This conversation includes candid discussion of suicide, suicidal ideation, attempts, grief, and the emotional realities carried by survivors and the people who love them.What happens when someone finally tells the whole truth and discovers that the person listening does not panic, turn away, or try to make the story more comfortable?In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with Sean Wellington, founder and host of the Suicide Noted podcast, for a candid conversation about suicide, survival, silence, and what it means to truly listen.Since launching Suicide Noted in 2020, Sean has facilitated more than 400 long-form conversations with suicide attempt survivors and people who have experienced suicidal ideation across 47 U.S. states and 27 countries. His mission is to help us become better at talking about the hardest parts of being human so that fewer people are forced to carry them alone.Together, Lisa and Sean explore:
What suicide attempt survivors wish more people understood
The difference between listening and trying to rescue
Why people often remain silent until they reach a crisis
What pauses, contradictions, and unfinished sentences reveal
The responsibility involved in holding another person’s story
How families, clinicians, leaders, and friends can become safer people to tell the truth to
This is a conversation about radical listening, difficult truths, and the profound relief of being heard without being reduced to a diagnosis, a crisis, or the worst moment of your life.How to Find Sean:Home | Suicide Noted - Raw Talks with Attempt Survivorswww.seangwellington.comThe Missing RecordHow to Find Lisa:www.lisalacy.comNotes From the Edge explores trauma, identity, recovery, leadership, reinvention, and the conversations we should have been having all along.And as always, we end with the question:What did you perform in order to survive?Welcome to the Edge.
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