My mission with The Silent Goldens documentary is to try and open and normalize the conversation around suicide loss. Very few people are not touched by these deaths at some point whether it is someone close, an acquaintance or co-worker, a community member, or an admired celebrity, yet it still is a taboo topic. For the last couple of years I’ve been recruiting other suicide loss survivors who have gone public with their stories to share why they feel its important to do so and how it has changed their relationship to their grief for my YouTube Series Talking About Suicide Loss With…
This month I am proud to feature Rob Barnett. I met Rob over 30 years ago when we were colleagues at MTV in NYC. We recently reconnected regarding my projects when I learned that he, unfortunately, lost his brother to suicide. While we didn’t know each other well way back when talking to him was like talking to a long-lost friend because of the bond of shared traumatic experience. Unlike many of my guests, Rob spoke out very publicly immediately after his loss and since then has been finding creative ways shine a light on this important topic and support others who have lost someone.
Learn more about my documentary at thesilentgoldens.com
