Driving Change with Kayla Cooley

<p>Episode 41 and my guest today is Kayla Cooley, a social worker and postgraduate researcher in Limerick Institute of Technology under The Loss &amp; Grief Research group. Kayla's research focuses on suicide and the internet, pro-suicide websites and what we in the helping spaces may be able to learn from them. I learned so much from this conversation with Kayla and how She is empowering others with knowledge and understanding.&nbsp;</p> <p>Most people in Ireland have been touched by suicide in some way, someone dies by suicide every 40 seconds.&nbsp;</p> <p>We don't hold back in this conversation, I talk about my own suicidal distress 26 years ago and how connection not only to ourselves, but to others is a huge part in finding a path to survival and healing.&nbsp;</p> <p>In 2016 Kayla co-founded a voluntary suicide intervention organisation - responding to people in suicidal distress 365 nights a year. She is also the director of Driving Change Training &amp; Consultancy - educating groups and organisations across Ireland on suicide and related issues.&nbsp;</p> <p>"<em>you do not have to be a doctor to save a life - education is the key to suicide prevention"</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><em>Check out </em><a href="https://www.kaylacooley.com"><em>www.kaylacooley.com</em></a><em> or </em><a href="https://www.drivingchange.ie"><em>www.drivingchange.i</em></a><em>e</em></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sharonfitzmaurice/message