Before You Kill Yourself: a suicide prevention podcast.

Dj Hannah Rad discusses visiting 7 different cities to improve her mental health.BIO: Hannah Rad is a Los Angeles-based on-air talent, radio host, DJ and content producer. She is currently in production of “Sorry to Keep You Waiting'“, a short series she’s developing on a solo road trip through California. 7 locations; 7 stories and experiences vital to mental health.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 Lifeline800-273-TALK [800-273-8255]1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433]Teen Line (Los Angeles)800-852-8336The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)866-488-7386National Domestic Violence Hotline800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]Crisis Text LineText "Connect" to 741741 in the USALifeline Chathttps://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/International Suicide Resources: https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/

Chris Colbert

Sherrell Moore went from active (ballet, track, military) to being diagnosed with osteoarthritis in her twenties. We learn how she copes with chronic pain and how finding a movement modality can help you cope also.

For those of us who grew up without a father, Leo shares fives ways he's found father figures.

Taylor Lianne Chandler (author, activist and mom) joins me to discuss being transgender, anorexia, Borderline Personality Disorder, suicide attempt and learning to live in her own truth.BIO:3rd book just released, TRANScestors Volume I, Sept. 20, 2020. Takes you deeper into her childhood, mental illness, breaking free and Michael Phelps.She is one of the National organizers for the NationalTrans Visibility March, President of FLUX Aids Healthcare Foundation, as well as part of the marketing team for Capital Pride Alliance. She was recently named a national facilitator for Human Rights Campaign as part of the 2020 ELEVATE Fellowship talking on allyship, intersectionality and bias. She is married to a Secret Service Agent, Matthew, and they have two kids, Rowan,12, and Grayson,10website: www.TaylorLianneChandler.comIf 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 Lifeline800-273-TALK [800-273-8255]1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433]Teen Line (Los Angeles)800-852-8336The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)866-488-7386National Domestic Violence Hotline800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]Crisis Text LineText "Connect" to 741741 in the USALifeline Chathttps://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/International Suicide Resources: https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/https://www.nowmattersnow.org/skills

BIO:Julie Schwartz Gottman is an American clinical psychologist, researcher, speaker, and author. Together with her husband and collaborator, John Gottman, she is the co-founder of The Gottman Institute - an organization dedicated to strengthening relationships through research-based products and programs.Website: https://www.gottman.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 tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline800-273-TALK [800-273-8255]1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433]Teen Line (Los Angeles)800-852-8336The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)866-488-7386National Domestic Violence Hotline800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]Crisis Text LineText "Connect" to 741741 in the USALifeline Chathttps://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/International Suicide Resources: https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/https://www.nowmattersnow.org/skills

Dr. Stephanie Ameis, a Clinician Scientist in the Research Imaging Centre in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute & in the McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health at CAMH; Appointed to the Child & Youth Mental Health Collaborative at CAMH, University of Toronto & SickKids; Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine at the University of TorontoDr. Ameis’ work focuses on using advanced neuroimaging techniques to study how variation in the structure and function of brain circuits increases susceptibility for neuropsychiatric disorders that affect children and adolescents, with a focus on autism spectrum disorders (ASD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and disruptive behaviour disorders.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 Lifeline800-273-TALK [800-273-8255]1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433]Teen Line (Los Angeles)800-852-8336The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)866-488-7386National Domestic Violence Hotline800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]Crisis Text LineText "Connect" to 741741 in the USALifeline Chathttps://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/International Suicide Resources: https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/

Dr. Liu joins me to discuss how peptides in the brain can help prevent PTSD. BIO: Dr. Fang Liu, a Senior Scientist & Head of Molecular Neuroscience in CAMH’s Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute; Professor & Co-director of Division of Neuroscience & Clinical Translation, Department of Psychiatry at the University of TorontoResearch led by Dr. Liu points to a groundbreaking discovery about a new potential treatment and prevention for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research team, led by Dr. Fang Liu, discovered and developed peptides that could prevent recall or encoding of fear memories which suggests that the peptide could treat PTSD symptoms or prevent them entirely. This is a completely new approach to PTSD and for psychiatric disorders in general.PTSD occurs in some people after experiencing or witnessing traumatic events, such as sexual assault or military combat. Patients can suffer from debilitating flashbacks, nightmares and anxiety which can severely impact quality of life. There are currently no laboratory diagnostic tests for PTSD, and existing treatments have limited efficacy. 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 Lifeline800-273-TALK [800-273-8255]1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433]Teen Line (Los Angeles)800-852-8336The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)866-488-7386National Domestic Violence Hotline800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]Crisis Text LineText "Connect" to 741741 in the USALifeline Chathttps://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/International Suicide Resources: https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/

Taylor Chandler joins me today to discuss how to talk to yourself, your partner and managing your emotions.BIO: Taylor is the founder of THRESH, whose mission is to maximize all aspects of a person's well-being. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified health coach, life coach, personal trainer, and fitness nutrition specialist, Taylor coaches her clients 1-on-1 to connect back to their highest selves and make lasting positive changes in their lives. WEBSITE: https://threshcoach.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 tomorrow, together. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline800-273-TALK [800-273-8255]1-800-SUICIDE [800-784-2433]Teen Line (Los Angeles)800-852-8336The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)866-488-7386National Domestic Violence Hotline800-799-SAFE [800-799-7233]Crisis Text LineText "Connect" to 741741 in the USALifeline Chathttps://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/International Suicide Resources: https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/

Dr. Juveria Zaheer joins me to discuss what we can learn from suicide notes to prevent suicides. BIO: a Clinician Scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research; Education Administrator in the Emergency Department at CAMHHer research focuses on suicide, gender and culture, and she is the lead author of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Clinician Handbook on Suicide Prevention.Dr. Juveria Zaheer has done extensive research and investigation on suicide notes and believes that by investigating them, “we have an opportunity to improve our understanding of the mind-set of people in the moments prior to their suicide deaths. The hope is that we can use this information to understand patterns of thinking that contribute to suicide. These patterns can be targets of treatment in those at risk. Dr. Zaheer has also been instrumental in implementing programs that affect the performance of an organization. Nationally, she led the development of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Clinician’s Handbook for Suicide Prevention, a 72-page manual distributed to every CAF health care provider to guide a standardized approach to care for service members at risk for suicide