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Podcast: Life With Francy
Episode: Breaking the Stigma: A Conversation with Lisa Sugarman I Life with Francy Podcast
Description: In this episode of the Life with Francy Podcast, Francy sits down with Lisa Sugarman, a Boston-based author and nationally syndicated columnist dedicated to ending the stigma surrounding suicide and mental illness.
Lisa shares her personal journey, including the profound impact of learning that her father took his own life 35 years after his death. This revelation reshaped her mission to support others, turning her pain into purpose. Lisa works as a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project, a storyteller with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and a grief support facilitator with Samaritans. She is committed to normalizing conversations...