What led us here?
In March of 2025 we lost our son and brother, Riley, to suicide. This can be a very tricky topic to discuss, however we chose to be open about it in case it had the chance of ever helping anyone else. Because of this loss we decided that we wanted to find a way to make difficult conversations possible, help others who may be struggling to know that they are not alone, and share Chapters that are not often brought up in conversation.
While this podcast is not about us, Riley, or our grief, he is the reason that we are here doing what we are. The center of our entire goal is to help others never go through what we have and the tremendous loss that losing him has been.
A Message from McKenna
The person I was when I woke up on the day that we lost Riley is a completely different person than who I went to bed as that night. His death changed me in ways I could have never imagined and I will never be the same person that I was while he was still here. If there is anything I could ever hope to accomplish in life it is to help people stay. Suicide can be a taboo subject and hard to talk about for many people and I hope that by doing this podcast we can make tough conversations happen more and give others the opportunity to share, no matter what the topic may be. Every voice deserves to be heard and there's so much we can learn from the experiences of others. My brother is at the center of what I do and I will spend the rest of my life trying to make him proud.