Depressed and Suicidal | Game of Life or Game of Suffering

Growing Through Grief

English - July 05, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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Joining us today to talk about parenting, depression, and healing is Ana Lennyr, a Life Strategist and Anti-Depression Expert.

Ana overcame suffering from depression and suicidal tendencies and now specializes in helping teenagers and adults build solid and supportive family relationships, teaching them how to get rid of depression and never slip back into it. She is a Psychologist and host of the radio show True Secrets of Life.

In this episode, we delve into Ana's life journey and the adversities she faced, the awakening moment of her mother's death, and the lessons she took from every heartbreak in her life. Ana kindly described her transition from being suicidal to becoming a life strategist, why she believes growing through grief is a painful and arduous process, and her unique perspective on collective suffering: the copy-pasted world we live in.

Ana also shared her three-step approach to addressing pain, valuable advice for parents in helping their kids avoid and deal with depression, and why we must stop carrying around blame, guilt, and shame.

Some Questions I Ask:

Could you talk about going from being suicidal to becoming a life strategist? (7:33)

You talked about acknowledging and looking at that pain and taking responsibility for it. But you also state that looking at the blame, the shame, and the guilt is also essential. Could you expand on that? (23:07)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Ana explains why she thanked her mother for dying and what that death taught her (4:35)

Why it is so hard to learn and grow from grief (6:52)

Ana takes us through her healing process and her aha moment after her mother's death (8:51)

Why Ana believes overcoming depression is not that hard; the tricky part is suffering from it (11:54)

Ana's three-step process to approach pain (15:58)

Why Ana believes we live in a copy-pasted world (24:32)

Ana talks about CHAOS, Childhood Automatic Operating System (26:42)

Ana shares her thoughts on what happens once we have the tools and gain awareness on how to get ourselves out of depression (32:13)

Resources:

Ana Lennyr website - BETTER ASK ANA

True Secrets of Life with Ana Lennyr radio show