Before You Kill Yourself: a suicide prevention podcast.

Brittany Means joins us to discuss her book, "Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways," about growing up with abuse, neglect, violence and suicide attempts, in part caused by her mother's nomadic existence. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking...

Struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep or wake up without hitting the alarm clock? In this episode, I answer all of your sleep questions so that you can get a good night's sleep. If you want to wake up feeling refreshed, recharged and rejuvenated, then this is the episode to listen to.

We listen to an interview with Deion Sanders on his suicidal thoughts and what now gives him purpose. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopeless...

We inherit generational trauma, but do we also inherit generational triumphs? We discuss that, plus the Kevin Berthia story of "2 EARS and 1 MOUTH." SUICIDE PREVENTION SUMMIT: https://shorturl.at/iqDP7 Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talkin...

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Telling our story can sometimes do more harm than good. We discuss how to share in way that heals us. Suicide Prevention Summit: https://www.mentalhealthacademy.net/suicideprevention Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional...

Richard Brockman MD, joins us to discuss his new book, Life After Death: Surviving Suicide, which tells the story of a boy who died and of a man who survived when the boy and the man are one and the same. It tells a very personal—yet tragically common—story of irredeemable loss. Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Death-Surviving-Suicide/dp/1680998056 Bio: Richard Brockman, MD is Clinical...

We discuss how AI can help prevent suicides. Suicide Prevention Summit: https://www.mentalhealthacademy.net/suicideprevention Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feel...

We discuss the three ways to improve verbal fluency to improve executive functioning and reduce suicidal ideations. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopele...

Asa Merritt joins me to discuss: Risks of lionizing work Perils of committing to our old standards Dangers of imaginative courage How to see a path forward to a life worth living BIOGRAPHY: A former international reporter for NPR, VICE Sports, The Guardian, and ESPN’s “30 for 30” podcast, Asa brings a compassionate documentary eye to ambitious fictional projects. His one-woman play about mass move...

Leo Flowers shares his mental health protocol of coping with current depressive episodes. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful,...

We discuss all the ways in which we punish ourselves and how to get to loving ourselves instead. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopeless to h...

When we think of needs, we think of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, but what if we have a need to be submissive? In a world where we value dominance and equality, if we have a need for submission, that can be lonely and isolating, but it can also be empowering. We discover how. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://be...

Gabe Howard joins us to discuss managing his suicidal ideations, struggling with substance abuse, divorce and wanting to feel like he matters. BIOGRAPHY: Gabe is host of the popular Inside Mental Health and Inside Bipolar podcasts (from Healthline Media - the world's largest health site). Everyone from Dr. Phil to Alanis Morissette to Jennette McCurdy has been interviewed by Gabe, who lives with b...

We discuss the psychological burdens of the future and noticing the blessings of present. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful,...

We've use the word, "only," to diminish our accomplishments, character and purpose in life. In this episode, we take our power back! Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go fr...

Dr. Heidi Brocke talks to us about how to recognize if we're in a toxic relationship and how to find freedom. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling...

We discuss optimism, noticing the good and a story about why choosing jail over freedom can save a life. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopef...

Leo shares questions from attendees of his webinar on "Confusion to Connection." Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected...

Leo discusses nuggets from Crossfit Games' competitor, Emma Lawson and others. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected an...

BIO: Dr. Matt Kreinheder has worked for over a decade as a healer for entrepreneurs and leaders seeking evolution and performance at their leading edge. He has performed over 20,000 healing sessions over the course of a decade; and holds a Doctorate in Chiropractic, a Masters in Acupuncture, two undergraduate degrees, and an in-process PhD in Integral Noetic Sciences. Dr. Matt is also a seasoned l...

Leo discusses the importance of returning home for our mental health and how to create a home when we feel like we don't have one. We also discuss the five elements of "home," and why Johnny Manziel returned home after a suicide attempt. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% o...

We discuss how arrogance can increase our pain, intensify our pressure and reduce our options. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals? https://betterhelp.com/leo and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely...

We discuss how to recognize abandonment issues and how to cope with them. Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to conne...

I discuss my tendency to romanticize life, love and suicide. What are the challenges that come with that? Sponsor: Is there something interfering with your happiness or is preventing you from achieving your goals?  https://betterhelp.com/leo  and enjoy 10% off your first month and start talking to mental health professional today!!  1-on-1 Coaching : If you want go from feeling hope...