If you are a parent, a sports coach, teacher, or mentor of a teen...this episode is a must for you. Elliot Kallen has a transparent and heart felt conversation with me about teen suicide and gives so much insight on how to observe and talk with your teens.

Elliot lost his son to suicide, and today he saves so many teens through "A Brighter Day" . There is so much information in this episode and I encourage all parents to listen, take notes, and visit his non-profit organization to learn more about their 24/7 text support and on-on-one therapy that his organization pays for.

This episode will also help you feel encouraged by knowing we are in a great time of awareness more than ever. However, the statistics in teens that experience thoughts of suicide is 50%.

With that, I thank Elliot Kallen and his team at A Brighter Day for the good works they are doing.

Please listen to this episode in its entirety and share to all of your loved ones. As always, as a changemaker I ask you all to share the love.

God Bless,

Lily Sanders

Join me with writer, director, producer John Callas who has overcome a lifetime of depression and turned it into one positive experience after another. John admits it was a long, hard journey out of depression, and through his personal life experience he now offers others a fundamental way of managing it. He is not a mental health professional and does not give mental health advice. However, he has formulated a system that worked for him after 50 years of learning how to go beyond it and live his best life today. John says he has gained insight on compassion, inclusion, acceptance and love. Despite the loss of his father at the age of three and growing up without a father figure, he has become a stronger, more secure person. About John Callas: A 50-year veteran as a writer/director/producer in the entertainment business. His experience ranges from the worldwide release of feature films to numerous motion picture trailers, commercials, documentaries, and was a worldwide VP for The Walt Disney Company. In addition to working on feature film teasers, his work can be seen in projects for HBO, The Disney Channel, Show Time, the Broadway Play Phantom of The Opera, and the 1993 redesigned TRISTAR LOGO.John's extensive background also includes over 200 commercials for such clients as Kellogg's, Dodge, Sunkist, Sprite, Toyota, Fuji, Volkswagen, Honda, McDonalds, Mazda, Minolta, Jedi Merchandising, Kraft, Jordache, Sea World, Givenchy, and more. His television experience includes directing a 14-week series entitled Potentials, and directed 80 segments for Bobby's World, which has been rated the #1 show on Fox 11 TV, garnering John an Emmy nomination. As a multi-faceted filmmaker, John's work can be seen in music videos for Glenn Frey Of The Eagles, Bill Wyman Of The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Starship, Sammy Hagar, Rick Springfield, Doobie Brothers, Styx, and more.Connect with John Callas: https://johncallas.com/

Lily talks with Patricia Cardona, who is committed to training parents on how to prevent child sex abuse. With passion, experience, and unmatched knowledge she speaks openly on Beyond The Current Situation. For full uncut version in video and a BONUS video with exclusive content, subscribe here! Patricia's work in educating parents has been critical in helping our children and children's children escape the unfathomable acts of child sex abuse around the world. This episode unveils the horrifying truths and facts on CSA (child sex abuse) and highlights some of the phrases and responses parents should learn in order to support their children against predators of sexual abuse. Moreover, Patricia Cardona stresses the importance of making these practices as a parent, a daily habit. It is a parenting habit that is to be adopted and cultivated in order to ensure a child's safety against CSA.Her new book, "Phrases You Should Never Say in the Face of Sexual Abuse" is currently available in Spanish. She is looking to circulate it throughout all of Spain, and Latin America. Patricia expects to have it responsibly translated and written in English for the USA and all English speaking countries to use as a tool to train parents around the world.Book available in paperback and digital: Frases que nunca deberías decir ante un abuso sexualAbout Patricia Cardona:From Mallorca, Spain is a warrior survivor of intra and extra familial child sexual abuse. She is a self-taught poet, a radio broadcaster, a speaker, an actress, and a telecommunications engineer. She collaborates with RANA (Red de Ayuda a Niños Abusados, or Aid Network for Abused Children), and she is a Steward of Children by Darkness to Light.She is an activist as well. She is part of BraveMovement, a survivor-centered global movement fighting to end childhood sexual violence. She has already made two trips to Brussels at the TownHall Europe and the European Parliament to speak with members of Parliament. These trips were to stress the need of having the COM (2022) 209: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse passed and to request to strengthen the law with support to victims. Next trip to Brussels is on 18th September. She broke her silence publicly in April 2019 in a poetry event. The guests told her she was brave. Since then she understands the value of telling her story and creating a safe space to talk about trauma and overcoming it. Her missions in life are to break the taboo of child sexual abuse and to bring survivors out of the shadows for them to dazzle the world with their light and strength. Patricia gives child sexual abuse prevention workshops and talks about transforming pain into purpose, overcoming fear, forgiveness and breaking the silence.