Episodios

  • 76: Replay: Suicide - Collin Hughes Discusses Suicide And Suicide Prevention

    76: Replay: Suicide - Collin Hughes Discusses Suicide And Suicide Prevention
    Jul 20 2025
    This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast. Today we look back at my discussion with Collin Hughes on suicide and suicide prevention.

    It originally aired as episode 23 on 9/7/2023 and here are the show notes from that episode:

    In today's episode we are going to discuss suicide.

    I want to take a moment to talk about that before we introduce our guest who has kindly agreed to join us.

    In episode 15 we spoke with Lawrence Sprung about his personal experience with suicide and also his work with The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Please revisit it if you are in crisis. The show notes also contain links to help.

    Suicide is a topic we feature on this podcast because of its link to parental alienation, family court proceedings, legal abuse, etc.

    The result of the extreme trauma caused, sometimes maliciously and for no reason, and sometimes by people who call themselves professionals, can cause suicide in parents and children.

    Today’s guest is Collin Hughes. I heard his story a few months ago and I was moved by it.

    I hope this episode will reach those listeners going through tough times or listeners who know someone who is.

    Collin is a former pro-rodeo athlete, a former airline pilot and is now a voice actor. That’s a pretty interesting sounding trio of careers.

    However in 2022 Collin’s 15 year old granddaughter, Evangelina, died by suicide.

    Collin has a moving website (https://stopsuicide.life). He also speaks widely on the subject of suicide to raise awareness and I am very grateful he agreed to join us.

    During the conversation Collin spoke about the QPR Institute who talk about the 'Question. Persuade. Refer' approach to suicide prevention. Their website is https://qprinstitute.com


    Collin’s Links
    https://stopsuicide.life
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    1 h y 8 m
  • 75: Replay: Reform - Six Simple Ways to Improve the System

    75: Replay: Reform - Six Simple Ways to Improve the System
    Jul 6 2025
    This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast.

    Today we look back at my thoughts on six simple ways to massively improve the family law system.

    It originally aired as episode 2 on 18/9/2022 and it's currently the 6th most listened to episode. It seems fairly popular hence republishing it today for new listeners.

    Links
    The Fair Parenting Podcast:
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/FairParentingUK
    Email: podcast@fairparenting.co.uk
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    9 m
  • 74: Crisis: How The UK’s Authorities Are Harming Children

    74: Crisis: How The UK’s Authorities Are Harming Children
    Jun 22 2025
    The UK is in dark times. I discuss 6 ways the UK seems to be willfully harming children and failing them on a horrific scale. It's nothing short of a moral crisis.
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    7 m
  • 73: Replay: Suicide - Lawrence Sprung Discusses The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    73: Replay: Suicide - Lawrence Sprung Discusses The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
    Jun 8 2025
    This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast.

    Today we look back at my discussion with Lawrence Sprung, which was originally published as episode 15, on 19th March 2023.

    I wanted to do some shows on how to cope with abuse and alienation. In recent episodes began that by discussing trauma and meditation. Today we talk about suicide and suicide prevention.

    The websites findahelpline.com and www.suicide.org have links to helplines and suicide prevention links in many countries. Please take a look if you are suffering or suicidal or you are concerned for someone else.

    Our children need us to stay around for them, whether we are seeing them now or whether we are being alienated and will see them when they are older.

    Children also die by suicide and as a society we need to improve prevention.

    Our guest today is Lawrence Sprung. He lives in New York and is the founder of wealth management company Mitlin Financial Inc.

    He is an Investopedia Top Ten Advisor for 2022, he hosts the Mitlin Money Mindset™ podcast and he spent over 12 years on the National Board for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

    In 2004 Lawrence lost his brother-in-law Keith to suicide.

    He reacted by turning his sadness into a mission to raise awareness for mental health. He has become a resource for the community and he has helped many parents seeking help for their children.

    Lawrence has also raised over $1.5 million for the Keith Milano Memorial Fund charity.

    We learn about Lawrence’s story, his work improving financial literacy for parents and children and his work with The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

    Suicide Prevention Links Around the World

    These websites have links to helplines and suicide prevention links in many countries. They also have other information for people suffering. Please take a look if you are suffering or suicidal or concerned for someone else:

    https://findahelpline.com
    http://www.suicide.org

    The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is at https://afsp.org

    Lawrences’ links

    Websites:

    1) https://www.mitlinfinancial.com
    2) http://www.keithmilano.org
    3) http://www.mitlinmoneymindset.com

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencesprung

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawrencesprung

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lawrence_Sprung

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvmQXlCX1sbGcKviZJaHkvg

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larry_sprung
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    49 m
  • 72: Replay: AI - Can Artificial Intelligence Fix Family Law?

    72: Replay: AI - Can Artificial Intelligence Fix Family Law?
    May 25 2025
    This is an episode from the Replay series in which we look back at past episodes for those new to the podcast.

    Today we look back at my thoughts on Ai and its implications for family law. I thought it would be interesting to revisit this episode as Ai moves fast and adoption in many areas of life is increasing. It was originally published as episode 35, on 24th December 2023 so it will be interesting to see how it sounds nearly 18 months later.

    I love podcasts and I listen to many, two of which are Exponential Wisdom with @DanSullivanSC and @PeterDiamandis and Moonshots with @PeterDiamandis. I highly recommend listening to both.

    They cover many things, including AI, which is one of the hot topics of 2023.

    Those podcasts are not directly connected to our struggles for justice in family law but they are full of forward thinking developments and perspectives.

    They also talk about the idea of a moonshot. I believe our goal of a fair family law system that supports targeted parents and children can be seen as one and I discussed this with Justin Breen in episode 17.

    AI will have massive impact on the world. In today's episode I discuss ways it could impact the family law system.

    Links
    Moonshots podcast with Peter Diamandis - https://www.diamandis.com/podcast
    Exponential Wisdom podcast with Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis -https://blubrry.com/exponentialwisdom
    Justin Breen's episode https://audioboom.com/posts/8271193-books-justin-breen-discusses-epic-life
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    18 m
  • 71: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 3)

    71: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 3)
    May 11 2025
    I don't speak much about my own case on the show as this podcast is about wider issues and other people's stories. It's about them not me. Prior to episode 69, I had only ever done one episode on it before (episode 28).

    However, lots of people have asked and I feel the case is public interest and I fear for my safety so this episode is an update.

    Rather than just have me ramble on, Brent Bowlby kindly agreed to interview me and he did a brilliant job. Thanks very much to Brent for that. This is part 3. Parts 1 and 2 were episodes 69 and 70.

    Links

    Triple A - a previous episode about my case
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8218009-story-triple-a-a-portrait-of-abuse-narrated-by-alana-hillenaar

    Episode 69 - part 1 of my update
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8406307-story-an-interview-updating-my-own-story-part-1

    Episode 70 - part 2 of my update
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8406307-story-an-interview-updating-my-own-story-part-2

    Episodes where Brent was a guest telling his story
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629689-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-1

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629690-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-2

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8633298-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-3
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  • 70: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 2)

    70: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 2)
    Apr 27 2025
    I don't speak much about my own case on the show as this podcast is about wider issues and other people's stories. It's about them not me. Prior to episode 69, I had only ever done one episode on it before (episode 28).

    However, lots of people have asked and I feel the case is public interest and I fear for my safety so this episode is an update.

    Rather than just have me ramble on, Brent Bowlby kindly agreed to interview me and he did a brilliant job. Thanks very much to Brent for that. This is part 2 and part 1 was episode 69.

    Links

    Triple A - a previous episode about my case
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8218009-story-triple-a-a-portrait-of-abuse-narrated-by-alana-hillenaar

    Episode 69 - part 1 of my update
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8406307-story-an-interview-updating-my-own-story-part-1

    Episodes where Brent was a guest telling his story
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629689-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-1

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629690-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-2

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8633298-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-3
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    50 m
  • 69: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 1)

    69: Story: An Interview Updating My Own Story (Part 1)
    Apr 13 2025
    I don't speak much about my own case on the show as this podcast is about wider issues and other people's stories. It's about them not me. I have only ever done one episode on it before (episode 28).

    However, lots of people have asked and I feel the case is public interest and I fear for my safety so this episode is an update.

    Rather than just have me ramble on, Brent Bowlby kindly agreed to interview me and he did a brilliant job. Thanks very much to Brent for that. This is part 1. I hope you enjoy it.

    Links

    Triple A - the previous episode about my case
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8218009-story-triple-a-a-portrait-of-abuse-narrated-by-alana-hillenaar

    Episodes where Brent was a guest telling his story
    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629689-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-1

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8629690-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-2

    https://audioboom.com/posts/8633298-story-brent-bowlby-s-7-year-family-court-case-part-3
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    1 h y 7 m