Tiffaney Childers
The Rise Back: Beyond Suicide
Tiffaney Childers on Suicide, Silence & Healing
This episode includes a daughter’s personal reflections on the suicide of her mother and her father, one year apart.
If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available. Visit 988Lifeline.org or dial 988 to speak with a trained counselor, 24/7.
Some stories deserve to be heard again.
As Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month comes to a close, we're revisiting a conversation that has stayed with us since it originally aired on February 4, 2026. Tiffaney Childers joined us during the first year of The P-I-G and trusted us with an extraordinarily personal story: losing both of her parents to suicide within a year of each other, living for years with the grief and unanswered questions that followed, and eventually discovering what could happen when she stopped carrying so much of it alone.
But The Rise Back isn't simply a story about suicide or loss. It's a story about what comes after. About surviving. Speaking. Connecting. Healing. Helping others. And gradually learning that moving forward doesn't require leaving behind the people we've lost.
🎙️ Throughout this conversation we explore:
The very different circumstances surrounding the loss of each of Tiffaney's parents
The complicated grief, anger, guilt, silence, and unanswered questions that can follow suicide loss
What it meant to carry so much of her story privately for nearly two decades
Why speaking openly about suicide and loss can help loosen the grip of shame and isolation
The difference between surviving an experience and beginning to heal from it
Tiffaney's work with the L.O.S.S. Team and what it means to show up for families in the immediate aftermath of suicide
Finding connection with people who understand a loss we sometimes struggle to explain
Learning to allow joy, purpose, love, and hope to coexist with grief
What Tiffaney has discovered about herself through telling—and continuing to live—her story
We're revisiting this conversation now because awareness months can help us pay attention. They can give us language, resources, and opportunities to begin conversations that might otherwise remain unspoken.
But the need for those conversations doesn't disappear when the month ends. Neither does grief. Neither does healing. And neither does the opportunity to notice someone who may be struggling, reach toward someone carrying a loss, or find the courage to ask for support ourselves.
Some stories deserve to be heard again.
And some conversations are simply too important to leave in the past.
Learn more about Tiffaney and explore available resources.
Connect on social: @tiffaneychilders (IG), /tiffaney.childers (FB) & /tiffaneychilders (LI).
Purchase Tiffaney's book, "The Rise Back: Reclaiming Life After Suicide Loss, Pain, and Silence" on Amazon.
If You or Someone You Love Needs Support
If you are struggling emotionally, experiencing a mental health crisis, or simply need someone to talk to, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free, confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call or text 988, or connect online. The Lifeline notes that you do not have to be suicidal to reach out.
For survivors of suicide loss: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention provides resources specifically for people who have lost someone to suicide, including Healing Conversations with trained volunteers who are themselves loss survivors, support-group information, and grief resources.
L.O.S.S. Teams: The LOSS Team Active Postvention Model helps connect people bereaved by suicide with support and resources; the national site currently lists active teams and a locator. Find a L.O.S.S. Team
💗 From Our Hearts to Yours…
The P-I-G is a heartfelt, purpose-driven podcast exploring life, love, loss, and legacy through real conversations and meaningful stories. Together, we unpack the moments that shape us—the stories we carry, the messiness of being human, and what it means to leave something meaningful behind.
Each episode invites us to honor what matters most, remember that grief isn’t linear, navigate life’s hardest moments with PURPOSE, INTENTION, and GRATITUDE, and to be reminded that legacy isn’t just what we leave… it’s how we live—right now.
“Hearing the stories of others helps us create a more meaningful connection to our own—because legacy isn’t just what we leave behind, it’s how we live right now.”
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