How do you stare suicide in the face, and what does that have to do with the exquisite beauty in everything? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Chris Plough – Ambulance Driver, Adventure Seeker, Soul Shaman.
***Trigger Warning: Please note that this episode contains conversations about suicide, depression, and homicide***
Timestamps
1:30 – Trigger warning: Suicide, Depression, Homicide
5:00 – Everything was perfect, but it wasn’t.
8:50 – “I think for a lot of people it’s a necessary phase to realize that we’re driven on this fuel of ambition.”
11:09 – How do we realize it’s the wrong fuel and when we do, how do we find the right fuel?
15:30 – “I found myself overwhelmed with this sense of melancholy and, in the past, I would have been like, ‘Be happy. I don’t want to feel this way.’ And instead, I just allowed this experience to happen and I felt into it.”
18:00 – 10,000 miles of self-love.
18:35 – “The way I rationalized it was, ‘Look I’m not sure how much longer I’m going to be around so I’ll go do something grand.’”
18:52 – “It ended up being the three of us, in this used ambulance that I purchased on Ebay…sight unseen [and, we drove from the UK to Mongolia.].”
24:45 – “I actually began to look forward to life again and that was the key difference.”
28:20 – “You don’t have to do it all at once.”
34:50 – When we met, we fell into an immediate deep conversation, and that was unusual. Why were you able to have that conversation with me that night?
42:25 – Being an “Empathic Listener” & “Witness”
44:48 – “Asking for help is when I feel weakest and I feel most vulnerable.”
46:20 – “And you’re training yourself to make that call.”
47:45 – “90+ percent of the time, all someone needs is someone who is willing to listen.”
50:00 – “Caring is a superpower.”
54:35 – Project Liberation
1:00:08 – “I don’t want to be anybody’s guru.”
1:02:15 – Final Thoughts, and how to call and talk to Chris Plough.
Links: Chris Plough
Chris’ One Last Talk: https://chrisplough.com/onelasttalk
https://chrisplough.com/i-am-listening
Instagram: @chrisplough
https://www.facebook.com/chrisplough
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisplough/
Washington Post Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Laura Gassner Otting, inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief.
She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She leads them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.
