Welcome to A World Where LivingWorks, stories of science and survival. Bringing together our heads and our hearts, to build a suicide safer world. Suicide can be prevented—and everyone has a role to play. Life-saving skills can be learned by individuals, businesses, and communities everywhere. Together, we can build a safer, more hopeful world. Join us as we hear from technical experts and people with personal expertise when it comes suicide and its prevention.
Episodes
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
In this Podclub epilogue we share listener feedback on the last episode about safe spaces for LGBTIQ communities when it comes to suicide prevention.
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Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
In this episode of 'A World Where LivingWorks', we talk with Vice President of Advocacy and Government Affairs at The Trevor Project, Sam Brinton.
The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people. The Trevor Project offers a suite of 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention programs, including TrevorLifeline, TrevorText, and TrevorChat as well as the world’s largest safe space social networking site for LGBTQ youth, TrevorSpace. Trevor also operates an education program with resources for youth-serving adults and organizations, an advocacy department fighting for pro-LGBTQ legislation and against anti-LGBTQ rhetoric/policy positions, and a research team to discover the most effective means to help young LGBTQ people in crisis and end suicide.
Sam works to ensure The Trevor Project is advancing policies and positions that help LGBTQ youth in crisis. They lead Trevor’s work on the federal, state and local level and in the executive, legislative and judicial branches with focus on both LGBTQ issues as well as the mental health and suicide prevention space.
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Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
In this Podclub epilogue we share listener feedback on the last episode about engaging diverse communities and cultures in suicide prevention.
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Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
In this episode, host Kim Borrowdale talks with Chukumeka (Chukes) Maxwell about how to engage diverse communities and cultures in suicide prevention.
Chukes is the founder of Action To Prevent Suicide CIC - a Devon based non-profit dedicated to raising funds for community-based programs focused on suicide prevention.
Born in London, to African and Caribbean parents, Chuke’s family emigrated back to Nigeria in 1965 but Chukumeka was then evacuated to the UK in 1967 as a refugee from the Biafran civil war. He has have also lived in Jamaica and Belize.
Chukes has had a very eclectic working life, from training in the hotel industry after school to opening an award-winning delicatessen and later his own catering company, then re-training as a holistic deep tissue massage therapist and later as a registered Social worker.
A part-time lecturer at the University of Plymouth, Chukumeka is now also a suicide prevention trainer specializing in LivingWorks programs, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Trainer (ASIST) and safeTALK.
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Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
In this Podclub epilogue we share feedback on the last episode from listeners around the world. Many who commented, whether they identify as part of a faith group or not, are supporters of faith communities prioritizing suicide first aid training.
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Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Faith communities play a critical role in providing connectedness, fostering resiliency, and offering hope.
In this episode, host Kim Borrowdale talks with LivingWorks Director of Faith Community Engagement, Glen Bloomstrom about how to galvanize faith groups when it comes to suicide prevention. Chaplain Bloomstrom served three decades as an activity duty Chaplain in the United States Army, is a LivingWorks ASIST and safeTALK trainer as well as team lead for our newest online program, LivingWorks Faith.
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Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
In this Podclub epilogue we share feedback on the last episode from listeners around the world. Comments ranged from reflections on the concept of modern masculinity to practical lessons learned in the training room when it comes to engaging men in suicide prevention.
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Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Our first episode this season is “Modern Masculinity”. Host Kim Borrowdale talks with clinical psychologist Dr. Zac Seidler. As a researcher and leading men’s mental health expert, he currently holds dual roles as Director of Mental Health Training at Movember and Research Fellow with Orygen at the University of Melbourne.
Dr. Seidler has dedicated his academic and professional career towards further understanding men’s mental health and masculinity. His ultimate goal is to help reduce the staggering rate of male suicide worldwide.
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Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Guess what? We’re starting a podclub! You know, like a book club but you get together to chat about the podcast. Podclub!
In this series, we’re talking with people from communities and cultures around the world to try to better understand the concept of suicide and its prevention in their context.
These are big discussions that possibly raise more questions than answers.
That’s why alongside this series we’ve started a podclub.
Follow LivingWorks on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn and each time we publish a podcast episode we’ll also post some podclub questions. As you reflect on that episode you can add your comments and questions to the post, or, where it’s safe to do so, get together with friends and colleagues to have a discussion in person and let us know how that goes.
Suicide is complex and its prevention is fair from simple but together we can try to better understand what it means for different communities. To build a world where LivingWorks.
See you in Podclub!
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Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Welcome to series two of A World Where LivingWorks!
In this series we talk with people from different communities and cultures around the world to try to better understand the concept of suicide and its prevention in their context.
We’re discussing some big stuff that doesn’t have easy answers.
We talking about everything from modern masculinity to galvanising faith groups. We look at the challenges of walking in two worlds as First Nations People...refugee and migrant families who call two countries home...and how to create safe spaces for LGBTIQ communities.
In each episode we’ll discuss the nuances of language when it comes to suicide. How do you prevent suicide when the word itself isn’t used in some countries and cultures? When lives have been lost to suicide, how do different cultures process grief and loss?
We talk with people about taking positive action in their community. How have they engaged decision makers, local people with influence, and everyday people in suicide first aid?
Every community and culture is different. But suicide and its prevention is something we all have in common. Series two coming soon!
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