From Survival to Strength: Healing After Suicide Loss with Tiffaney Childers

What happens when loss changes you overnight?In this deeply honest conversation, Tiffaney Childers shares what it was like to lose both of her parents to suicide within one year — and the invisible weight that followed. The grief. The stigma. The silence.We talk about what survival mode really looks like, how it can protect us in the short term but quietly keep us stuck, and why healing doesn’t move in a straight line. It circles. It revisits. It softens and resurfaces.Tiffaney opens up about the turning point that led her to create the Rise Up method — a framework born from her own healing journey. She speaks about community as medicine, journaling as processing, and the courage it takes to reach out when everything in you wants to withdraw.This episode isn’t about tidy answers.It’s about sitting in the truth.And remembering that even after devastating loss, healing is still possible.If you’ve experienced grief,  especially suicide loss — or love someone who has, this conversation offers compassion, perspective, and grounded hope.TakeawaysGrief doesn’t follow a timeline — it revisits in waves.Survival mode can help you get through, but healing requires intentional support.Stigma around suicide often keeps people silent — and silence deepens isolation.Reaching out for help is strength, not weakness.Processing emotions (through writing, therapy, or community) is essential to healing.Loss changes you — but it doesn’t have to define you.Sharing your story can become part of your healing — and someone else’s lifeline.Connect with Tiffaney:🔗 The Rise Back: Reclaiming Life After Suicide Loss, Pain, and Silence – BUY BOOK ON AMAZON🔗 Instagram: @tiffaneychilders🔗 Learn more: www.risesavage.comConnect with Us: 🔗 Website:  https://kristazaft.com/🔗 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/zaftkrista/🔗 Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/krista.zaft/🔗 TikTok:   https://www.tiktok.com/@kristazaft?lang=en🔗 YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@kristazaft💬 Want personalized support? Book a free strategy call to explore how coaching can help you reclaim your energy, self-trust, and vision for a life that actually feels good. ➡️ If this conversation brings up anything for you, please don’t sit with it alone.In Canada, you can call or text 9-8-8 for immediate mental health support.📍 Local Alberta SupportCanadian Mental Health Association – Edmonton Suicide Bereavement SupportFree suicide bereavement support groups (for adults + youth), offered virtually and in person. Registration prior to attending may be required. (CMHA Edmonton)                                                  211 Alberta helps connect you to local support services including bereavement and mental health supports (call or search online). ‼️Attention, speaking of Protecting and Showing up for YourselfMy friend Elicia Ybarra is launching 21 Days to Unbreakable — a 21-day self-defence and confidence training for women who are done playing small.This isn’t about living in fear. It’s about embodied confidence — learning how to protect yourself, trust your instincts, and walk through the world differently.The program includes video lessons, a guided workbook, practice drills, and community support.Enrolment opens March 2.Use code BecomingSound2026 for $50 off.Learn more: https://www.prettyhandshardpunches.com/unbreakable Please Note: The views, information and opinions expressed during the Becoming Sound podcast series are solely those of the individuals involved. The content of this podcast is to educate, inform and for entertainment purposes only. This podcast series  and the content presented does not constitute for medical or other professional advice or services. If you are in crisis or in need of help, please contact your medical or professional provider.