Before You Kill Yourself: a suicide prevention podcast.
When the pain feels unbearable and we feel alone in our suffering this podcast will sit with you. Let's rediscover our purpose, reduce our pain and regain our sense of belonging. Join comedian Leo Flowers M.A. as he shar...
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- 🇸🇦SA · Mental Health#77653 to 5.9K
- 🇦🇺Australia · Mental Health#167577 to 5.2K
- 🇳🇬NG · Mental Health#162108 to 971
- 🇫🇮FI · Mental Health#18462 to 561
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1.4K to 13K🎙 Weekly cadence·766 episodes·Last published 2d ago - Monthly Reach
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2.8K to 25K🇺🇸71%🇸🇦13%🇦🇺12%+2 more - Active Followers
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 | Finding harmony for suicide prevention | We spend so much time trying to get ourselves "in tune" through therapy, meditation, sobriety, exercise, and self-improvement. But what if feeling better isn't just about tuning ourselves? Inspired by a scene from a movie about piano tuning, this episode explores the difference between being in tune and being in harmony. Sometimes the problem isn't that we're broken or out of tune—it's that we're disconnected from the people, places, communities, and purposes that help us feel like we belong.In this episode, we discuss:• Why being healthy and feeling connected are not always the same thing• The difference between self-improvement and meaningful connection• How loneliness can persist even when you're doing all the "right" things• The ancient idea of harmony and what it can teach us about mental health• Why purpose, relationships, and community are essential to suicide prevention• Questions to help you discover what—or who—you want to be in harmony withThrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to reduce your psychological pain, regain your purpose and forge your own path, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey.If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help:In the US: Crisis Text Line: Text CRISIS to 741741 for free, confidential crisis counseling. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or 988The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386Outside the US:International Association for Suicide Prevention lists a number of suicide hotlines by country. Click here to find them.Gambling Addiction: 1-800-GAMBLER | 7m 36s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | NIGHTMARES: How to cope with nightmares to reduce suicidality | Nightmares can leave us feeling anxious, exhausted, and alone—but they may also be our mind's attempt to process fear, grief, uncertainty, and unresolved emotions. In this episode, we explore how nightmares affect our mental health, why they matter for suicide prevention, and practical tools for reducing their power.In this episode, you'll learn:Why nightmares are linked to emotional distress and suicide riskHow sleep deprivation impacts mood, hope, and resilienceThe surprising history of dream-sharing across culturesHow keeping a dream journal can help process difficult emotionsWhy talking about nightmares with others can reduce their intensityHow Imagery Rehearsal Therapy can help rewrite recurring nightmaresSimple bedtime practices to influence healthier dream experiencesThrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to reduce your psychological pain, regain your purpose and forge your own path, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey.If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help:In the US: Crisis Text Line: Text CRISIS to 741741 for free, confidential crisis counseling. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or 988The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386Outside the US:International Association for Suicide Prevention lists a number of suicide hotlines by country. Click here to find them.Gambling Addiction: 1-800-GAMBLER | 18m 06s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Why mattering matters in suicide prevention | A simple sentence may be one of the most powerful ways to make someone feel seen: "If it weren't for you..." Drawing from Jennifer Wallace's The Science of Mattering, this episode explores our deep need to know that we matter, why gratitude isn't always enough, and how sharing the impact someone has had on your life can transform both of you.Topics include:The difference between gratitude and matteringWhy humans need significance more than happinessThe "Five People" exerciseWhy we avoid telling people they changed our livesHow moments of mattering suspend timeThe people who may never know the impact they've had on usThrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to reduce your psychological pain, regain your purpose and forge your own path, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey.If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help:In the US: Crisis Text Line: Text CRISIS to 741741 for free, confidential crisis counseling. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or 988The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386Outside the US:International Association for Suicide Prevention lists a number of suicide hotlines by country. Click here to find them.Gambling Addiction: 1-800-GAMBLER | 17m 02s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Why Can’t We Just Enjoy Being Alive? | In this episode, we explore one of the most haunting lines from Kurt Cobain’s suicide note: “Why don’t you just enjoy it?” and the devastating response: “I don’t know.” We unpack why human beings struggle to feel joy through the lenses of neuroscience, psychology, evolution, trauma, addiction, overstimulation, and modern culture. From dopamine and cortisol to loneliness, achievement addiction, and the pressure to perform happiness, this episode examines why so many people feel disconnected from their own lives — and what history, philosophy, pop culture, and human connection reveal about truly feeling alive.Topics include:Why the brain adapts to pleasure and noveltyThe difference between stimulation and fulfillmentTrauma, stress, and the nervous system’s impact on joyEvolutionary reasons humans struggle with contentmentWhy modern life can make us spectators instead of participantsThe role of relationships, meaning, awe, and shared strugglePop culture references from Nirvana to Black Mirror to Ted LassoHow to reconnect with ordinary moments and meaningful experiencesWhat we might say to someone who can’t “just enjoy it”Thrive With Leo Coaching: If you want to reduce your psychological pain, regain your purpose and forge your own path, go to www.thrivewithleo.com to begin your journey.If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help:In the US: Crisis Text Line: Text CRISIS to 741741 for free, confidential crisis counseling. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or 988The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386Outside the US:International Association for Suicide Prevention lists a number of suicide hotlines by country. Click here to find them.Gambling Addiction: 1-800-GAMBLER | 31m 18s | ||||||
| 9/7/26 | meaning and actiontherapy vs existential suffering+4 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+1 | — | therapyphilosophy+7 | — | 28m 12s | ||
| 8/31/26 | mysterycuriosity+5 | — | Crisis Text LineMistletoe Murders+2 | — | mysterycuriosity+5 | — | 28m 15s | ||
| 8/24/26 | pain managementlightning strike survivors+4 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | — | pain managementlightning strike+5 | Thrive With Leo Coaching | 22m 50s | ||
| 8/17/26 | suicide preventionmental health+4 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+3 | — | OdysseusThe Odyssey+7 | Thrive With Leo Coaching | 20m 43s | ||
| 8/10/26 | childhood traumaworkplace dynamics+4 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | — | childhood traumaworkplace feedback+5 | — | 24m 50s | ||
| 8/3/26 | intrusive thoughtsmental health+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingCrisis Text Line+3 | — | intrusive thoughtsmental peace+3 | — | 25m 47s | ||
| 7/27/26 | hopesurvival+4 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | — | hopesurvival+8 | — | 23m 05s | ||
| 7/20/26 | emotional intimacymale loneliness+4 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | — | lonelinessemotional intimacy+5 | — | 25m 38s | ||
| 7/13/26 | achievementemptiness+4 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | — | achievementemptiness+4 | — | 9m 35s | ||
| 7/6/26 | happinessmental health+4 | — | Crisis Text LineThrive With Leo Coaching | — | happinessmisery+5 | — | 16m 59s | ||
| 6/29/26 | mental healthlove+3 | — | — | — | suicide preventionemotional pain+5 | — | 29m 59s | ||
| 6/22/26 | failureresilience+4 | — | BIC for HerNew Coke+4 | Musée des Arts et Métiers | failureresilience+7 | — | 17m 33s | ||
| 6/15/26 | resiliencedata recovery+4 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+3 | — | data recoveryresilience+4 | — | 24m 40s | ||
| 6/8/26 | ventingemotional health+3 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | — | ventingemotions+3 | Thrive With Leo Coaching | 20m 37s | ||
| 6/1/26 | suicide preventionmental health+3 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | — | suicide preventionmental health+5 | Thrive With Leo Coaching | 18m 46s | ||
| 5/25/26 | mental healthsurvival strategies+3 | — | meclizinescopolamine+4 | Drake Passage | mental healthsurvival+5 | — | 14m 54s | ||
| 5/18/26 | burnoutdepression+4 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingCrisis Text Line+3 | — | burnoutdepression+6 | — | 24m 23s | ||
| 5/11/26 | self-caremental health+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingCrisis Text Line+3 | — | self-caremental health+3 | — | 18m 18s | ||
| 5/11/26 | mental healthambition+5 | — | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+4 | — | mental healthambition+6 | — | 21m 32s | ||
| 5/4/26 | mental healthself-improvement+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingCrisis Text Line+3 | — | suicide preventionmental health+3 | — | 20m 26s | ||
| 4/28/26 | suicide preventionmental health+4 | Madeline Vosch | Crisis Text LineNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline+3 | — | suicidemental health+5 | Thrive With Leo Coaching | 49m 30s | ||
| 4/20/26 | mental healthfinancial strain+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingThe Trevor Project+1 | US | cost of livingemotional strain+3 | — | 22m 29s | ||
| 4/13/26 | interrupting thoughtssuppressing emotions+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | US | psychological painself-improvement+3 | — | 12m 39s | ||
| 4/6/26 | comparisondespair+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | US | psychological painself-worth+2 | — | 5m 32s | ||
| 3/30/26 | anxietydepression+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | US | psychological shiftfun leader+4 | — | 11m 56s | ||
| 3/16/26 | touch starvationmental health+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | US | nervous systempsychological pain+2 | — | 18m 52s | ||
| 2/22/26 | hiatusmental health+2 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingBYKY+3 | US | restreset+3 | — | 9m 05s | ||
| 2/16/26 | self-worthdepression+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | US | psychological painpurpose+2 | — | 23m 31s | ||
| 2/9/26 | scapegoatingfamily dynamics+3 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline+3 | US | emotional costfamily roles+3 | — | 26m 03s | ||
| 2/2/26 | lonelinessdepression+5 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingMiddlemarch+3 | US | anxietycomparison+4 | — | 32m 23s | ||
| 1/26/26 | povertymental health+5 | — | Thrive With Leo CoachingThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline+2 | AmericaUS | hopelessnessfinancial stress+2 | — | 36m 14s | ||
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Chart history for Before You Kill Yourself: a suicide prevention podcast.
Peaked at #77 in SA, currently #77 in SA.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | — | #77 | #77 | — |
| NG | — | #162 | #162 | — |
| Australia | — | #167 | #167 | — |
| Finland | — | #184 | #184 | — |
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.