Episode 531: Taryn Hiatt, Suicide Prevention

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

My friend Taryn Hiatt, Area Director Utah/Nevada American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, joins us to talk about suicide prevention. Taryn (who has been working in this space for over 20 years after her father Terry who died by suicide in 2002) talks about the various organizations available to those considering suicide, those working to prevent suicide, and support for suicide loss survivors. Taryn has great insights into the scope of these organizations and how they all work together for the common goal of suicide prevention. Taryn also shares her own journey as a survivor of being sexually assaulted and suicide attempts. For Taryn this isn’t theoretical—rather since she is walking this road—Taryn has real-life and practical insights to give hope and healing. Taryn talks about the “dark night of the soul” and finding hope that dawn will come. Her story is deeply moving and will help you. She also talks about how to better support our LGBTQ friends. If you are considering suicide or working to help others, please listen to this podcast. Taryn’s insights will help you. Thank you, Taryn, for being on the podcast and all your great work in our community to saves lives and bring more understanding. You are a hero to me and many others! Here are resources mentioned in the podcast: Suicide Prevention Hot Line: 1-800-273-8255 Trans Suicide Hot Line: (877) 565-8860 or translifeline.org/hotline/ Trevor Project: 866-488-7386 Or www.thetrevorproject.org/ David Archuleta Love Loud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooh6otPKmzE June 24th LGBTQ Suicide Prevention Event at University of Utah: https://utlgbtq.attendease.com/ Link to support a loved one after an attempt: https://afsp.org/when-a-loved-one-has-made-an-attempt/ and this recording youtu.be/ouHshCnh_Yw and www.namiut.org/resources/mentoring Link to support you after your attempt and coming home: https://healthcare.utah.edu/hmhi/programs/crisis-diversion/

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.0	In my home for this podcast is really a personal hero for me, who's doing so much work with suicide prevention in the state of Utah.
0:19.0	Really one of the very key leaders in this space
0:23.0	is my friend Taryn Hyatt. Welcome to the podcast, Taryn. Thank you for having me.
0:28.7	Ironically, Taryn's been in our home recording a podcast. There was a short period of time when
0:33.2	questions from the closet with Charlie Bird and Ben Shalati. They were needing a spot to record a few
0:39.8	episodes and you came to our home and that episode was recorded a while ago. But when I stepped
0:45.0	in this space, an LGBTQ ally, and I'm pretty still green in the space for five years,
0:51.8	Taryn was everywhere in this space and suicide prevention with also focused on
0:56.9	helping LGBTQ people stay alive. And she's been in this space for 20 years and she'll talk about,
1:04.5	so she just has a long view. She's worked in multiple areas, including with our legislature to
1:10.6	work to pass a ban on conversion therapy and probably lots of other things I'm not aware of.
1:17.3	But I think the focus this episode, really let Taryn just run with it will be her personal story.
1:22.9	She's lost her father to suicide roughly 20 years ago.
1:26.7	Being in this space, LGBTQ focus within the space,
1:31.6	you may talk about being a survivor of a suicide attempt in her own life. She's a married mother of
1:37.3	two kids, recently a grandmother of twin babies. So that's great. And I think if you're feeding
1:43.9	suicidal or you're looking for tools
1:45.8	to help somebody to get suicidal, I think Taryn will help you. She's been helping in the space for a
1:50.9	long time. She'll also talk about a conference coming up on June 24th. We'll link to that in the
1:56.1	show notes. I'll let her talk about that major conference here in Utah. Is that okay for an introduction?
2:02.4	Absolutely.
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