012: Find Hope When You Feel Like Dying

In Find Hope When You Feel Like Dying, Fiona Livingstone, talks about her journey through depression, bulimia, trauma and the suicide of her father. Fiona now runs workshops to prevent, heal and post-care from suicide.

Fiona has been working in suicide prevention for over 7 years. She holds a number of educational workshops so that people have the skills needed to identify someone who might be struggling, or thinking about suicide, to know what to say, and to know what supports are available. Fiona delivers training to health professionals, service providers, as well as community members who have no professional connection to suicide prevention. Fiona’s dedication for this work comes from her own lived experiences around suicide. She delivers this important work through her business, Find Hope. More recently, Fiona identified the need for people to understand how to support people who are bereaved by suicide, and she has developed a workshop that addresses this.

Fiona is also the Soul Centre author of 11 Powerful Lessons That The COVID Crisis Taught Me.

In Find Hope When You Feel Like Dying, Fiona talks about:

Her own journey through bulimia, depression and the suicide of her father
When someone desires suicide
Two psychological states: perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness
The link between eating disorders and suicide
Why people attempt to die by suicide
Why don’t people who attempt to die by suicide reach out for help
Myths about suicide
What signs do we need to look out for?
How do we talk about suicide?
Do you need to be a health professional to talk about suicide?
How Fiona recovered from complex trauma, depression and disordered eating
How depth psychotherapy works
How long does therapy take
Fiona’s suicide programs:
- Find Hope
- Find Hope After Suicide
- Find Healing

Connect with Fiona

Find Hope Website

Find Hope on Facebook

Find Hope on Instagram

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Trauma Warriors™ Facebook page

Trauma Warriors™ Facebook Group

The Psychosynthesis Centre Facebook page

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About Jodie Gale

Jodie Gale is the founder of TraumaWarriors.Online, host of the Trauma Warriors with Jodie Gale podcast, an Eco-Psycho-Spiritual Psychotherapist, Complex Trauma Expert, Mind Body Eating + Plant-Based Nutrition Coach. She is a leading specialist in women’s emotional, psychological and spiritual health and well-being. Over the last 20 years, Jodie has helped women to transform and heal their lives from complex trauma, disordered eating and the trance of unworthiness. She has a private psychotherapy, counselling and life-coaching practice in Manly, Frenchs Forest and Allambie on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. Jodie is passionate about helping women befriend, connect and nourish their whole selves: body, feelings, mind and SOUL!

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