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Some stories deserve to be heard again.

As Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month comes to a close, we're revisiting a conversation that has stayed with us since it originally aired on February 4, 2026.

Tiffaney Childers knows the aftermath of suicide loss in a way few of us can imagine. After losing both of her parents to suicide within a year of each other, she spent nearly two decades carrying much of that grief in silence.

But this isn't only a story about what Tiffaney lost. It's about what happened when she began speaking about it.

In this deeply personal conversation, Tiffaney shares the complicated reality of surviving suicide loss, the weight of unanswered questions, the ways grief can shape a life long after the immediate loss, and the healing that became possible when she stopped carrying so much of it alone.

We explore:

• Losing both parents to suicide—and the very different circumstances surrounding each loss
• The silence, stigma, anger, guilt, and unanswered questions that can follow suicide
• What it meant to carry those experiences for nearly 20 years
• The difference between surviving something and beginning to heal from it
• How sharing our stories can create connection where isolation once lived
• Learning to make room for joy, purpose, love, and life alongside grief
• What it means to move beyond survival and begin to rise back

We're bringing Tiffaney's story forward again because awareness doesn't end when the calendar turns to October. Neither does grief. And neither does the need for honest conversation, compassion, connection, and support.

This conversation originally aired February 4, 2026, and includes a newly recorded introduction.

If you or someone you know needs support: The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free, confidential support 24/7. Call or text 988, or connect through the 988 Lifeline. 988 Lifeline

Additional resources for those affected by suicide loss are available through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and L.O.S.S. Team. AFSP offers survivor resources including Healing Conversations and support-group information; L.O.S.S. Teams focus specifically on postvention support for people bereaved by suicide.  

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