Faces of Fortitude: Behind the Lens

Faces of Fortitude: Behind the Lens

A conversation series that provides a safe space for survivors of suicide trauma, to share their stories of grief, loss and survival. This podcast contains adult subject matter and discussions around mental illness, suicide and death, that may be difficult for youth and children to understand without the assistance of someone to help them process. The goal for this platform is to create communities of survivors across the globe that are helping each other across the narratives, creating a process of mutual healing.

Episodes

April 4, 2023 51 mins

In this episode, I am joined by my friend, TEDx speaker and healer, Manav Khanna and his 15 year old daughter who is the creator of the youth-led platform DETOXIMIND - which provides a safe-space for teens and young adults struggling with mental well-being.

This is an emotional and tender segment, where we speak to Krishnni about her darkest moments of suicidal ideation and how she has been inspired to turn her experience into a pr...

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This months Behind the Lens podcast episode is LIVE - and we welcome Tracy & Maggie - mother and daughter with 3 family suicides between them. 

Tracy and Maggie join us to share their story of grief, loss and resilience - we discuss how the losses affected the trajectory of their lives, and how having a similar narrative helped bring them closer in the...

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December 15, 2022 37 mins

This month I am so happy to welcome Megan - who sat for her portraits a few years ago in Los Angeles. Megan and her siblings lost their father, a single dad - to suicide. Megan bravely unpacks more of her story in today's episode and shares the heartwarming story of how their community really came together to make her and her siblings feel loved and not alone in the wake of their horrible loss. 

 

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October 27, 2022 51 mins

In this episode we are happy to welcome Sarah Climaco, to share more of here story since doing here portrait session. In this episode we discuss her mother and here history with mental illness, how she survived such a scary time - and then ultimately how she has and is processing the suicide of here mother. 

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September 15, 2022 56 mins

This months episode of Behind the Lens our guest is mother of two and suicide loss survivor, Annu Sangha. We met Annu first in August when she became our newest Face in the project, having her photo shoot. Now Annu is back to share more of her story. She wanted to share the difficult moments and her trajectory, in the hopes that it could possibly help someone else going through something similar. 

Thank you Annu for sharing a...

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August 18, 2022 37 mins

Pennie had her first Faces of Fortitude session in 2018. She returns to the podcast to share more of her story of suicidal ideation and incest survival. Pennie is a TEDx speaker, author or Brave and Unbroken and Founder of the Soul Fire Weekends. 

https://penniesaum.com/ 

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July 14, 2022 35 mins

Todays episode we go BEHIND the Lens of the Faces of Fortitude shoot with Isabel Aceves, who became a Face of Fortitude in 2019 during a shoot in San Diego. Izzy is the owner of Wellness Bae Radio - and umbrella company for The Wellness Latina and Healing with Izzy. She is a Staff Sgt in the US Air Force and is a suicide attempt and rape survivor. 

In this episode she talks about her trauma, how it has affected her life, and ...

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Welcome Back! After a 6 month hiatus for some self reflection and personal growth, I'm back. Its time for a much needed REFOCUS on how I extend my energy and engage with the world. This is a transitional episode. Short and sweeet - I explain where I have been, whats been happening, where I am NOW and wheree we are going as a community going forward. 

Thank you for listening and Happy Spring! 

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September 2, 2021 48 mins

Rosie O'Donnell is a comedian, producer, actress, author and television personality. She can currently be seen on Season 2 of Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q

In this episode Rosie & I talk about her re-emergence on Tikto...

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As some of you may know I came out as Transgender in April of 2020 and then June of 2021 I started taking Testosterone. In many ways this past year+ has been an evolution of sorts. Its been easily one of the most difficult times in my life but also the most rewarding and liberating.

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In this episode we welcome my friends August & MB Hackett and their dear friends Matt & Elliot Dürt. We are so honored they have come to share their story of chosen family in the queer & transgender community, and how their friendship since childhood grew into helping build their own families.

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April 8, 2021 93 mins

I am so honored to introduce you to a warrior human.

This is Audri - she is the only parent of two amazing kids, a photographer and the reason we connected because she is  Read more

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March 25, 2021 41 mins

This Faces of Fortitude session has been in the works for almost 3 years. Sashii (she/her) is a mother, singer, producer, director and amateur chef - who has struggled with mental illness her entire life.

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March 18, 2021 59 mins

This weeks guest is the incredible Porscha Maxine (she/they). She is a Politcal & Inclusivity Speaker and Moderator, a Life Coach, A certified teacher and the co-founder of Conscious Roots - a non-profit that provides development experiences and personized plans for professionals, teams and large ...

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February 25, 2021 68 mins

In this episode I welcome entrepreneur/sound healer/holistic wellness coach CRYSTAL MCKINNEY(she/her.) We have such a great discussion about holistic healing, chakra balancing and how she found her way to this path of healing and ...

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February 18, 2021 61 mins

This Episode I welcome back my friend EVA ECHO (she/her).

She is a transgender activist, mental health and suicide prevention advocate, Ambassador for the London Transgender Clinic, Spokesperson for Gendered Intelligence and recently founded the Pass It On Campaign - a project creating & sharing conversations around the trans and non-binary experience. Please join as we continue the important conver...

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This Episode I am SO THRILLED to have four friends help me kick off a new reoccurring series: MYTHS & MISCONCEPTIONS of being TRANSGENDER.

We had SO many laughs during this episode and shared...

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February 4, 2021 56 mins

My guest for this episode is Alana Higginbotham (she/her). She is a Certified Life Coach, Published Author & Public Speaker. In this segment we discuss how she found her grove in the Coaching space and how her now VIRAL bite-sized videos entitled by her ...

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I am SO thrilled to have my friend and Astrologer Xavier as my guest to open Season 2!

In this episode he tells us WHAT the FUCK happened with the planets in 2020 and why so many of us (especially Cardinal signs) were affected, ...

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December 15, 2020 68 mins

In this episode my guest is Shanik, a behavioral therapist for children on the spectrum, and she is also a suicide survivor. Please join us as we have an amazing discussion about childhood trauma and growing up from a young age

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