Leo Flowers
Before You Kill Yourself: a suicide prevention podcast.
When the pain feels unbearable and we feel alone in our suffering this podcast will sit with you. Let's rediscover our purpose, reduce our pain and regain our sense of belonging. Join comedian Leo Flowers M.A. as he shares his own journey through suicidality, interviews guests with lived experiences and discusses with experts on how to escape the flames and create a life worth living.
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Episodes
Victoria Shepherd: managing delusions, organizing enemies and the importance of play 26.04.2022 1:04:46
Author, Victoria Shepherd, joins me to discuss her book, "A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse. If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com . Let’s get to tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-TALK...
Overcoming fear, Naval suicides and our six basic needs according to Tony Robbins 25.04.2022 50:49
Leo discusses how gratitude helps us overcome fear and our six basic needs for mental and spiritual health based off of Tony Robbin's book, "Money, Master The Game." If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com . Let’s get to tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevent...
Three truths, generational trauma, and where are your exit signs? 20.04.2022 30:17
Leo Flowers shares how knowing our truth and how to feel connected can lead to peace and purpose. If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com . Let’s get to tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-TALK [800-273-8255] 1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433...
Psilocybin, Boston Marathon and why curiosity is the antidote to depression 19.04.2022 26:25
Leo discusses psilocybin's use for depression and why camels don't carry water in their hump. If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com . Let’s get to tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-TALK [800-273-8255] 1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433] Te...
Tricia Huffman: F The Shoulds and Do The Wants 18.04.2022 1:02:21
Tricia Huffman discusses how to F the "shoulds" and live a life that we want. BIO: Tricia Huffman, aka Your Joyologist, is a rock and roll roadie at heart and by first career. She specializes in working with those in the public eye to keep them in integrity with who they want to be while also enjoying the life they are living. She is a mental health and mindset expert known for sharing real talk w...
Jen Greenstreet and Hilaire Phillips: Just Like You - Anxiety and Depression 04.04.2022 57:43
Jen Greenstreet is the CEO and Founder of Just Like You Films, the 2019 Oscar qualified and Mid-American Emmy award-winning nonprofit production company. Jen has served as CEO of Just Like You Films for 15 years. She is also the founder and CEO of a for profit film production company, Waking Up Films. She has produced, written and/or directed...
Zach Brittle LMHC: Will Smith, Chris Rock and the ideal outcome of conflict 30.03.2022 49:15
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Zach Brittle, joins me to discuss the Will Smith incident at the Oscars and: What it means to "protect your wife or loved one" How to invite others into our hurt Difference between hurt and harm How to handle feelings of emasculation Why the ideal of outcome of conflict is intimacy How to apologize How to accept an apology Why the best relationship book is a novel...
Danét Palmer: Face yourself instead of bettering your self 28.03.2022 49:26
Author and minister Danét Palmer joins us to discuss her new book, "Baptized by Love: How I Found Present Joy and Never Let It Go." Bio: 35 years ago, Danét made an appointment with divinity. It turned out to be the single most life-changing decision of her life — to dedicate her first few wakening moments to The Divine, and her own spiritual awakening. To open to Love and keep her heart open no m...
10 Ways to slow down time and ground yourself 26.03.2022 33:06
Leo Flowers discusses how the book, "The Order of Time" by Carlo Rovelli, can teach us how to slow down time.
Astrologer James Moran: How to be inspired, not inflated April - June 25.03.2022 47:10
James Moran tells us what opportunities and challenges lay ahead and how to make the best of it.
How earthquake drills reduce suicides and the potency of rereading a book 3x's 21.03.2022 35:05
Today we discuss how surviving an earthquake can teach how to manage emotions of despair, hurt, shame and excitement; potency of rereading a book three times; why labeling someone as resilient, gritty or mentally strong can be harmful for our mental health.
Daylight Savings Time and why you might be crying more than usual 16.03.2022 9:14
We discuss the impact of Daylight Savings Time on mental health.
Mary C Lamia PhD: Why grief isn't something to get over and how shame plays a roll in suicides 15.03.2022 57:06
Mary C Lamia PhD joins us to discuss her new book, "Grief Isn't Something To Get Over," and how shame plays a role in suicides. Website: https://marylamia.com/about BIO: Mary Lamia, Ph. D., is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who works with adults, couples, adolescents, and preteens in her Marin County private practice. She is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. E...
Dr. Saliba: 6 Pillars of Mental Health 07.03.2022 52:03
Psychiatrist Kahlil Michael Saliba, M. D., earned his medical degree in 1987 from the American University of Beirut. In 2001, Dr. Saliba became a double board certified psychiatrist with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for both Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and General Psychiatry. He practiced psychiatry at Laureate St. Francis for over 10 years. From 2010 to 2017, Dr. Saliba...
Eric Rogers: Overcoming drug addiction and how "My routine makes it a good day for me." 28.02.2022 56:07
Eric Rogers, the owner, operator and CEO Of Rogers Fitness Academy, natural born leader and entrepreneur. He is a rare breed and man of many aspirations. Even though fitness and bodybuilding are his absolute passion, there is so much more to him than just a six-pack. Eric has persevered through some of the worst things a person can endure: homelessness, addiction, violence, abuse, mental heal...
Jodie Ellenor - Hidden causes to anxiety and how to heal it holistically 21.02.2022 47:43
BIO: Jodie is an anxiety expert extraordinaire who helps women heal anxiety holistically so they can spend more time enjoying life and less time fearing it. About her program, Holistic Anxiety Fix is a holistic healing service that focuses on helping women to heal anxiety so that they can embrace life with calm confidence. The program integrates more traditional therapeutic approaches to healing a...
Lily Allen-Duenas: Self-care, breathwork and how to exit toxic entanglements 14.02.2022 52:06
Lily Allen-Duenas is an international yoga teacher, meditation guide, and holistic health and wellness coach. She helps overwhelmed individuals reduce their emotional overload, and find balance, breath, and space for self-care. Lily is the founder of the Wild Yoga Tribe and is the host of the Wild Yoga Tribe podcast. She has taught yoga classes and wellness workshops all over the world. Her journe...
Lessons from Sylvia Plath, Jordan Peterson and four reasons to keep livin' 13.02.2022 32:53
We discuss: Jordan Peterson's 4 reasons not to end your life How medication changes can effect your sleep, mood and behaviors Effects of medication on 26 year old brains Why more energy is not always the best thing 5 actions to take when you're medications change
Alonzo Bodden: Addiction to recovery 07.02.2022 50:34
BIO: Alonzo Bodden is an American comedian and actor known for winning the grand prize in the third season of the reality-television series Last Comic Standing. He had been the runner-up in the previous season. In 2007, he released his DVD Tall, Dark and Funny. He shares his journey through addiction to sobriety. If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burde...
Zach Westerbeck: Managing intrusive thoughts and how to light yourself up instead of burning yourself out. 31.01.2022 1:35:39
Author, college success coach and speaker joins me to discuss his book, "You're Not Alone: The only book you'll ever need to overcome anxiety and depression. Website: https://zachwesterbeck.com/press/ We discuss: managing OCD unknown use for meditation reducing intrusive thoughts how to cope with a brain that is "betraying you" why you're not "weak, weird or different" why exhaustion and being wir...
Garrad Bohl: "What happened to my life?! This was not the plan!" 24.01.2022 1:08:20
Author, Gerrad Bohl, shares his journey of suicidal ideations, homelessness and being overweight to finding purpose, power and playfulness. Get his book: https://amzn.to/326Wn5p
"The Summit of the Gods," "Mully" and why "all that's left is to keep going" 22.01.2022 28:05
Leo Flowers shares what the movies "The Summit of the Gods" and Mully" can teach us about suicide, finding meaning and how to keep going.
(Book Review) WILL by Will Smith 20.01.2022 27:21
Leo Flowers shares his ten takeaways from Will Smith's new biography, "WILL." If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com . Let’s get to tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-TALK [800-273-8255] 1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433] Teen Line (Los Ang...
(Book Review) ALL ABOUT LOVE by Bell Hooks 20.01.2022 36:32
Leo Flowers reviews "All About Love," by Bell Hooks. Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/All-About-Love-New-Visions/dp/0060959479 If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com . Let’s get to tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-TALK [800...
Eric Rivera: I didn't want to be the 'I could've been' guy. 17.01.2022 1:04:02
Comedian, Eric Rivera, joins me to discuss how he went from feelings of hurt to healing; embarrassed to empowered; hopeless to hopeful and the only two things he ever wanted from his father. www.ericrivera.com If you want go from feeling hopeless to hopeful, lonely to connected and like a burden to a blessing, then go to 1-on-1 coaching, go to www.thrivewithleo.com . Let’s get to tomorr...
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