Ep. 405: Preventing Suicides by Talking with Nyana Sabharwal

On this episode, Ashdin is joined by his dear friend Nyana Sabharwal, Founder of Safe Space India, a program dedicated to preventing suicides by advocating for and creating safe spaces within families, workspaces, schools and institutions.

On this episode, Ashdin and Nyana talk about suicides, the importance of speaking up about issues when you have them, creating safe spaces, losing her mother to suicide, starting conversations with asking people whether they have suicidal thoughts, trying to make it okay to talk about suicide and suicidal tendencies, the power of just listening to the other person without judgement, how one should respond when confronted with someone who is suicidal, being a first responder in this regard, what might lead one to have these kind of tendencies and thoughts, relief moments and the feelings of helplessness. All this and tons more on this episode. Do tune in for this extremely important and powerful conversation.

Do get in touch with Safe Space: https://www.safespace.in/

Get in touch with Nayna on LinkedIn and Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safe-space-nyana-sabharwal-6696a416 and https://instagram.com/nyana_sabharwal

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