FRANK KING: How mental health comedian, former Jay Leno writer - suicide prevention & TEDx speaker - survived media Covid 19 cruise ship lynching. King explains how he integrates comedy on stage.

Frank King, Suicide Prevention speaker and Trainer was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years. Depression and suicide run in his family. He’s thought about killing himself more times than he can count. He’s fought a lifetime battle with Major Depressive Disorder and Chronic Suicidality, turning that long dark journey of the soul into five TEDx Talks and sharing his lifesaving insights on Mental Health Awareness with associations, corporations, and colleges. A Motivational Public Speaker who uses his life lessons to start the conversation giving people permission to give voice to their feelings and experiences surrounding depression and suicide. And doing it by coming out, as it were, and standing in his truth, and doing it with humor. He believes that where there is humor there is hope, where there is laughter there is life, nobody dies laughing. The right person, at the right time, with the right information, can save a life. Frank has taken a professional hit as a victim of the "cancel culture" after the media reported widely on his brush with COVID 19 on a cruise ship gig. He says the mainstream media didn't present a fair picture of the drama. Also known as the mental health comedian, Frank has emerged stronger and survived the international media attack with grace and good humor.   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-aidan-byrne0/support