Voices For Suicide Prevention
The suicide crisis in Ohio and in America has no boundaries and neither will our conversations. We'll talk openly about the how, the why and the solutions to suicide prevention. This vital conversation is brought to you by the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation as we'll highlight experts, counselors, clinicians, advocates and ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the name of saving lives.
Episodes
46 episodes
A Farmer Shares Why Mental Health Matters In Agriculture
The heart of Ohio agriculture beats inside family trucks, quiet cab rides, and long rows that hold equal parts pride and pressure. We sit with first‑generation farmer Nathan Brown to trace the real story behind the harvest: the money paid up fr...
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How Being Brave Means Asking for Help
Raw honesty meets hard-won wisdom in a conversation with three veterans who open up about service, identity, and the messy middle of healing. We explore how the military’s structure can be both lifeline and blindfold—building discipline and lea...
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Healing Behind The Walls: A Conversation with Ohio's Corrections Director
What if a prison operated like a bridge back to community rather than a dead end? We sit down with Director Annette Chambers-Smith of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to explore how values, data, and everyday relationships a...
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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Saving Lives One Call at a Time
The lifesaving work happening behind the scenes at Ohio's 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is both humbling and extraordinary. With over 592,000 contacts in just three years—approximately 700-800 daily—the service has become a critical ...
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Pedaling for Purpose: The Ride for Hope Story
When COVID-19 forced the world into isolation, four friends with beat-up bikes started riding around their neighborhood to escape cabin fever. Those simple rides evolved into something none of them expected – a movement that's changing how peop...
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Breaking Stigmas: How Young People Are Transforming Mental Health Conversations
Breaking down the walls of silence surrounding youth mental health takes courage, creativity, and compassion – qualities that shine brightly in our remarkable student guests this month.Meet Ainslee Lloyd from Franklin High School and Aa...
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Beyond the Stigma: Why Companies Can't Afford to Ignore Mental Health
The workplace mental health crisis is costing American businesses billions while leaving employees struggling without adequate support. This eye-opening conversation with Teresa Lampl, CEO of the Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Ser...
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Beyond the Darkness: A Family's Journey Through Grief and Advocacy
What does resilience look like in the face of unthinkable loss? Debbie McClintock found herself navigating that question when she lost both her husband Pete and son Logan to suicide within five months. Rather than letting grief define her story...
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The Hidden Cost: Domestic Violence's $1.2 Billion Impact on Ohio
According to the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, the economic impact of domestic violence in Ohio is formidable, costing the state $1.2 billion annually. Yet only $20 million is allocated to combat this crisis. This discrepancy affects thousand...
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Beyond Politics: Finding Common Ground in Ohio's Suicide Prevention
The looming deadline for Ohio's budget, which Governor Mike DeWine must sign by June 30th at midnight, creates an urgent backdrop for critical conversations about mental health funding. As pandemic-era federal dollars disappear from community p...
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This ONE word describes suicide prevention efforts in 2025
Executive Director Tony Coder describes OSPF's continual evolution to save lives by saying 2025 is a year to innovate. Tony joins this episode to look at the current state of mental health and suicide prevention ...
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'Life Is Better With You Here' campaign drives outreach and advocacy in Black communities
There are statistics and there is culture. And sometimes, when the two mix, the outcome, to be very blunt, can be deadly. Black children 5-12 years old have been dying by suicide at double the rate of their white counterparts. &nbs...
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Legendary broadcaster turned movie producer urges men to get loud about mental health
You've heard people say, 'Now that guy has lived a life!' It's an axiom that absolutely describes Dino Tripodis. You may know him as a former morning DJ for two decades in the Columbus radio market. But along the way...
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Ohio leaders break stigmas and create programs to address suicides in the construction industry
When you bring together a Marine and construction safety executive with a youth pastor, two-time cancer survivor, and fellow construction leader, you get a dynamic conversation filled with passion and purpose. Johel Woodliff is a Safety D...
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Ohio leader takes on a national role in postvention leadership and advocacy
Clinicians, mental health specialists and non-profits around Ohio know Denise Meine Graham and her passion, humanity, grace and yes, trauma, related to suicide. She lost her son, Drey, to suicide more than 10 years ago. She later ...
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Nationwide Children's Hospital researchers lead Ohio and the country on media suicide reporting guidelines
When was the last time you clicked on a story knowing full well it was pure clickbait but you wanted a quick smile during your day and that story did its job! Hey, we all do it. From a changing mainstream media landscape to algorith...
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Suicide Prevention Through Resilience Training in Student-Athletes
Many people see a young, powerful and supremely fluid athlete on a field or court and think, 'What it must be like to have the world in the palm of your hand?' But the truth is, mental health concerns and suicide in collegiate student-at...
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OhioMHAS executive is THE definition of resiliency from a life of love and challenge
Tia Marcel Moretti is Chief Advisor and Deputy Director of The Office of Community & Family Resiliency within the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. It's a long title but you could likely sum up her life's work a...
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Two educators talk Pride Month and what young people aren't telling their parents
Just about every city, town and county in Ohio is celebrating June and Pride Month. Columbus hosts one of the largest Pride celebrations in the entire country! At the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation, we're committed to helping <...
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May, Mental Health Awareness Month and the passionate work of County Suicide Prevention Coalitions across Ohio
According to NAMI, 50% of all lifetime mental illness begins by the age of 14. 75% by the age of 24. This tells us many things including the vast importance of early diagnosis and the continued push to break stigmas around mental h...
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More farmers are dying by suicide. The Ohio Department of Agriculture has 'got your back'
Data doesn't lie. Agriculture is Ohio's biggest industry. $124 BILLION-plus in economic output every year. But there's another number on which we want to focus too; according to the National Rural Health Association, fa...
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A mom gets real about difficult pregnancies, postpartum depression and suicidal ideation
March is Women's History Month and for a long time in history, women have heard things like this when it comes to pregnancy, parenthood and postpartum depression: 'Isn't being pregnant just the best?' 'It's just the ...
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NBC 4 journalist, advocate and CEO on her faith-based journey to better mental health
Just about every time Jordyn Peaks speaks out about her suicide attempt, she breaks stigmas, which is why we're so grateful she shared her story with us and with you for our February episode. She's heard this in one form or another...
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Recovery Ohio meets Ohioans where they are in mental health and substance misuse
The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation is so proud to kick off another year of 'Voices for Suicide Prevention' to break stigmas, break barriers and save lives. We're doing it in grand fashion too with new co-host, Rachel Tilson, OSPF's Di...
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