The GreenplanetFM Podcast with Tim Lynch

This warm and caring interview of Molly who herself experienced the loss of her husband to suicide after just 6 months of living NZ, helps us understand the tragedy of males in particular - taking their own precious  lives.  Molly Ireland  Facing the Dark A journey into suicide  www.beyondthecourse.co.nz Molly originally came from Alaska where it is 24/7 dark in winter and where she lived out in the tundra that in winter dropped to extremely cold temperatures below zero. There is a lot of mental illness in dark winter latitudes. Be it in Scandinavia, Russia or Canada.  Called Seasonal affective disorder (SAD).  Her husband Charlie was a talented movie editor - and after they got married moved to Los Angeles, where she realised that he had some health issues so they decided to come to NZ where life would be less hectic and because they wanted to come to ‘the land of milk and honey’. Unfortunately, after 6 months here he took his life leaving Molly and 4 daughters to survive the best way they could. This heart