It’s a platform to share the content I produce and celebrate the “passion” projects I can’t help but get involved in.

My areas of focus are quite simply the traumatic life experiences and situations that have impacted me personally.

I’m a firm believer in the power of honest conversations for the greater good, to break down barriers and reduce feelings of isolation and shame. My dad taking his own life set me on a path of opening up about my experiences and I haven’t stopped since.

I consider myself an advocate for those walking a similar path to me and seek to inform and educate others who may benefit from understanding more about our experiences and how they can play a part in our ongoing healing experience. I fully support the gift that is the lived experience “voice”, respecting its power and influence to agitate the status quo, challenge assumptions, misperceptions and social inequalities.

I blog, vlog, write for media and get invited to guest on TV, radio, podcasts and panel discussions. I’ve always been a pretty vocal “tell it like it is” kind of person, which is getting worse/better as I’ve got older (depending which way you look at it).

I’m an alumni member of the charity Sounddelivery Media Spokesperson Network Programme, where I concentrated on amplifying my lived experience of suicide bereavement, providing (what I hope to be) an important voice for our growing community. Since 2017 I have supported hundreds of people in a peer-to-peer capacity in their suicide bereavement “journey” and assisted organisations in the design and delivery of suicide-related projects and initiatives.

Please get in touch if you’d benefit from my lived experience expertise in some way.

Ellie x

PS – I’m swimming the Swim Serpentine “Super Six” 6-mile swim this September for the amazing peer support charity Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide if you would like to sponsor me via JustGiving. Thank you!