Let's talk Suicided with Vonnie Woodrick

Suicide is a huge topic that most of us avoid or don't talk about it at all . But in this episode we dived into this topic all in. After the loss of her husband, Rob, in 2003, Vonnie Woodrick’s life was forever changed, as she was forced to live a life without her loving partner and the father of their three children. Feeling as if no one understood suicide, the effects mental illness can have, and the judgment attached, Vonnie set out to change attitudes and the conversation.One of Vonnie’s first initiatives was to create a petition to change the definition of suicide – updating the stigmatizing definition about intentionally taking one’s life to one about suicide’s role as a terminal side effect of mental illness.If you need to get in contact with Vonnie Woodrick you can find her on Facebook and Instagram @Vonnie WoodrickPlease support her nonprofit at : www.iunderstandloveheals.orgIf you want to connect and know more about me and my podcast: Leap of Healthyou can find me at :www.alexbalgood.comFacebook @AlxBalgood and @leapofhealthwithalexbalgoodInstagram @AlexbalgoodYoutube @AlexBalgood