This episode on Living with a Suicide we have a round table discussion. Josette and Madeleine are best friends. They met in the Houston Airport after their plane was grounded because of the crash of an international flight. Madeleine bummed a ride to a local hotel with Josette where they discovered that not only were they both from France, but they lived only a few miles from each other in Northern California. Madeleine was still grieving the loss of her husband to suicide. Little did they know that ten years later Josette would also lose her husband to suicide. Several decades have passed since these two remarkable and strong women were brought together by fate. They have joined Dawn Harward and Tyler Woods, PHD for a conversation about losing a spouse to suicide and how they survived it. This group of women represents several decades of suicide survivorship which makes for an interesting conversation on support services.

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Music: Somewhere Sunny, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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This week on Living with a Suicide host Dawn Harward interviews Madeleine Herrmann. Madeleine Herrmann lost her husband to suicide and is the auther of Partita a Psychological Mystery.

Madeleine and Fred defied the age-old hostility between the Germans and the French and married. They lived in California, built two houses, and raised four children. Madeleine pioneered physical fitness classes for women and children in California and graduated from UC Berkeley in 1962 with a master’s degree. Tragically, Fred Herrmann committed suicide in 1969. Madeleine raised their four children on her own and then, in 1983, she went back to college to study Transpersonal Psychology in the master’s program at JFK University in Orinda, CA. She has lived in Taos, New Mexico, since 1992.

Partita a Psychological Mystery is a novel exploring the mysteries of human sorrow, love, and music. The story is Madeleine’s fictional exploration of the causes of her husband’s suicide, and presents the view of a woman struggling to find answers for disturbing reality that the man she loved and thought she knew suddenly took his own life. Many readers are moved by the way the tragedy speaks to incomprehensible emotional events in their own lives.

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Music: Somewhere Sunny, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Host Dawn Harward interviews Lindsey. Lindsey talks about losing her father and a close friend to suicide. She also discusses her own struggle with depression and destructive behaviors and how it affects her life.

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In this episode of Living with a Suicide, host, Dawn Harward concludes the interview with Robin (Mother) and John(Step Father) and about the suicide of their son Nick, John talks about the day of Nicks passing, the view held by some that people who commit suicide go to hell and reflects on the healing process.

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In this episode of Living with a Suicide, host, Dawn Harward interviews Robin (Mother) and John(Step Father) and about the suicide of their son Nick. In this first part of their story Robin talks of raising Nick and the events leading up to his completed suicide and the devastating aftermath. Shortly after the loss of their son, within 24 hours, Robin suffered a life threatening stroke which further complicated the situation.

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This week on Living with a Suicide, host, Dawn Harward interview Dr. Tyler Woods about the aftermath of a suicide.

Tyler Woods, Ph.D. has worked in crisis intervention and suicide prevention since the early 90’s and remains active in that field, working with Survivors of Suicide Tucson. She has been a critical incident debriefer working directly with the aftermath of traumatic deaths and incidents. She became active with Survivors of Suicide over 11 years ago and two years ago turned the group into a non-profit organization.

Tyler earned her BA in Holistic Psychology and her Master's in Counseling Psychology. She was a clinician for many years while earning her Doctor in Holistic Health, focusing on healing through alternatives that aid in emotional and healthy well being.

Tyler has worked with hundreds of families helping them deal with the loss of losing someone to suicide. Dr. Woods is a survivor herself and believes that there are possibilities that can arise from the tragedy.

SOS Tucson

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This week on Living with a Suicide, host, Dawn Harward, exams the myths associated with suicide.

• He seems so happy.
• The family should have known.
• The family is to blame.
• You should just get over it.
• You should not let it change you.

Dawn Harward also talks about what people say to comfort you that actually causes pain.  
Finally, Dawn talks about some emails she received and what people are doing to deal with their grief.

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This episode of Living with a Suicide talks about what to expect and what needs to be done after a suicide.  Dawn discusses funeral arrangements, finances and accessing the accounts of the deceased.  She talks about the choice of closure in seeing the body vs remembering the person as they were.

Death Checklist

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In the second half of Auriel's story she talks about the last time she spoke to her father, finding out about his death and the negative behaviors that followed.  She focuses on the importance of communication with friends and family as well as finding some good in even the darkest event.

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This is the first part of Auriel talking about the loss of her father.  She was 20 years old when her father completed suicide.  She talks about how she would make up stories instead of telling the truth about her father and how it effected her relationships and her family.

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This is the first episode of Living with Suicide. Host Dawn Harward tells her story: the loss of her husband to suicide, the affect on the family and herself. She talks about the financial and spiritual toll of the loss. This is not an easy tale to tell but was told in the hope it will help others.

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