59 min

Ep. 95 - He lost two sons within a year | Major Gen. Mark Graham Understand Suicide

    • Mental Health

In this episode, Army Major General, Mark Graham talks to us about the loss of his two sons, Jeffrey and Kevin, one of them being of suicide. He tells us how his family dealt with the shock and pain brought up by Kevin’s suicide, how it affected each member of the family, and how they came together to heal from the compounded grief of losing both kids within a short period of one year.

He also shares with us the beautiful work he does as a director of Vets4Warriors, a peer-to-peer support network for veterans and their families. Mark and his wife Carol have become mental health advocates; they want to make sure that their losses can be transformed into vessels of hope.



Are you looking for an online suicide loss support group? Join mine. See details here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.ly/qcCC9⁠⁠⁠⁠



If you want to support my channel, buy me a coffee.

https://bit.ly/3whorPH

Find out more about Vets4Warriors:

https://www.vets4warriors.com/

Find my book "Understanding Suicide: Living with loss, paths to prevention:”

https://amzn.to/3hUWSXO

Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com 

Enroll in my course "How to help suicidal people."

https://bit.ly/3klNZ7n

If you need to talk, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Phone: 800-273-8255


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paula-fontenelle/message

In this episode, Army Major General, Mark Graham talks to us about the loss of his two sons, Jeffrey and Kevin, one of them being of suicide. He tells us how his family dealt with the shock and pain brought up by Kevin’s suicide, how it affected each member of the family, and how they came together to heal from the compounded grief of losing both kids within a short period of one year.

He also shares with us the beautiful work he does as a director of Vets4Warriors, a peer-to-peer support network for veterans and their families. Mark and his wife Carol have become mental health advocates; they want to make sure that their losses can be transformed into vessels of hope.



Are you looking for an online suicide loss support group? Join mine. See details here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.ly/qcCC9⁠⁠⁠⁠



If you want to support my channel, buy me a coffee.

https://bit.ly/3whorPH

Find out more about Vets4Warriors:

https://www.vets4warriors.com/

Find my book "Understanding Suicide: Living with loss, paths to prevention:”

https://amzn.to/3hUWSXO

Visit my page www.understandsuicide.com 

Enroll in my course "How to help suicidal people."

https://bit.ly/3klNZ7n

If you need to talk, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Phone: 800-273-8255


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paula-fontenelle/message

59 min