Episode 477: Shayla Slaymaker, Lost Two Brothers to Suicide

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

My friend Shayla Slaymaker (Lawyer, Married, Age 29) shares her story about losing both her brothers to suicide. Her younger brother Chance died by suicide at age 14 in 2013, and her older brother Travis died by suicide at age 26 in 2016. Shayla, who has been on this immensely painful road for 8 years, is sharing her story in hopes of helping others who have lost a loved one to suicide. Shayla is also sharing her story to give hope and more tools/perspective for those who are struggling and may be considering suicide. If you have lost a loved one to suicide, are suicidal, or want to help someone who has lost a loved one to suicide, please listen to this podcast. It will give you tools, perspectives and ideas to help. Thank you Shayla for your courage to share your story and be on the podcast. You are helping so many!

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.9	My guest on today's podcast is my friend Shayla Slaymaker.
0:14.1	Welcome to the podcast, Shayla.
0:16.0	Hi, thanks for having me today.
0:18.1	We're going to talk about real tender subject, an important subject.
0:22.4	We're going to talk about suicide.
0:24.7	Shayla was on a panel that I attended the Suicide Prevention Summit for Faith Leaders.
0:30.9	That was in the third quarter, I believe, at 2021 here in Utah.
0:34.9	I had a chance to speak there.
0:36.4	But then I listened to Shayla's story
0:38.2	of losing two brothers to suicide and her insights into how to help people walking this
0:46.0	road were deeply moving to all of us in attendance. So I reached out to Shayla. There are a common
0:51.8	friend, Vanet Bernay Brown, no, Benet Larson, sorry, B'nai, and was able to connect
0:59.8	this. So our hope is that if you're suicidal or if you've lost someone to suicide, that
1:06.5	Shayla's insights can help you and help bring more understanding.
1:12.2	Shayla is in her late 20.
1:14.7	She's married.
1:15.4	She's been married for a couple years.
1:17.0	She works for the state of Utah.
1:19.4	She grew up in high school here in Utah, planning to have a career in dance,
1:23.8	but they ended up becoming a lawyer, still teaches dance.
1:27.4	She went to law school
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