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Kevin was joined by two members of his CNQR collective, Matt Runnells, CEO & Founder of Mindfull Aus, a Non-Profit Charity from Melbourne, Australia, and Greg Van Borssum, the worlds youngest professional Natural Bodybuilder, a multiple black belt martial artist, and award-winning Hollywood filmmaker. Matt is the CEO & Founder of Mindfull Aus, a Non-Profit Charity from Melbourne, Victoria that focuses on education through the confronting truths of long-running personal battle with Mental Illness. Matt was diagnosed with clinical depression & anxiety at the age of 18, surviving several attempts on his own life and being affected by the loss of a large number of close mates to suicide. Matt now focuses on sharing his story of resilience, overcoming, leadership & hope to Sporting clubs, primary & secondary schools, businesses and organisations all across Australia in a bid to bring acceptance to those who are fighting similar battles and to the family’s affected by the loss of loved ones.
One of my areas of expertise is shared trauma where the client and clinician are exposed to the same traumatic event. Kevin Hines is one of only 36 people to have survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. Kevin sits on the boards of the International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF), the Bridge Rail Foundation (BRF) and the Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHASF) and on the Survivors Committee of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Since his suicide attempt in 2000 he has become a global ambassador for suicide prevention. Currently, you’ll see floor decals in businesses across industries as they attempt to mark places for customers to stand. In the summer of 2013, Kevin released his bestselling memoir titled Cracked Not Broken, Surviving and Thriving After A Suicide Attempt. In 2018 he released his documentary Suicide: The Ripple Effect. I spoke with Matt, Kevin and Greg at the American Association of Suicidology annual conference in April 2018. Kevin's movie, Suicide: The Ripple Effect premiered the evening of our interview.
Previously, he was a board member of the Northern California Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and was a two-term member of San Francisco’s Mental Health Board. I spoke with Matt, Kevin and Greg at the American Association of Suicidology annual conference in April 2018. These three guys were so pumped up about suicide prevention, so full of inspirational quotes and stories, that by the end of the interview I found myself speaking with the cadence and phrasing of a motivational speaker. Battling through failure and loss, it was his resilience as a warrior that gave him the strength to turn setbacks into comebacks that have made him the mentor and speaker he is today. These three guys were so pumped up about suicide prevention, so full of inspirational quotes and stories, that by the end of the interview I found myself speaking with the cadence and phrasing of a motivational speaker. Carol Tosone: Yes, and I’d be happy also to provide lists, a more general list of other resources because there are a number of people in other organizations that are working towards this end as well. There is a lot to understand about assets because they are so important.
There are great deals of referred books to read. The list typically includes: washing hands, avoid touching the nose, face, and mouth, disinfecting the objects and touch panels that are touched frequently at home and office, social distancing, and staying home if someone is not feeling well. And so to really present them with the up-to-date knowledge in social work is so important and it’s a tremendous service so I want to thank you for what you do. And I really want to thank you for what you do for the profession because I think your podcast can reach so many people across the globe, so many social workers across the globe, who are really craving knowledge in our area. Social media management tools like Hootsuite, Buffer, and Later are helpful for organizing and planning content according to each network’s requirements. More digital content is created in a day than most people can consume in a year.
