The Hope Debrief Podcast
🎙️ The Hope Debrief – A Podcast for Suicide Bereavement Caretakers
A place where compassion meets conversation.
The Hope Debrief is a heartfelt and practical podcast created specifically for suicide bereavement caretakers—LOSS Team volunteers, clinicians, clergy, peer supporters, and anyone walking alongside those affected by suicide loss. Each episode features meaningful conversations with professionals, survivors, and advocates who bring their expertise and lived experience to the table.
Together, we explore a wide range of topics including:
• Suicide Loss Grief: Understanding the unique complexities of grief after suicide—and how to support others through it.
• Postvention Best Practices: Tools, strategies, and real-world experiences to help you respond compassionately and effectively in the aftermath of a suicide.
• The Realities of Death and Loss: Candid discussions on navigating tough conversations, rituals, and the emotional landscape of sudden traumatic loss.
• Self-Care for Caretakers: Because healing and hope start with us, too.
Whether you’re sitting with a newly bereaved family, leading a LOSS Team, or supporting suicide loss survivors in another way, The Hope Debrief offers insight, encouragement, and a sense of solidarity. You are not alone in this sacred work.
Tune in and take a breath—hope starts here.
ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:
After losing their son, Drey, to suicide in 2012, Robbie and Denise devoted their lives to supporting others navigating the heartbreak of suicide loss. In 2014, they founded LOSS Community Services in Columbus, Ohio, offering direct support to the bereaved. Their mission expanded in 2022 with the launch of Postvention Consulting, equipping communities to establish their own postvention services. In 2023, they were entrusted with lossteam.com by Dr. Frank Campbell, and today, they continue working tirelessly to expand postvention efforts across the U.S. and around the world.
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Produced by Postvention Consulting LLC -
https://www.postventionconsulting.com/
For more information about LOSS Teams, visit lossteam.com
To learn more about Robbie & Denise, visit: postventionconsulting.com
The Hope Debrief Podcast
Companioning the Bereaved by Suicide - Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD
Welcome to The Hope Debrief. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Alan Wolfelt. Dr. Wolfelt is recognized as one of North America’s leading death educators, authors and grief counselors. His compassionate messages about healing in grief—based on his own personal losses as well has his professional experience supporting children, teens, adults, and families over the last three decades—speak not only to the intellect but to the hearts of all who hear him. Perhaps best known for his model of “companioning” versus “treating” mourners, Dr. Wolfelt is committed to helping people mourn well so they can live well and love well. In today's conversation, we will talk about "Companioning the Bereaved by Suicide" as well as learn about the Center for Loss & Life Transition.
WATCH THIS EPISODE HERE: YouTube
The Center for Loss & Life Transition: https://www.centerforloss.com/
For more information about LOSS Teams, visit: lossteam.com
To learn more about Robbie & Denise, visit: postventionconsulting.com
