From Pizza Shop Owner to Saving Mothers
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What personal tragedy inspired Steven D'Achille's advocacy work?
You can be successful or you can be struggling. You can be, you know, you can have your job and provide for your family and, you know, do all that and think, hey, things are good and whatever. But it doesn't mean you have purpose.
Stephen D. Achille is a compassionate, dedicated and influential mental health advocate and the president and founder of the Alexis Joy to Kill Foundation for Postpartum Depression, where he works to advance awareness and support for maternal mental health.
When you face that adversity and you get through it, you look in the mirror one day and you're like, I'm all right. And I always say that unlocks your superpowers. The first time somebody tells you that you saved their life, it's a pretty special feeling. And if that doesn't get the fire burning, I don't know what can or will. When you figure that out, you know what your calling is and what you're supposed to be doing. It's more fulfilling than a paycheck or a job. absolutely and so i feel really blessed and honored to be on this path uh it's been 12 years now and it keeps growing and i feel like i'm just getting started it spans the globe like a super high school internet elvis ready
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Welcome back to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast, the Legacy Makers edition. It's been quite a minute. We haven't had a Legacy Maker on the show. Joining me today is Stephen DiAchille. Did I get that right?
DiAchille.
DiAchille. Even more triumphant and powerful. We're moments away from filming your Legacy Makers episode. Steve, what brings you to the studio? What brings you to Miami? Welcome.
I want to share my story. I want to share my cause and... I guess tell the story about how I got here. Dude, I am all ears. What brought you here? What is your story, my friend?
How did Steven's experience in the hospital shape his mission?
So my story... You got 20 minutes, by the way. Okay. Yeah. It's based on a nonprofit that I started for my wife. Um, she unfortunately took her life in 2013, five and a half weeks. Um, today's 12 years to the day, actually it's an anniversary. So kind of a special day to be doing something positive in her, in her memory. But, um, 10, 10, 25, just the market, 10, 10, 25. Cool. Go ahead. Um, uh, She struggled with postpartum depression after giving birth to our daughter, Adriana. Adriana. Yeah. Sorry. So we... So, yeah, so she was a... Traumatic birth experience, her complications started from the delivery room on about two and a half weeks after after delivering. She really started struggling with what we now know was postpartum psychosis, which started as a postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, and just snowballed into kind of every facet of maternal mental health disorder.
And she she, I guess, attempted to take her life on October 8th, and then it was about two and a half days in intensive care until she eventually passed on October 10th. And so it was during, you know, that time period in the hospital where. you know, you kind of you don't know what you need until you go to look for it and it's not there. And I'd taken her to seven different hospitals, crisis centers, desperately seeking psychiatric care. And each time she was turned away. And I remember looking at her in her bed and thinking, oh, my God, how like We live in the greatest country in the world. How can somebody desperately search for help? She was different in that she didn't suffer in silence. She was hyper aware and hyper vigilant and doing everything to try to get help.
But how can you and it takes a lot of courage to reach out for help and admit to professionals or anybody for any human being that you're having thoughts of harming yourself. But to each time you seek help seven different places with psychiatric, you know, doctors. And each time you muster that courage to ask for help and tell them these thoughts you're having and to be turned away and, you know, say, just go home, you're going to be fine.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What personal tragedy inspired Steven D'Achille's advocacy work?
0:00–2:13
2
How did Steven's experience in the hospital shape his mission?
2:13–5:27
3
What unique challenges do fathers face during postpartum care?
5:27–8:11
4
How does storytelling play a role in mental health advocacy?
8:11–11:00
5
What innovative programs are being developed for maternal mental health?
11:00–14:04
6
Why is community involvement vital in maternal mental health initiatives?
14:04–16:23
7
How can families support each other during postpartum challenges?
16:23–19:18
8
What future goals does Steven have for his advocacy work?
19:18–41:10
Speakers
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