Jason McKenzie

Yeah. I think what got us into contact with each other was... So I own a couple of businesses. One is a leadership and management consulting company. So we do executive coaching, leadership training, etc. And the other one is we run a mastermind group for dads who own businesses. So...

Yeah. I think what got us into contact with each other was... So I own a couple of businesses. One is a leadership and management consulting company. So we do executive coaching, leadership training, etc. And the other one is we run a mastermind group for dads who own businesses. So...

Yeah. I think what got us into contact with each other was... So I own a couple of businesses. One is a leadership and management consulting company. So we do executive coaching, leadership training, etc. And the other one is we run a mastermind group for dads who own businesses. So...

We teach them how to be skills to be better husbands and fathers and business owners and really fun, uplifting work, actually. Why we're talking is because I lost my wife to suicide and my daughter to a car accident. It was really a result of her mother's suicide. My daughter was just, it just shattered her soul. And at the end of her life, she was 19, but she was dealing with this.

We teach them how to be skills to be better husbands and fathers and business owners and really fun, uplifting work, actually. Why we're talking is because I lost my wife to suicide and my daughter to a car accident. It was really a result of her mother's suicide. My daughter was just, it just shattered her soul. And at the end of her life, she was 19, but she was dealing with this.

We teach them how to be skills to be better husbands and fathers and business owners and really fun, uplifting work, actually. Why we're talking is because I lost my wife to suicide and my daughter to a car accident. It was really a result of her mother's suicide. My daughter was just, it just shattered her soul. And at the end of her life, she was 19, but she was dealing with this.

The same trauma-induced mental health issues as her mom and ended up dying just over two years ago, drinking and driving. She almost killed. She was driving. She almost killed four other people. Just a freaking disaster. So I just been talking a lot about grief and writing a book about grief.

The same trauma-induced mental health issues as her mom and ended up dying just over two years ago, drinking and driving. She almost killed. She was driving. She almost killed four other people. Just a freaking disaster. So I just been talking a lot about grief and writing a book about grief.

The same trauma-induced mental health issues as her mom and ended up dying just over two years ago, drinking and driving. She almost killed. She was driving. She almost killed four other people. Just a freaking disaster. So I just been talking a lot about grief and writing a book about grief.

Oh, yeah. I mean, the mental health issues I mean, I think like, I feel like a grief, you know, and that the issues that drives, I mean, I've been like, I've been an addict, you know, after my wife's suicide and very little awareness of, you know, the relationship between trauma and mental health. You know, my wife was really interesting, actually. She was a police officer.

Oh, yeah. I mean, the mental health issues I mean, I think like, I feel like a grief, you know, and that the issues that drives, I mean, I've been like, I've been an addict, you know, after my wife's suicide and very little awareness of, you know, the relationship between trauma and mental health. You know, my wife was really interesting, actually. She was a police officer.

Oh, yeah. I mean, the mental health issues I mean, I think like, I feel like a grief, you know, and that the issues that drives, I mean, I've been like, I've been an addict, you know, after my wife's suicide and very little awareness of, you know, the relationship between trauma and mental health. You know, my wife was really interesting, actually. She was a police officer.

She suffered really bad childhood sexual abuse. And the interesting thing is a lot of people who, have adverse childhood experiences are called to these helping professions, right? So sometimes they don't even really realize it, you know, but that makes them more susceptible to trauma. So the five years leading up to my wife's death were just unbelievable.

She suffered really bad childhood sexual abuse. And the interesting thing is a lot of people who, have adverse childhood experiences are called to these helping professions, right? So sometimes they don't even really realize it, you know, but that makes them more susceptible to trauma. So the five years leading up to my wife's death were just unbelievable.

She suffered really bad childhood sexual abuse. And the interesting thing is a lot of people who, have adverse childhood experiences are called to these helping professions, right? So sometimes they don't even really realize it, you know, but that makes them more susceptible to trauma. So the five years leading up to my wife's death were just unbelievable.

Like, you know, psych wards, homeless shelters, rehab, like just crazy stuff. And, you know, what was fascinating in a horrifying way was how our medical system pathologized her experience to the point of just basically drugging her into compliance. And no one ever said, hey, what happened to you?

Like, you know, psych wards, homeless shelters, rehab, like just crazy stuff. And, you know, what was fascinating in a horrifying way was how our medical system pathologized her experience to the point of just basically drugging her into compliance. And no one ever said, hey, what happened to you?

Like, you know, psych wards, homeless shelters, rehab, like just crazy stuff. And, you know, what was fascinating in a horrifying way was how our medical system pathologized her experience to the point of just basically drugging her into compliance. And no one ever said, hey, what happened to you?

It was a long time afterwards where I was talking to a therapist friend of mine who has been working the mental health space forever. And I was talking about this experience and she goes, Cindy wasn't bipolar because she had a chemical imbalance. She was having emotionally driven responses to trauma and invalidating experiences. And she explained to me how that all worked.

It was a long time afterwards where I was talking to a therapist friend of mine who has been working the mental health space forever. And I was talking about this experience and she goes, Cindy wasn't bipolar because she had a chemical imbalance. She was having emotionally driven responses to trauma and invalidating experiences. And she explained to me how that all worked.