Frank King was a writer for the Tonight Show with Jay Leno for 20 years. He’s had two aortic valve replacements, a double bypass, a massive heart attack, and three stents, and lived to joke about it all, so he is truly funny at heart. He’s fought a lifetime battle with depression, and thoughts of suicide, turning that long dark journey of the soul into a TED Talk, “A Matter of Laugh or Death,” and sharing his insights on Suicide Prevention and Post-vention with corporation, association, and college audiences. He uses the life lessons from all of the above, as well as lessons learned crisscrossing the country in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, doing 2,629 nights in a row on the comedy club circuit, to show how attendees can turn messes and stresses into successes, and save a life, occasionally, their own.
You’ll laugh, learn, and leave loving life.
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• Learn Mental Health Literacy, How to Start That Conversation, How to Facilitate Recovery, Resiliency, and Return to Work, as well as Suicide Prevention and Post-vention Techniques
• Learn the signs and symptoms of depression
• Learn the signs and symptoms of thoughts of suicide
• Learn what to say if you believe someone is depressed and what not to say
• Learn what to say if you believe someone is seriously contemplating suicide
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