Michelle Falzon is an Integrative Positive Psychology Practitioner, author, and founder of Alchemy of Evolution. With a Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, Michelle has dedicated her work to helping individuals transform adversity into growth and lead lives of deeper meaning and purpose.

She is known for her unique Existential Wellbeing Framework and Alchemy of Transmutation Model, which she integrates into her coaching, workshops, and courses.

Her latest book, Healing Horizons: Real Stories of Growth and Transformation for Real People, shares inspiring journeys of post-traumatic growth and personal transformation.

You can connect with Michelle here:

Website: https://www.alchemyofevolution.com.au (Healing Horizons can be purchased from here.)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellefalzonalchemyofevolution/

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/alchemyofevolution

#infantloss #stillbirth #childloss #healing #grief #healinghorizons #unsilencegrief #podcast

Joshua Rivedal is the creator and founder of Changing Minds: A Mental Health Based Curriculum and The i’Mpossible Project. He has a degree in organisational psychology from Southern New Hampshire University. He is trained in community counselling from the Southern California Counselling Center and the teacher’s edition of emotional intelligence at Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence.

For the last 13 years, he has given several hundred keynote speeches and workshops on suicide prevention, grief, resilience, and mental health across the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. His original coursework on suicide prevention is taught in Washington State to various professions such as dentists, pharmacists, and occupational therapists. He is the author of eight books and co-author of three peer-reviewed journal papers, one of which is on the trajectory of the survivor of suicide loss. He has a certificate in food, nutrition, and health fromthe Community College of Philadelphia. As an actor, Joshua’s voice has been heard on US national commercials like Dell, McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, and Johnnie Walker; on one of the Freckleface Strawberry Books, Cinderella Penguin, and as part of the award-winning voiceover cast of The Art of Secrets by James Klise. Joshua practices Taekwondo and achieved the rank of 1 st -degree black belt.

He is a standup comic and cook, and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States.In 2009, at the age of 25, Joshua Rivedal lost his father, age 60, to suicide. And long before he was born, in 1966, he lost his paternal grandfather to suicide. In the aftermath of his father’s death, Joshua found it difficult to grieve the loss — in part, because of family challenges, but more so because healthy grieving and an awareness of mental health hygiene had never been presented to him as ideas or options.

In 2011, Joshua nearly attempted suicide due to feelings of hopelessness, a perceived lack of resources, multiple major life changes, stagnation in the grieving process, and undiagnosed and untreated health conditions, depression and anxiety. Thankfully, Joshua got help through counselling, friends, family, and persistence. Since 2012, he has spoken 40-50 times per year about mental health and suicide prevention to various audiences, always making sure to discuss healthy change management as well as healthy grieving and mourning.

You can connect with Joshua here:

Website: https://www.iampossibleproject.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-rivedal-48a636155

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshrivedal

Storytelling: https://www.pleaselive.org/blog/storytelling-will-save-the-world-yes-even-yours-joshua-rivedal

#suicideprevention #storytelling #epigenetics #healing #grief #unsilencegrief #podcast

As 3x cancer survivor Dr. Gretchen Holmes speaks on survivorship, leading a healthy and robust life, and transformational behaviour change. Having lost 110 pounds, she is excited to talk about how to achieve health-related goals and turn life's challenges into opportunities.

As an experienced researcher, Gretchen has published in top journals including Health Communication, Psycho-Oncology, and Injury Epidemiology. She has co-authored "The Patient Experience" in a recent Health Communication textbook, taught Behaviour Change Theory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and has served as a national-level patient advocate for the National Cancer Institute since 2002.

Gretchen also serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Patient Experience. In 2007 she was awarded the “Spotlight on Female Scholars” from James Madison University and in 2014 was named one of 14 National Rural Health Association Fellows in health policy.Today Gretchen is back to talk about her book "The Work In Between"!

Here are the links to connect with Gretchen, get her book, and watch our previous interview on Unsilence Grief:

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Work-Between-Memoir-Stepping-Shadows-ebook/dp/B0CZSHSJCL

Website: www.gretchenholmesphd.com

First Episode on Unsilence Grief: https://www.youtube.com/live/zUR1sJlPJKU?si=kCby1PiU53kNbPmJ

#cancersurvivor #diabetes #survivorsguilt #author #memoire #weightloss

Dana S. Diaz studied journalism and psychology at DePaul University. While there’s no better teacher than life experience and Dana has had life-long experiences with narcissistic abuse, her education did give her the ability to accurately verbalise and express how narcissistic abuse creates confusion and conflict within victims.

Today, Dana is a proud voice for fellow victims who are unable, afraid, or ashamed to share their experiences. She strives to create awareness and understanding to ensure victims are given the support they need to first understand their situation and then begin the healing process.

Her first book, chronicling her own abusive marriage that lasted nearly three decades, started as a journal that she hid under the couch cushion in the basement. Meanwhile Dana has published another book, and is about to release her third one!

You can connect with Dana here:

Website: https://danasdiaz.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/danasdiazauthor

Insta: www.instagram.com/danas.diaz

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-s-diaz-208927298

#grief #unsilencegrief #podcast #healing #narcissiticabuse #suicideideation

Susan's story goes deep!! I would like to start with a trigger warning - this interview contains topics about shootings, assassination, and suicide ideation!

Susan Snow is a keynote speaker and author. In 1985, her father, LAPD Detective Thomas C. Williams, died in the line of duty. Susan chronicles her journey through the trauma she experienced following her father’s death in 'The Other Side of the Gun', a book born out of her desire to heal herself, and mission to help others in their healing.

As a speaker, Susan holds thoughtful and empowering workshops and keynote presentations, and has appeared in several media outlets and public speaking forums.

Here's how you can connect with Susan:

Website: https://susansnowspeaks.com

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Gun-Journey-Resiliency/dp/B0BRYXZKY2

#ptsd #healing #grief #counselling

If you are triggered by this episode, please call a helpline to seek support.

Australia

Lifeline: 13 11 14

Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636

Suicide Help: 1300 659 467

America

Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988

TrevorLifeline: 1–866–488–7386

I am happy to bring you an update on this wonderful lady, a previous podcast guest:

Shannon Traphagen is the host of the top rated "Game On Glio" Podcast, Author, Motivational Speaker, Ignite Award Winner, Business Owner of Write Life Media - Storytelling & Communications Consultant, and Founder of Traphagen's Trail Ride 4 Brain Cancer.

Shannon shares her story about losing her young husband to brain cancer, whilst going through an adoption process together...

You can watch our previous interview here: https://youtu.be/Okbyt_b6DZo?si=B7-xL2Gb_Jcgdi6m

Connect with Shannon here:

Website: https://thegameongliopodcast.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR3RxfGgBJ79-mrEctD8vmw

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gameonglio

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/gameongliopodcast

#braincancer #glioblastoma #healing #grief #unsilencegrief #podcast #gameonglio

Caroline Roodhouse is an internal communications consultant with a decade of experience across a broad range of industries, including charities, education, health services, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG. In 2018, Caroline faced profound personal loss when Steve, her husband of 18 years took his own life without warning, leaving behind their two young children, Evie who was nine and Ada who was just two years old at the time.

L;sa Sugarman is an author, a nationally syndicated columnist, a 3x survivor of suicide loss, a mental health advocate, and a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project. She writes the opinion column We Are Who We Are, and is the author of How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It, Untying Parent Anxiety, and LIFE: It Is What It Is.

Paul Zolman is the author of 'Love is God'. In His wisdom, He placed us in a variety of circumstances that require us to find our way back to His pure love. So, what qualifies Paul Zolman to speak about love? His childhood experience of the opposite of love. From that austere beginning, and the distaste it formed inside him, he searched for and eventually created a method that transformed his life from anger to loving everyone.

Growing up in a family of abuse, physical touch became his preferred love style, only because of the regularity. He could almost count on it. It was consistent. He came to think that was the way to express love. But deep inside, he knew that was a twisted belief. He wanted a better life for himself, which is why he created a paradigm shift that works. In this book, you’ll find what helped Paul move from a childhood boot camp of abuse to being a person who loves everyone and can find good about anyone in any circumstance. This is truly the role of love.

You can connect with Paul Zolman here:

https://roleoflove.com

https://www.instagram.com/roleoflovedice

https://www.instagram.com/paul_zolman

https://www.facebook.com/roleoflovedice

https://www.facebook.com/paul.zolman.7

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulzolman

https://x.com/roleoflovedice

#childhoodabuse #lovelanguages #roleoflove #unsilencegrief #healing #grief #love

Today we have Denise Dielwart with us, and I am excited to share her story.

In the aftermath of loss, finding a path forward can seem like an insurmountable challenge. Denise Dielwart's journey began in the shadow of profound grief after the loss of her husband in 2009. It was a journey that led her to create the FLOW Grief Release Method (Feel, Let go, Overcome, become Whole) — a pathway she designed not only to navigate her own healing, but to share with others facing similar heartache.

You can connect with Denise via her website: https://www.flowgriefacademy.com

#grief #unsilencegrief #healing #flow