Suicide Pages with Dr. Lulu. The Podcast
120 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsSuicide is second only to accidents as the leading cause of death in our youth. With this podcast, Dr. Lulu is spreading awareness for, and educating the public on suicide. She is interviewing guests who have been touched personally or otherwise by suicide. If you are a suicide loss survivor, have suicidal ideation, attempted suicide or know anyone who has, this podcast is for you. Listen and be encouraged knowing you are not alone, there is help out there. Call 1-800-SUICIDE or
1-800-273-TALK or text HELP to 741741. May you find peace, love, understanding, and support for your hardship. Dr. L Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uchenna-lizmay-umeh/support
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Dr. Sonal's Page: The Pediatrician-Mom on a Mission
March 31, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBAs a pediatrician and a mom, there are very few times that we are out of character. This week's guest embodies the mom, physician, empath, life-saver all in one. She is a neonatologist on a mission to save moms from the sometimes traumatic events that follow childbirth, that sometimes culminate in self-harm or suicide. Did you know that many moms take their own lives around 9 to 10 months postpartum? I had no idea it was a thing even though after my last baby, I myself had a health scare ...
Bobby's Page: Focus on One Moment at a Time
March 24, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 39.4 MBAfter he went to sleep next to his wife and woke up at the kitchen window, with his wife dying within minutes...anyone else would have been thrown into a fit of depression, and worthlessness, and despair. But not Bobby Petrocelli! Defying the odds to become a motivational and inspirational speaker, Bobby reached deep down and found the strength to take life literally one moment at a time. He has written and co-written so many books and has spoken to all places and worked with all people....
Derek's Story: "My Coping Skill Was Sex"
March 11, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBDerek Butler is a man after my heart! It took us so long to get together to but when we finally did, this episode was DYNAMITE!! He is a survivor, and a sur-thrivor, who has discovered that self-care, healthy connections, and positive affirmations to his inner child are the key to resiliency and success in today's world. Find out his daily affirmations, and how he gets them to work for him. Quotables: "I wrote a letter to sex" "I broke up with sex" "I tried to muscle my way out" "I ...
Thobeka's Page: "My Son is Now My Daughter"
March 09, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes - 35.7 MBOur first guest this week is a sister, a friend, a fellow African, a coach, and a fellow mom of an LGBTQ+ kid! We met and clicked right away as was discussed in the show, and our bond and sisterhood have continued to soar! As a coach of parents of LGBTQ+ kids, I am so happy to present her episode to you! I am so proud of her and the strength she exudes during this episode. She allowed the deepest level of vulnerability and is such an inspiration! She shares about her unique position as a ...
Heather's Page Pt-2: Healing From Betrayal and Moving On
February 20, 2021 03:05 - 48 minutes - 31.8 MBIn this concluding part of her interview, Heather tells us about her second suicide attempt and how and when she decided she needed to get better and heal and leave all her troubles behind and start moving forward with her life. She touches on the death of her father, her work in the media, and her second podcast. Find out the simple advice she gives to all or anyone who finds themselves in similar shoes as hers... Quotables: "I did what I had to do" Where to find her: Facebook, Podcas...
Heather's Page: When "Betrayal" Rents Space in Your Head Pt-1
February 19, 2021 23:27 - 54 minutes - 34.8 MBFellow podcaster and childhood trauma survivor Heather joins us this week to tell us her story of pain and betrayal of trust as a child. As you know, I always talk about how the betrayal of children is at the top of the list of reasons why our children hurt themselves. Listen to her story and let me know your thoughts. Quotable: "I was simply tired of being OK" Where to find: Podcast: You Should Have Asked Me First Hope you and your family are keeping safe, wearing your masks, sociall...
Sade's Page: When You Are Down and Your Job Kneels On Your Neck
February 11, 2021 06:00 - 45 minutes - 28.9 MBThis week, we talk with Ms. Sade Cutler. An African American woman who was treated so wrong by her former place of work to add to the list of traumatic events that piled up in her life, ranging from a pulmonary embolus to 8 miscarriages to being laid off from work and everything else in between! Ms. Sade shares her heart-wrenching story in this episode... Find out what she said that made me use some explicit choice words... Thankfully, she is "sur-thriving" today and is even helping other...
Dr. Kathryn's Page: Motor Vehicle Accidents and PTSD
February 02, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBWhen we hear of pivoting and changing and rebranding, many of us do not think about what this week's guest did. At 56yr young, she found herself enrolling in medical school! Today, many moons later, she is a successful family practitioner and goes about her day saving lives. She describes suicidality as "a moment of hopelessness" which as we know can spiral into the worst-case scenario. Listen to her thoughts about female physicians and suicide, and what word she uses to describe her life ...
Bronwen's Page: About Your To-Do List, Are YOU On It?
January 29, 2021 00:32 - 53 minutes - 37.3 MBThis week's guest is an author and a speaker who came to visit us from the future! Yes, she really did! She shares about chronic suicidality from early childhood and what finally happened before she figured out that she comes first. Books: 1. Keep it Super Simple 2. The Economy of Enough 3. Beyond Aha 4. Keep it Super Simple for Busy Professional Women Questions to ask yourself: 1. What stresses you out> 2. Create values 3. What am I actually doing? 4. What are the things on your...
Beatrice's Page: Leaning into Healing From Domestic Abuse
January 21, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 36.5 MBWhat do Betrayal, Marital Infidelity, Depression, Grief, Anguish, Abandonment, and Trauma have in common? Our second guest for the week! Ms. Beatrice shares the pain of marital infidelity and how she barely survived it. She discusses how a 12-Step program for spouses of sex addicts, great girlfriends, and therapy helped her "see the fruit and the blessing from all the traumas". Find out the book she recommends to all of us that will help with the healing. Quotables: "Don't give up hope...
Coach Benson's Page: When Simply Being a Friend is NOT Enough
January 19, 2021 13:39 - 54 minutes - 44.5 MBIn the first episode of this week, Coach Benson Fox, a young Jewish coach with wisdom far beyond his age! I am so proud of this young man and his insights. He talks candidly about the who, the why, and the what of suicide victims. A former suicide text line volunteer, he talks about his personal experience doing this, and paints a picture of how: Hopelessness + Emotional pain = Suicide! Find out the one thing he suggests actively suicidal victims can do to help get them out of the mi...
Dr Lulu's Page: My New year Resolution is All About Self-Care, What About You?
January 14, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBIt is with a heavy heart that I write this knowing full well that at this very moment, the United States Congress is voting to impeach a president that has caused so much pain and trauma to people that look like me, to people from countries like mine, to people that have children like mine. I am simply sharing how and why we need to practice self-care in the current uncertain political, financial, racial, and socioeconomic landscape. There are so much anxiety and vicarious trauma going ar...
Phebe Naomi's Page: When Disappointments are All Around You, and Still You Stand
January 12, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 43.7 MBOur first guest this week tells such a powerful story of survival! She talks about trauma from a tender age, and generational trauma and pain and suffering and substance abuse, and maternal domestic abuse and parental separation, and sexual abuse by a family member, and absent parent and abuse by her own spouse! How many points are those on the ACEs scale? She is a certified domestic violence counselor who is out on a mission to help others, but who first had to reconcile with all the hurt ...
Stephanie's Page: Social Workers; The Fire Fighters of Mental Health
January 05, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 38 MBIn this very first episode of Suicide Pages for the Year 2021, we are continuing with what I am dubbing our "trauma series". We have been interviewing social workers, therapists, and the likes in the past several episodes, and so is this one. Today, Stephanie, our guest talks about the effects of a parent AND a sibling suicide. What that is like. Who these people are. What their lives were like. She also sheds much-needed light on the "Life of a Suicide-Loss Survivor". Find out how she ha...
Dr. Lulu's Page: Happy New Year Musings...
December 31, 2020 21:08 - 20 minutes - 26.6 MBThis is an ultrashort episode where I am simply celebrating a fantastic end of the year of a very weird year! 2020 has been that kind of year, what with a new strain of Covid?? I didn't even mention it! I am simply celebrating life. I smiled throughout the recording! Hope you enjoy it. I talk about my new found treatment for my body aches and how my fibromyalgia pains have completely disappeared! Yes! Find out how. Also touched on my 3As and my 3Rs and of course, my new Anthology feat...
Gelisa'a Page: When the Loss of a Child is Only The Beginning
December 29, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutes - 33.7 MBGelisa Lewis thought she had it all. After enduring sexual abuse as a child, she thought trauma was behind her. She thought having a child would close the loop on what was otherwise an extraordinary life. But she was wrong. She was also wrong about thinking child-loss was the worst thing that could happen to her. Listen to find out what other surprises life had for her, but more importantly, what she has done to plant her feet firmly on the ground and even give back through a non-profit....
Samantha's Page: Pain is NOT Shameful; How One Family is Dealing With Suicide Grief
December 24, 2020 13:56 - 42 minutes - 34.2 MBOur Second Episode for this week takes a peek at suicide grief in one Black family's life. Samantha has so bravely shared her family's story of trying to deal with multiple counts of grief in a very short time. With a year like the one we have had, it is hard to imagine that one family could be dealt with so much grief and death in addition. However, as a Licensed Practical Counselor, Samantha shares how she is dealing with it in an unmatched vulnerability I have seen in my days of podca...
Lolita's Page: When Saying "NO" and Holding Space For Self is Enough
December 22, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 62 MBMy first guest this week was such a hoot! Coach Lolita Walker and I hit it off right off the bat! She is as energetic and charismatic and witty as I am, and we probably said the word "yaaaaaassssss" fifty-eleven times! She shares about how she felt unheard and unseen and as not adding value at various stages of her life, but she is happy to reflect on the constant affirmations she received from her parents as a child and credits that to her resilience today. She also shares how she was ...
Dr. Madhuri's Page: What Our Resident-Doctors Go Through With Their Mental Health
December 17, 2020 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBDr. Madhuri is an infectious disease physician who literally won my heart with her youth and her vision. This episode deals with something I experienced myself. Burnout! Like me, she was also suicidal and one day, she found herself on a road, in a car, and... Find out what she did that is sooooo cool for other residents. Qoutables: "I was scared to get help because I wanted to be the best doctor" "I was kind of in a daze all day" "I started doing things that are pleasurable to me" Wh...
Chantel's Page: How Do You Talk About Suicide? Just Talk About It.
December 15, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutes - 36.9 MBAfter her own suicide attempt, this week's guest found her calling. She decided to make the necessary changes to begin her healing and helping journey. A 15-yr veteran Licenced Practical Counselor, Chantel shares about her own trials and survival of "overwhelmness". Find out what she did and why. Quotables: "It's not you if your environment is not enriching you, change jobs" "We all have light in us, we all have greatness" "Trust the process" "Be comfortable reaching out and asking ...
Episode 100!!! Landmark Episode, Milestone Episode: Thanks, Reflections, Musings, More Reflections...More Thank Yous!
December 08, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 52.1 MBDecember 2020! Some of my favorite guests, my Suicide Pages book! Overview of this year with a focus mostly on the good, and less on the not-so-good. George Floyd. I could use sponsorships, I will work on them. Special guest appearances, MY DOCUMENTARY! TEDxAlief Enjoy! Dr. L --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uchenna-lizmay-umeh/support
Melissa's Page: When Children Should Neither Be Seen Nor Heard
December 03, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 29.9 MBMelissa White was one of those guests. Yup, the ones you never forget! She is beautiful, she is smart, but she has also been severely traumatized in her past. She shares about parental neglect, sexual assault (incest), absent father syndrome, childhood trauma, domestic abuse, runnings with the police, acting out in school, and of course a SERIOUS suicide attempt! Her story is so deep and so traumatic, that, I can only ask you to please listen and share it. Hmmm Find out what she said t...
Ardena's Page: From the Police Department to the School, Help is on the Way
December 01, 2020 12:40 - 47 minutes - 44 MBWhat are psychic pain and cognitive constriction? This week's guest is one of those smart Black women you would love to keep listening to... As a former police department counselor, she brings a whole different type of insight to our pages this week. Recorded in September (suicide awareness month), she shares her experience working on the front lines of the suicide war. She tells tales of being the first on the scene for other people's suicides, AS WELL AS her own struggles. Find out w...
Consuela'a Page: What Depression is REALLY Like
November 26, 2020 05:55 - 46 minutes - 33.8 MBToday, she is a licensed clinical social worker, addiction specialist and a certification supervisor. But, she wasn't always that. Once upon a time, she was a woman with a broken heart. A mother who was unable to get up from her bed for over one week. A warrior who finally decided enough is enough and she would get help! Like me, and many of us who have struggled with suicidal ideatios, she was driving on the road one day and found herself wanting to drive off and end it all... with her chi...
Delora's Page: When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Appears"
November 26, 2020 05:23 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBLadies and Gentlemen, Delora Evans is a Black gurl who SERIOUSLY rocks! She dropped ALL kinds of serious nuggets right from the jump! You will absolutely love her! She talks about REAL life growing up as a Black child, teen, young adult, and much more. Complete with disappointments and broken promises, drugs, alcohol, teen pregnancy, betrayals, abuse, you name it! But she is such a warrior! Today, she works with our most vulnerable; fighting addiction, and hopelessness in both the you...
Julia Busby's Page: School Teachers Get Traumatized Too
November 18, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes - 39.7 MBJulia Bugsby is a woman on a mission! She is a fellow podcaster and fellow "sur-thrivor"! I loooove her story of survival and thriving through domestic violence, suicide attempt, and PTSD! She is also living proof that there is life after trauma, there is life after pain, and life after a serious suicide attempt. Do me a favor and try to count how many times you hear the word trauma or PTSD in this episode. I have told y'all time and time again, that trauma is at the crux of most suicid...
Dr. Karen's Page: Tackling the Issue of Female Physician Wellness...
November 18, 2020 12:00 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MBDr. Karen was such a delight to interview. She is a retired OBGYN who has found her calling in energy and mindfulness work. She talked about her own private struggles with burnout and shares how she found her way home. Quotables: "I said YES to myself" "Women tend to be "other-focused" Dr. Karen's freebie: One of the ways to REALLY know what you want and need is to connect DEEPLY to yourself! But for many of us, we don't know HOW to do that on a consistent basis. Here is an 8 minute...
Tasha Hunter's Page: The Language of Pain
November 18, 2020 03:11 - 40 minutes - 30.4 MBTasha Hunter, MSW, LCSW says that the first language ever she learned was pain. Growing up in a mentally, physically, and sexually abusive home, all Tasha ever heard was that she was worthless, unloved, and unwanted. In this episode, Tasha talks about how her traumatic childhood led to her first serious attempt at suicide, how that attempt impacted her life, and her journey to become a clinician that helps others heal from trauma like hers. Tasha’s book What Children Remember can be found...
A Psychiatrist With A Message From Our Neighbors
November 10, 2020 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBDr. Araba Chintoh is a Canadian Psychiatrist after my heart! She specializes in research into Schizophrenia, she is smart, poised, and determined to educate the world about mental illness and its consequences. She speaks passionately about all the combinations of issues that lead us down the path of destruction and death by suicide. Working at a large tertiary center in a Canadian urban area, she sees the "most complex" cases and works hard with her team at CAMH to get her patients bette...
Dr. Felecia's Page: When You Have a Brand New Baby During a Lockdown!
November 06, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 46.1 MBDr. Felecia Sumner is a superstar as far as I am concerned! She freakin' had a baby girl smack dab in the middle of the Covid-19 Lockdown, had some complications after her baby, and lived to tell it! She and her family have been through it all, and still standing strong! Find out what she told me about her encounter with a police officer that literally knocked the air out of me and left me dumbfounded! YIKES! She and her hubby are on a mission to create a wellness empire with their famil...
Dr. Rhonda's Page: A Psychiatrist Who Recommends You Burn Your Cape!
November 05, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBOf all my guests ever, Dr. Ronda takes the cake with her uniqueness! A Psychiatrist and Integrative Behavioral Health Specialist! She is so smart, she is so smooth, she is so stress-free in her direct approach to preventing suicide. For her, suicide prevention is about giving life and hope to her patients. She uses the scriptures and Bible-based teachings to connect with her patients no matter their religious inclinations. She is the doctor for doctors, the psychiatrist you wish you and ...
Dr. Wanda's Page: When Your Ex-Boyfriend Kills Himself...In Front of You
October 27, 2020 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBWhat do you do? What can you do? When your ex-boyfriend kills himself right in front of you! One of this week's guests had to endure seeing that type of horror movie play out before her eyes when she was only 18. Her name is Dr. Wanda, and today, she is a therapist, but once upon a time, she was a victim of domestic abuse and all other kinds of trauma. Listen as she tells the chilling tale of how, and why, and what happened that day. What did she do? How did she overcome the days and n...
Rajya's Page: Chronic Suicidality, Yes, It's A Thing...
October 27, 2020 11:00 - 41 minutes - 25.6 MBMy second guest this week has the most incredible story. She has been depressed and suicidal since the age of 6 or 7! Losing her beloved father as a child was a very difficult life blow for her, and she struggled for years "looking for love in all the wrong places, with a broken heart". Thankfully, she found healing with "inner guidance", and rid herself of all the chronic ailments including thyroid disease, fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome! Today, she is a transformational coac...
Covid - 19 Doctor Chronicles with Dr. Rebecca: When Your Doctor is With Child During a Pandemic
October 20, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBDr. Berens and I go back a bit in our DPC journeys. She is also a fellow Woman-in-Medicine so, I have a very soft spot for her. Find out how she went from employee to starting her own practice at the New Year, only to be thrown with the curveball called Covid-19! She talks candidly about life in these United States as a Direct Primary Care Physician, offering affordable care in a time of great uncertainty. Her practice is called VIDA Family Medicine located in Houston, TX, so check them o...
Covid-19 Dr. Chronicles, Dr. Ball's Page: When Doctors Have Human Experiences
October 14, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThis week's first guest, in the person of Dr. Ball is another Black girl who rocks! In honor of the international day of the girl child that was on 10/11/2020, I am featuring two Black girls who rock, and she is one of them! She talks candidly as one of the 19 physicians I interviewed for my Covid-19 Doctor Chronicles about a serious family health crisis in her own mother during the lockdown and the stress of dealing with that. Describing herself as an extroverted-introvert, she shares a...
Covid-19 Dr. Chronicles: Dr. Delicia's Page: A (DPC) Doctor That Cares About Her Employees
October 13, 2020 11:00 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MBOur second girl-child (all grown up) that rocks for this week is Dr. Delicia Haynes, another Direct Primary Care Physician based in Florida. She discusses the changes and transitional processes her practice put in place to help her patients and the people of Florida. No stranger to mental health challenges, Dr. Haynes shares about her own struggles with depression, and how she overcame it with a combination of self-care and making a drastic decision to quit traditional medicine for direct p...
Dr. Ifeanyi's Page: 8 Pillars of Mental Wellness and This Really Smart Nigerian (Igbo-esque) American
October 06, 2020 11:00 - 50 minutes - 47 MBHmmm, you can never miss a Naija fella... "dem no de eva carray last"! (Look that up.) My second interview this week is non-other than a fellow Naija guy, a psychiatrist, a smart, well "edumacated" (6 university degrees later...CHAI!) kinda guy! Dr. Ifeanyi was so awesome to interview! A cool-headed-self-described introvert, but who gets that his young kids will need him to extrovert-up as needed in order to help them survive the much-needed adaptations, and might I add mutations it is go...
Dr. Ann Contrucci's Page: When 2 Pediatrician-Twin-Sisters Collide, the Energy is Electric!!
October 06, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 34 MBDear Listener, If I ever had a twin sister, her name would be Dr. Ann Contrucci, and she would be Italian! This week's first interview took place in May 2020, right in the heat of the lockdown, soon after I had a virtual parenting program. She is as funny as she is compassionate, she is a pediatrician after all! Non-stop action from the jump! Yes, even if we are talking about mental health challenges, trauma, ADHD, and of course SUICIDE! I love her definition of TRUST and JOY, and th...
Dr. Lulu's Page: Unpacking Physician Suicides
September 29, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 30.3 MBHello, dears, This episode was recorded in September of 2019 as a Facebook live episode, so, it might come out in a different mode than the others. It is a solocast. I am discussing physician suicides in details, in honor of September as suicide awareness month, and in honor of other things that are going on leading to more and more physician suicides daily. We just lost another physician, a pediatrician over Labor Day weekend and I can't think of a better way to honor him, than this wa...
Dr. Christine B. L Adams' Page: Everything you DID NOT KNOW about "Emotional Conditioning"
September 29, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBWhoa!! Our second episode this week, the last couple of days in September, the National Suicide Awareness AND Prevention month, is the BOMB! I found me a fairy God-Mother in my thought process and in medicine! A pediatric/child and Adolescent AND Adult psychiatrist for, get this... 40 YEARS! I thought I was BADT, but this here Chica is BADDDTT!! Such a brilliant soul! She is calm, collected, and challenges the norm: my type of girl, minus the "calm" :), cos y'all know I can't keep calm...
Dr. Christine B. L Adam's Page: Everything you DID NOT KNOW about "Emotional Conditioning"
September 29, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBWhoa!! Our second episode this week, the last couple of days in September, the National Suicide Awareness AND Prevention month, is the BOMB! I found me a fairy God-Mother in my thought process and in medicine! A pediatric/child and Adolescent AND Adult psychiatrist for, get this... 40 YEARS! I thought I was BADT, but this here Chica is BADDDTT!! Such a brilliant soul! She is calm, collected, and challenges the norm: my type of girl, minus the "calm" :), cos y'all know I can't keep calm...
Dr. Lulu's Why Our Kids Kill Themselves
September 21, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 26 MBThis was a talk that I recorded for a virtual event hosted by the United Nations in Ghana earlier this year. It was a pre-recorded event, and I essentially downloaded the audio version for you. I decided it is very relevant for this month and a great segway for my upcoming event on the 26th of September, 2020. Stay tuned for Stop Suicide Now! Summit... A 3hr event that will also include CEUs for clinicians as well as personal stories and expert lectures from psychiatrists alike. Stay t...
Covid - 19 Doctor Chronicles with Dr. Nkiru
September 15, 2020 11:00 - 55 minutes - 31.7 MBThe second doctor this week is a pediatrician like me. A Nigerian like me, and an Igbo woman! She is an ER physician and shares her insights and her thoughts and of course, how she and her family are dealing with the Crisis. She shares a special eagle's eye view of the pediatric emergency room. The 3 questions I ask the doctors are: How are you doing? How is your family doing? How is your practice doing? This was such a fun episode to record! Find Dr. Nkiru on IG and follow all her fun...
Covid-19 Doctor Chronicles: Dr. Yashika and Dr. Kay
September 15, 2020 11:00 - 42 minutes - 25.4 MBDear Listeners, This is a special episode of Suicide Pages. One of two this week. Both dedicated to physician wellness during this pandemic. Just last week another physician lost his life to suicide, bringing the number to about 13 so far that I have become aware during this time! It is the year 2020 and physicians still have the highest rates of suicides in the United States, to the tune of about 1.1 per day or 400 per year! This and the next several episodes are dedicated to doctors. ...
Nick's Page: Surviving Childhood Trauma, Becoming an Adult Bully, and Learning to Save Yourself
September 08, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 23.3 MBIt's officially National Suicide Awareness month! What are you doing to ensure it is going to be a productive one? This week, I present to you: A writer. A video designer. An author. A man who admits to childhood trauma, sexual trauma, alcohol, and pills. A man who admits to having had relationships centered around drugs and alcohol. A man who admits to having tried to "run away" from his trauma, but could not. This week's guest, Nick is a Black man that has been through it all but ...
Dr. Fernandez's Page: The Heart of a Pediatric Psychiatrist
September 08, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBTo this date, Dr. Fernandez is the one person that gets me! He is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and he gets it! He talks about the COVID-19 and how he, his practice and his patients and their parents. His voice, his demeanor, and his message as a psychiatric hospitalist truly resonate with me and the work that I do with at-risk youth. I love the originality and authenticity of this interview. He shares about life as a crisis doctor dealing with the most at-risk youth of them all.....
Dr. Lulu's Sad Weekend Edition
September 01, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 18.9 MBLike most well-meaning adults in today's world, the events of the past several weeks and months have been extremely challenging for me. This past weekend, however, was the worst of them all. It all started with Mr. Blake's shooting. I knew better than to watch the news. While I did not watch the actual video (I can't), I couldn't help catching a glimpse of the CNN reporter talking about his ordeal and the inhumane way he was treated at the hospital! Right away, I started hurting inside f...
Leo's Page: 10 Things to Do Before You Kill Yourself
September 01, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBDear listener, Who do you get when you mix a realist with an ardent reader and a comedian who also happens to struggle with depression and suicidal ideation? Leo Flowers, that's who! This week's guest was such a treat, a Las Vegas comedian from Chicago by way of San Diego! I hope you enjoy every moment of the over one hour of none stop talk, laughter, epiphanies, and fun that we had! He singularly brought me out of hibernation for real! I was on a semi break (which I still am), but whe...
Dr. Lulu's: Lean In, Tune In and Talk
September 01, 2020 04:45 - 28 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this episode which I publish on my birthday week (yay! welcome to 51!), I am essentially appealing to you my audience. I start by talking briefly about the 9yr old Australian boy who was bullied (to the horror of moms and dads on the internet). The little fella who was so anguished, he was asking his mother for a knife to kill himself. It is bad enough that he was bullied to the point of feeling suicidal, but for the internet to spread rumors about it being a lie is worse. It shows how i...
Eric's Page: His COVID-19 Chronicles: From Near Death to 38 miles on his Bike!
August 20, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes - 26.5 MBLadies and Gentlemen, what happens when your "Flu-like" symptoms in the middle of May turn out to be, umm, COVID 19?! Those of you who know Eric Rishi, know you are in for a treat any time he stops by! Believe it or not, I was looking for him to come and sprinkle some cosmic dust on us from the land of Yogi's, but alas, nothing could have prepared me for his own COVID story! Thankfully, he has been to the mend after struggling with the virus for 2months. And luckily, he is still full of ...