Kirsten O’Connor – Talking about Suicide and Grief
In this episode, we’re chatting with Kirsten O’Connor about suicide and grief – and the harm we can cause when we respond with silence.
Kirsten lost her 24 year old daughter, Kahlia, to suicide, and has since been on a discovery of grief – documenting her own experience, exploring the impacts of grief on the brain and body, and helping others to understand grief through authoring books and running grief-focused writing programmes.
She explains why the worst response we can have when someone is grieving – especially after a suicide – is to not talk about it.
