He Lost His Brother to Suicide — Here's How Jim Shoopack Found a Way Forward and Now Helps Others Do the Same

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Feb 10, 2025 · 46m

Trigger warning — this episode includes discussion of suicide loss and depression.

Jim Shoopack has lived through two of the hardest things a person can face — his own battle with depression and the devastating loss of his brother to suicide. What he built from that grief is not just personal survival but a mission to make mental health support easier to find and harder to stigmatize for everyone who comes after him. What he shares with Stacey Chillemi about his personal journey through depression, what losing his brother taught him about the urgency of mental health advocacy, and the…