Episode 73: "You're Living to Prevent Suicide, What Now?" with Anne Moss Rogers You're Blank, What Now?

In this episode, myself and Anne Moss Rogers have a conversation around Suicide, losing a loved one to suicide and HOW to travel through the grief with the pain. Anne Moss shares her personal story of losing her younger son, Charles, to suicide and the aftermath for herself and her family… How she turned this Tragedy into a Triumphant Purpose in Living to Prevent Suicide. Anne Moss Rogers is an Emotionally Naked  TEDx storyteller, certified suicide prevention trainer, and author of the award-winning memoir, .  After her 20-year-old son, Charles died by suicide in 2015, Anne Moss chronicled her family’s tragedy in a newspaper article that went viral, and her blog, Emotionally Naked, has reached millions.  Her second book, , with co-writer Dr. Kimberly O’Brien was published on August 24, 2021, through Wiley Publishing. She has been featured in the New York Times, , and was the first non-clinician invited to speak on youth suicide at the National Institute of Mental Health. She is one of the editors of the . A UNC-Chapel Hill alumna, Anne Moss currently lives in Richmond, VA with her husband. Her surviving son, Richard, is a filmmaker in LA. I am your host, Marci Nettles. I have had a lifetime of opportunities where I had the choice to Breakdown or Breakthrough… and like many of you, challenges rise up almost daily.  It is my hope this Podcast may become your light in the darkness, as you listen to the stories of people I consider “heroes.” Each one had a point where they too had to choose to either Breakdown or Breakthrough! Thank you for listening! Please connect with Anne Moss:  , Find Marci at marcinettles(.)com