Anne Tiernan : Motherhood, suicide and acceptance

<p>Topics covered : Childhood, mother, alcoholism, complicated relationship, childbirth, loss of identity, suicide, numbness, grief, power of writing, compassion.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode I speak to&nbsp;author and mother, Anne Tiernan.</p><p>Anne is married to Matt and they have 3 kids, Molly who’s 17, Oscar who’s 14 and Jack who’s 13 and they’ve lived in New Zealand for the past 18 years.</p><p>Born in Zambia, she grew up in Navan from the age of 3 and is one of 4 kids and one of her brothers happens to be well known comedian and TV host Tommy Tiernan.</p><p>In this conversation, she talks about her childhood, her emotionally unavailable mother and the dramatic moment she found out that she had taken her own life.</p><p>Anne is a beautiful person and she’s just released her first book, a work of fiction called&nbsp;<em>‘The Last Days Of Joy’&nbsp;</em>which is available to buy in all good bookshops now.</p><br><p>Resources :</p><br><p>If you need to talk to someone, you can contact a Samaritan on Freephone 116 123 or email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:jo@samaritans.ie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jo@samaritans.ie</a></p><p>Pieta</p><p><a href="https://www.pieta.ie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pieta | Preventing Suicide and Self-Harm since 2006</a></p><p>Or go to…</p><p><a href="https://www2.hse.ie/mental-health/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mental health - HSE.ie</a></p><br><p>If you’re a fan of my pod, please follow, rate and review in all the usual places.</p><p>And thanks, as always, for your support of Ready to be Real.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>