Depression Is Not Weakness: Challenging Stigma With Compassion and Truth

Depression Is Not Weakness: Challenging Stigma With Compassion and Truth

Too often, people living with depression are told they’re “weak” or “lacking faith.” These false beliefs not only fuel stigma—they also isolate people from the support they deserve. In this powerful conversation, Victor Armstrong—a leading mental health advocate—shares how harmful narratives about depression being a moral or spiritual failure have shaped communities, families, and even faith traditions. He explains why the truth is the opposite: those living with depression and suicidal thoug...

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Living With Depression: What Lived Experience Teaches Doctors Can't

Living With Depression: What Lived Experience Teaches Doctors Can't

What does it take to find hope when severe depression makes even getting out of bed feel impossible? On this episode of Giving Voice to Depression, Alexis shares her experience navigating decades of m...

13 Okt 27min

What to Say to Someone With Depression: How Simple Support Can Bring Hope and Healing

What to Say to Someone With Depression: How Simple Support Can Bring Hope and Healing

What do you say when someone you care about is struggling with depression and feels completely alone? This episode of Giving Voice to Depression shares Rosaleen's powerful story of a dark night when s...

6 Okt 27min

What to Say to Someone with Depression: Real Messages That Offer Hope and Support

What to Say to Someone with Depression: Real Messages That Offer Hope and Support

When someone you love is living with depression, one of the biggest fears is saying the wrong thing. Should you offer advice? Try to cheer them up? Remind them of everything they have to be grateful f...

29 Sep 30min

Life After Suicide Loss: Finding Hope, Healing, and Joy Again

Life After Suicide Loss: Finding Hope, Healing, and Joy Again

Ten years after losing her 24-year-old son Richard to suicide, Ann Marie Farino wants other suicide loss survivors to know something she once believed was impossible: grief and joy can exist together....

22 Sep 18min

What to Do If Your Friend Is Suicidal: A Teen's Guide to Getting Help and Saving a Life

What to Do If Your Friend Is Suicidal: A Teen's Guide to Getting Help and Saving a Life

What would you do if your best friend told you they were thinking about suicide—and begged you not to tell anyone? For many teenagers, this isn't a hypothetical question. In the final episode of our t...

15 Sep 14min

Teen Suicide Prevention: How to Respond When Your Child Talks About Suicide

Teen Suicide Prevention: How to Respond When Your Child Talks About Suicide

When a teenager tells a parent they're thinking about suicide, it's one of the most frightening conversations a family can face. How do you respond without minimizing their pain—or overwhelming them w...

8 Sep 15min

How to Help a Suicidal Teen: Why Kids Don't Tell Their Parents They're Struggling

How to Help a Suicidal Teen: Why Kids Don't Tell Their Parents They're Struggling

One of the greatest fears many parents have is learning that their child was struggling—and never told them. Why do so many teenagers share suicidal thoughts with friends but keep them from the adults...

1 Sep 17min

LGBTQ+ Depression: Coming Out, Mental Health, and Finding Hope Through Authenticity

LGBTQ+ Depression: Coming Out, Mental Health, and Finding Hope Through Authenticity

"How are you?" Instead of giving the automatic answer—"Fine"—Nick paused. Then he said something most of us rarely admit: "Actually, I've been really struggling." That honest response became the begin...

25 Aug 25min

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