Maike Mullenders on Grief, Growth, and Accepting the Truth She’ll Never Have

In this episode of The Power of the Truth Podcast, Fran interviews Maike Mullenders, a yoga teacher, author, and volunteer group facilitator for Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide. Maike shares her childhood growing up with a father with undiagnosed mental health issues who repeatedly attempted suicide and died by suicide when she was 21. Book:The Confession: A Journey to Acceptancehttps://amzn.eu/d/f1b9CIkContact:LinkedIn: Maike Mullenders | LinkedInFacebook: FacebookInstagram: InstagramMaike works as a yoga teacher but she is first and foremost a mother of three. I volunteer for SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide), heading up their Reigate Support Group.After working for ten years as an actress in television, theatre and radio, she trained and worked as a Relate couples and young people counsellor. Going on to work as an advocate for Witness Against Abuse by Health and Social Care Workers.  Having benefited greatly from practicing yoga personally, she went on to train as a teacher and has been teaching since and running workshops.Her personal highlight has been finally having the courage to tell her own story; living with a father with undiagnosed mental health issues who went on to take his own life. My book, The Confession: A Journey to Acceptance was published by Mirror Books in 2023.If you are struggling, please contact:The Samaritans, available on 116 123 (24 hours 7 days)Hopeline247 – 0800 068 41 41 - www.papyrus-uk.org Hub of Hope - www.hubofhope.co.uk Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) 0300 111 5065 Send us Fan MailIf you have a story that you think would be good for the podcast, please do get in touch by emailing [email protected].