘grief fog,’ we are very grateful for Linzi for being brave and sharing her experiences in order to beak the stigma of suicide and support others in their loss.

Please listen with care and know there are people out there that can help and support you. 

Within the UK: 

Samaritans - Free on 116 123 

Suicide&Co - Free on 0800 054 8400 Mon-Friday 9aam-9pm 

Within the US: 

Suicide Hotline: Free on 1-800-273-8255 or text 742741 

Find Dr Sue:

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For more resources: www.suicidegriefsupport.com

For EMDR Grief Retreats - www.EMDRGriefRetreat.com

We are blessed to have our first guest, Victoria from Yogi Mami, raising awareness of suicide loss by sharing her real, honest story of unexpectedly losing her husband in May 2019.

Hear how she has parented her 2 young children through the grief and how she accesses support where she needs to.

Hear how Victoria is still finding her own way through her grief – where she is left knowing and wanting to share that “depression is real… and suicide is real,” so it cannot be ignored.

Please listen with care and know there are people out there that can help and support you. 

Within the UK: 

Samaritans - Free on 116 123 

Suicide&Co - Free on 0800 054 8400 Mon-Friday 9aam-9pm 

Within the US: 

Suicide Hotline: Free on 1-800-273-8255 or text 742741 

Find Dr Sue:

Instagram

Facebook

Linked In

For more resources: www.suicidegriefsupport.com

For EMDR Grief Retreats - www.EMDRGriefRetreat.com

This is the first in a series of podcasts where suicide loss suvivors come together to share their healing journey.

This episode is my story and how, as a psychotherapist and counselling psychologist in training - I had to pick up the pieces after my brother's suicide.

I share how I have come to a place where I am able to manage my grief - so although it will never disappear, I am able to move forward each day the best way I can.

Hosting this podcast and supporting others is part of the journey.

Stronger Together 💙🙏💙

Please listen with care and know there are people out there that can help and support you. 

Within the UK: 

Samaritans - Free on 116 123 

Suicide&Co - Free on 0800 054 8400 Mon-Friday 9aam-9pm 

Within the US: 

Suicide Hotline: Free on 1-800-273-8255 or text 742741 

Anywhere else in the World:

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