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The Hope Debrief Podcast

The Hope Debrief Podcast

By: Postvention Consulting LLC
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🎙️ 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



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Episodes
  • Post-Traumatic Growth - Dr. Melinda Moore

    Post-Traumatic Growth - Dr. Melinda Moore
    Sep 19 2025

    Welcome to The Hope Debrief. In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Melinda Moore—a licensed clinical psychologist, researcher, and one of the nation’s leading experts in suicide bereavement and postvention. Dr. Moore has spent much of her career exploring how people move forward after traumatic loss, with a particular focus on posttraumatic growth—the profound ways individuals can grow through grief, rather than simply recover from it.

    Her work, including research with military families and suicide loss survivors, offers both evidence and encouragement that meaning, resilience, and renewed purpose are possible—even after devastating loss. In today’s conversation, we’ll explore the pathways of posttraumatic growth, the role of peer support, and how survivors can find healing and hope by helping others.


    For more information about LOSS Teams, visit: lossteam.com
    To learn more about Robbie & Denise, visit: postventionconsulting.com
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    38 mins
  • The Role of Postvention in a State-Level Strategy - Michelle Fox

    The Role of Postvention in a State-Level Strategy - Michelle Fox
    May 7 2025

    Welcome to The Hope Debrief. In this episode, we speak with Michelle Fox. Michelle serves as the State Suicide Prevention Director in the Greater Chicago Area, where she leads strategic efforts to reduce suicide and strengthen mental health systems across the state. With over 15 years of experience in behavioral health and public policy, Michelle is known for her compassionate leadership and systems-level impact in suicide prevention.

    Michelle holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a strong background in trauma-informed care, crisis response, and community-based mental health. She has overseen the development and implementation of evidence-based prevention programs, championed policies that prioritize equity in mental health care, and facilitated cross-sector partnerships to enhance crisis response services.

    https://indianasuicidepreventionnetwork.org/

    For more information about LOSS Teams, visit: lossteam.com
    To learn more about Robbie & Denise, visit: postventionconsulting.com
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    33 mins
  • Postvention Work in NY & "Bulletproof - Healing from Gun Violence and Trauma" - Jill McMahon

    Postvention Work in NY & "Bulletproof - Healing from Gun Violence and Trauma" - Jill McMahon
    Apr 10 2025

    Welcome to The Hope Debrief. In this episode, we speak with Jill McMahon. Jill is a licensed professional counselor focusing on grief and loss. She has specialized in working with Survivors of Suicide since 2003, when she was first introduced to suicide bereavement while working for the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing in Washington, D.C. Jill assisted in building the LOSS Program in Phoenix, AZ., and outlying communities. She continues to consult with L.O.S.S. teams across the nation today.

    Jill can also be found providing suicide prevention/postvention presentations and trainings around the community, as well as speaking about Survivors of Suicide and complicated grief, nationally and internationally. She has been featured on several podcasts, co-authored several books, and consulted for several other publications. Jill is also the author of "Bulletproof - Healing after Gun Violence and Trauma."

    Jill McMahon Counseling: jillmcmahoncounseling.com/

    For more information about LOSS Teams, visit: lossteam.com
    To learn more about Robbie & Denise, visit: postventionconsulting.com
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    39 mins
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