How Small Connections Build Real Hope

Moral Injury Support Network Podcast · Oct 16, 2026 · 1h 6m · transcript

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Suicide prevention is everywhere in the military, but “everywhere” does not always mean effective. Dr. Daniel Roberts sits down with mental health advocate and suicide attempt survivor David Woods Bartley to argue for a more workable, more human frame: life preservation. A life preserver keeps someone’s head above water until help arrives, and that simple metaphor changes how we talk to soldiers, veterans, chaplains, and families who are exhausted by scripts that do not fit real life.

We go deep on what actually drives the urge to die: hopelessness and the beliefs built by…