#171 - Mental Health Advocate - Lisa Sugarman

Lisa Sugarman is an author, a nationally syndicated columnist, a survivor of suicide loss, a mental health advocate, a crisis counselor with The Trevor Project, and a storyteller with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She writes the syndicated opinion column It Is What It Is and is the author of How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It, Untying Parent Anxiety, and LIFE: It Is What It Is.  Learn more at lisasugarman.com. Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe for free at mikeyopp.comThis episode features conversations about suicide.  If you or anyone you know needs help with this subject, please visit The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline online www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org or @ 988 talk or 988 text.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikeyopp.substack.com/subscribe