Jason MacKenzie:Healing After Unimaginable Loss

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me the World

Tony Mantor

Alternative Health, Never Give Up, Health & Fitness, Entertainment, Mental Health, Autism Acceptance, Autism, Autism Awareness, Celebrities, Special Needs, Positivity

5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Send us a text Jason McKenzie shares his heart-wrenching journey through grief after losing his wife to suicide and his daughter to trauma-induced mental health struggles. His story reveals how childhood trauma ripples through generations and how he found healing through sobriety, purposeful grief work, and helping others. • Lost his police officer wife to suicide after years battling mental health issues stemming from childhood trauma • Daughters were just six and five when their mother die...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Why Not Me the World Podcast, hosted by Tony Mayator.
0:10.2	Broadcasting from Music City USA, Nashville, Tennessee.
0:18.5	Join us as our guests tell us their stories
0:20.9	Some will make you laugh
0:22.5	Some will make you cry
0:24.3	Real life people
0:26.9	Who will inspire
0:28.8	And show that you are not alone
0:32.5	In this world
0:34.0	Hopefully you gain more awareness
0:37.1	Acceptance and a better understanding for autism
0:41.5	around the world.
0:50.9	Hi, I'm Tony Mantor. Welcome to Why Not Me the World, Humanity Over handcuffs, the Silent Crisis, special event.
0:59.4	Joining us today is Jason McKenzie. He's here to share a profound moment of reckoning. After losing his wife to suicide and his daughter to mental health struggles. He faced a turning point four years later.
1:13.2	A heavy day of drinking led to a heart-wrenching wake-up call from his nine-year-old daughter
1:18.5	who voiced her disappointment in him. In that moment, he saw a man consumed by fear, doubt,
1:24.6	and insecurity. To become the strong, courageous, and wise father his daughter respected,
1:30.1	he knew he had to overcome and confront his inner demons.
1:34.2	He's here to tell his heart-wrenching story with us and give us insight
1:38.0	on his continuous work to overcome his grief.
1:41.9	He has tremendous insights and a lot of great information. It's a true pleasure
1:46.6	to have him join us today. Thanks for coming on. My pleasure. Yes, mine is well. If you could,
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