Signed, With Love: Part Three | Rock Your Kindness Podcast

Rock Your Kindness highlights extraordinary stories of everyday people experiencing life-changing kindness. Whether it's a random act, saves a life, or helps you be kinder to yourself, these stories will increase empathy, compassion, and hope. You never know how your kindness can change the trajectory of your life or the life of another. Rock Your Kindness is hosted by Tracey Ferrin. Tracey is a mother, wife, best-selling author, and TikTok superstar. She is often called a "breath of fresh air" by those who know and meet her. She is a mom of 4 and has been married to the love of her life for 18 years. Together, they call Texas home. In this episode, Tracey and Tiffany discuss the attempts of suicide Tiffany went through and ultimately what lead her to pursue a life of helping others who were struggling with mental health and suicidal thoughts. Tiffany discusses some of the issues within the mental health field, and why some choose to stay silent vs. asking for help when they most need it. Tiffany created a nonprofit organization called Signed, With Love to help prevent suicide. Disclaimer: This story contains details of domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide that may be triggering to some. “My message is this, stay no matter what you're going through, no matter what your brain is telling you, stay.” ~Tiffany, Skyway Girl. Show Notes:  [0:00] Disclaimer: This story contains details of domestic violence, sexual assault, and suicide that may be triggering to some. [0:15] “My message is this, stay no matter what you're going through, no matter what your brain is telling you, stay.” ~Skyway Girl. [0:34] Welcome back to Rock Your Kindness Podcast, hosted by Tracey Ferrin [3:30] Tiffany details her instincts to help all the people who went to the Skyway Bridge to jump and how such a simple act of kindness helped so many people [5:36] “That is where. The signs started and the bridge became a big part of my life.” [7:56] “Your words can heal and, they can also break someone.” [11:48] Tiffany details her last and final suicide attempt  [13:42] “Hurt people tend to hurt people. It's not an excuse to be a bad human and to do bad things to people, but that's just the reality of it. People that are hurt tend to hurt other people. They don't realize that they're projecting their pain onto other people.” [23:34] Question: So what was your turning point?  [26:17] Question: Tell me about the nonprofit, Signed With Love. What is that about and what do you guys do? [28:39] Question: What encouraging words could you leave with anyone listening to this for someone who is struggling or thinking about suicide? [28:40] If you or anyone you know has experienced sexual assault and needs help, you can reach out to the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. [31:15] “My message is this: stay. no matter what you're going through, no matter what your brain is telling you: stay.” [33:17] Thanks for listening to this episode of Rock Your Kindness. If you know someone this story might resonate with, send them a link to this episode. Also, tag me Tracey Ferrin on Instagram at @Traceyferrin and tell me what part of this story resonated most with you. The best way to help support this show is to rate, review and subscribe. :) Until next time… Rock Your Kindness Social Links: Website: https://www.lovewhatmatters.com/  Instagram: @lovewhatmatters  Facebook: @lovewhatmatters YouTube: @lovewhatmatters  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices