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Steven Frain Sister
by Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington
Samantha Bennington and Pamella Jean developed a life-long friendship after meeting in the late 1990's. They always knew their special friendship would stand the test of time, but they never anticipated sharing a tragic bond of each losing a family member they deeply loved to suicide.Their podcast (named after Pamella's brother Steven who took his life) aims to provide coping tools for people experiencing helplessness who are dealing with suicide loss, fears a loved one is contemplating taking their own life or a person with suicidal thoughts that may feel too paralyzed to reach out for help.
Episodes
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How To Help Promote Suicide Prevention Month, Week and Day
Pamella and Samantha talk about things you can do to help spread the word that September is Suicide Prevention Month, how to focus on being kind to others and how to especially be kind to yourself. Articles Referenced: Making Others Feel Good About Themselves My Friend Is Suicidal, Now What?
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Interview With World Champion Surfer Keala Kennelly
Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington interview World Champion Surfer, Keala Kennelly. Keala shares candidly the times she thought of taking her life, how she has successfully dealt with her depression and what she's learned about being bipolar.
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Is Suicide Selfish?
On Steven Frain Sister's 13th podcast, Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington discuss whether or not they think suicide is a selfish. They also share an eye opening article entitled "Suicide Is Not Selfish", which provides information on something called a suicide trance. Articles: Suicide Is Not...
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How Much Do You Value Yourself?
On Steven Frain Sister's 12th podcast, Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington discuss the importance of self-value and how it differs from confidence and self-esteem, which have a tendency toward self entitlement. Pamella also does a quiz on Samantha"Do You Value Yourself" by Rick Hanson. Quiz: Do...
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Why Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Groups Will Help You
In Steven Frain's Sisters 11th podcast, Pamella Jean interviews Joyce Bruggeman, the Executive Director of Survivors of Suicide Loss (SOSLSD.org). Joyce discusses why support groups, such as the ones that SOSLSD have been facilitating since 1981, are so essential to help survivors with their…
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"How To Talk About Suicide In A Way That's Actually Helpful"
Pamella and Samantha Discuss how they feel about the advice Lindsay G Holmes provides in her Huffington Post article "How To Talk About Suicide In A Way That's Actually Helpful"
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Anne Moss Rogers Interview
Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington interview Anne Moss Rogers, who after losing her son Charles to suicide, started a blog EmotinallyNaked.com and was featured on TED Talks "Can a Blog Save Lives". Anne Moss offers her expert coping strategies, things to listen for to determine if someone is...
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Suicide Survivor Triggers
In Steven Frain Sister's 8th episode, Pamella and Samantha our joined by their producer Zachary (Weintraub). They discuss triggers that bring up the painful reminders of the loss of their loved ones to suicide and share the coping tools they use to ease their grief. Samantha also shares how she...
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Teenage Anxiety Contributors
In Steven Frain Sister's 7th episode, Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington share some alarming stats about the significant increase of teenage suicides, as well as research regarding what may be contributing to teenagers high level of anxiety and depression. They also discuss their views on…
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Part 2: Interview with Tobi Knehr Bennington
Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington continue to interview Tobi Knehr Bennington, Chester Bennington's sister and Samantha's sister-in-law, on the day of Chester's 43rd Birthday (March 20th) and the morning after (March 21st) his celebration of life in Tempe, Arizona.
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Interview with Tobi Knehr Bennington
Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington interview Tobi Knehr Bennington, Chester Bennington's sister and Samantha's sister-in-law. Tobi is not only a survivor of suicide loss, she courageously shares her own attempts. We hope by sharing her heartbreaking story it helps others who suffer with similar...
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Surprising Suicide Myths
In Steven Frain Sister's 4th episode, Pamella Jean asks Samantha Bennington questions regarding common myths surrounding suicide that reveal some surprising facts and statistics. Including: Do You Think Talking about Suicide Further Causes People to Act? RESOURCES: University of Notre Dame…
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Suicide Stigmas: Part Two
In Steven Frain Sister's third episode, Samantha Bennington and Pamella Jean continue discussing suicide stigmas and how stigmas greatly influence not only suicide survivors, but also people who may feel too ashamed to reach out for help. Conviction of Michelle Carter In Texting-Suicide Case...
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Suicide Stigmas: Part One
Steven Frain Sister's second episode deals with suicide stigmas and how stigmas greatly influence not only suicide survivors, but also people who may feel too ashamed to reach out for help. References for this podcast include: Conviction of Michelle Carter In Texting-Suicide Case Kristoff St....
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Why Steven Frain Sister?
In this premiere episode, life-long friends Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington, discuss how suicide has impacted each of their lives and why they teamed up to create the Steven Frain Sister podcast.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Samantha Bennington and Pamella Jean developed a life-long friendship after meeting in the late 1990's. They always knew their special friendship would stand the test of time, but they never anticipated sharing a tragic bond of each losing a family member they deeply loved to suicide.Their podcast (named after Pamella's brother Steven who took his life) aims to provide coping tools for people experiencing helplessness who are dealing with suicide loss, fears a loved one is contemplating taking their own life or a person with suicidal thoughts that may feel too paralyzed to reach out for help.
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Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington
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How many episodes does Steven Frain Sister have?
Steven Frain Sister currently has 15 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Samantha Bennington and Pamella Jean developed a life-long friendship after meeting in the late 1990's. They always knew their special friendship would stand the test of time, but they never anticipated sharing a tragic bond of each losing a family member they deeply loved to suicide.Their podcast...
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Steven Frain Sister is created and hosted by Pamella Jean and Samantha Bennington.
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