What You Need to Know about Peer Support Eduardo Vega | Episode 9
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I have long believed that peer support is an underappreciated link in the chain of survival for suicide prevention. Trained peer specialists can not only help hold the pain for...
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In this inspirational podcast I have the great honor of interviewing one of my most beloved social agitators, Eduardo Vega. Eduardo begins by sharing his own experiences with suicidal intensity and the “incomprehensible demoralization” he felt as he tried to escape himself. For him the turning point happened when he started to connect with something larger than himself by helping others. Eduardo talks at length on the podcast about the helper principle – in other words, the notion that helping others helps us. While the idea of peer support has long been promoted in addiction recovery and among mental health advocates, it is just now gaining traction in suicide prevention. Eduardo shares his view on why this is so, and gives us the science and the strategy for “the way forward.”
Here are some images of the "Destination Dignity March" in DC, a day when people living with mental health conditions stood in solidarity and demanded respect. #PeerPower For mor information on this and every episode go to https://www.sallyspencerthomas.com/hope-illuminated-podcast/9
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