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Laughing in the Dark- Comedy Depression Suicide Prevention with Frank King Manon on The Healers Caf

Release Date: 01/08/2026

Laughing in the Dark- Comedy Depression Suicide Prevention with Frank King Manon on The Healers Caf

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger, speaks to Frank, who discussed his mental health struggles, including major depressive disorder and chronic suicidal ideation, and how humor helps him cope. Frank emphasized the importance of starting conversations about suicide, noting that one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds globally. He highlighted the need for empathy and intervention to prevent suicides, sharing stories of how his talks have helped individuals. Frank aims to save a life a day through his work. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights...

Reprogramming the Mind Hypnotherapy with Kristine Ovsepian Manon on The Healers Caf

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger, speaks to Kristine, a clinical hypnotherapist and CEO of Journeys to Heal Inc., and shares her journey from accounting to hypnotherapy. Kristine emphasized the importance of addressing subconscious programming, using techniques like hypnotherapy, breathwork, and NLP to help clients reconnect with their inner wisdom. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights from today's episode include: Kristine explains that hypnotherapy works by accessing the subconscious/unconscious (about 88% of our programming) and...

Emotional Healing for Chronic Pain with Dr William Kalatsky Manon on The Healers Caf

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger and Dr William Kalatsky continue their discussion on holistic healing, focusing on Manon's partner Tony's chronic pain and emotional stress. Tony has been suffering from neuralgia pain since a shingles outbreak two years ago, which has been exacerbated by family conflicts and societal pressures. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights from today's episode include: Dr. William explains Emotions create measurable physical effects, so clearing emotions can ease physical pain. Dr William...

Clearing Emotional Trauma with Frequency with Dr William Kalatsky Manon on The Healers Caf

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger speaks to Dr. William Kalatsky, a former chiropractor, who developed a method to clear emotional trauma using frequency. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights from today's episode include: Dr. William explains that emotions have distinct frequencies, and by matching the resonance of an emotion (like grief, anger, jealousy, rage), it can be disentangled and cleared from the body. Dr William describes working with the field of consciousness to clear intense emotional charge (including PTSD and...

From Corporate Burnout to Self-Care with Laura Jane Layton Manon on The Healers Caf

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon speaks to Laura to discover how Laura Jane Layton overcame the stresses of corporate burnout and negative self-talk to embrace self-care and inspire others to find balance and well-being in their lives. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights from today's episode include: Laura recognized her “inner bully” through her patterns of negative self-talk, particularly as a response to work-related self-doubt, and began consciously changing the language she used with herself to foster self-kindness....

Empowering Womens Health Wealth with Michelle Taylor Manon on The Healers Caf

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon speaks to Michelle Taylor, founder of the Woman and Wealth Initiative, discusses her journey from being diagnosed with leukemia at 17 to becoming a financial educator. She emphasizes the importance of financial education and stress management for women's health and wealth. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights from today's episode include: Michelle explains how financial stress can significantly impact health, and building financial education and comfort reduces this stress, especially for women. Michelle...

Healing Business Authentic Connections with Nina Maglic Manon on The Healers Caf

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon speaks to Nina, with 18 years of marketing experience, now helps healers grow businesses without burnout. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights from today's episode include: Nina explains building relationships is essential in both healing and business—trust and authenticity come before selling or offering services, especially for healers. Nina’s personal healing requires letting go of expectations, surrender, and addressing subconscious benefits of holding onto pain; nearly everyone can heal with the right...

Soulful Divorce- Mindful Healing Empowerment with Jen Mitchell Love Manon on The Healers Caf

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger, FCAH, RBHT (facilitator and retired naturopath with 30+ years of practice) speaks to Jen, a divorce mediator, discusses her transition from a litigation attorney to a mediator focused on mindfulness and intentionality. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights from today's episode include: Jen emphasizes transforming the divorce process by empowering couples to handle it with mindfulness, intentionality, and love, outside the stress and limitations of the courtroom. Jen...

Authenticity & Healing: Soma Massage Journey with Amber Briggle & Manon on The Healers Café

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger, FCAH, RBHT (facilitator and retired naturopath with 30+ years of practice) speaks Amber who shared her journey from a childhood of homemade remedies to becoming a successful massage therapist. She emphasized the importance of a no-tipping model, which she believes elevates massage therapy to a healthcare service. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights from today's episode include: Amber says stay true to your values—define what your business stands for and...

Intuition Healing and Retreats with Tania Ho Manon on The Healers Caf

The Healers Café

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger, FCAH, RBHT (facilitator and retired naturopath with 30+ years of practice) speaks to Tania Ho, an intuitive soul guide from Hong Kong now in Chiang Rai, Thailand, discusses her journey from grief to healing, leading to her role as a retreat center manager and intuitive guide. She emphasizes the importance of intuition, describing it as a gateway to the soul and a crucial sense that can be trained through meditation. For the transcript and full story go to: Highlights from today's...

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For the transcript and full story go to: https://www.drmanonbolliger.com/frank-king

Highlights from today's episode include:

For some people, suicide is always an option their brain offers, even for small problems (e.g., car breaks down: “fix it / buy a new one / kill myself”). Naming it (“chronic suicidal ideation”) helps people realize they’re not freaks and not alone, which can be profoundly relieving and life-changing.

Suicide often results from a cascade of factors, like a car accident with many causes (nighttime, rain, slick road, etc.). A simple intervention—someone asking, “Are you okay?” or showing they care—can interrupt that cascade and literally save a life (e.g., Kevin Hines on the Golden Gate Bridge).

You highlight that in contexts like MAID in Canada, people are often met with serious validation of ending life but not always offered a gap—humor, caring connection, or alternative ways of seeing their situation.

ABOUT FRANK KING:

Frank King, Suicide Prevention Speaker, writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years, speaker and comedian for 39.

His speaking is informed by his lifetime of Depression and Suicidality and coming close enough to ending his life that he can tell you what the barrel of his gun tastes like.

Turning that long dark journey of the soul into 13 TEDx Talks, sharing his lifesaving insights with corporations, and associations.

He’s shared the stage with comedians, Jeff Foxworthy, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Dr. Ken Jung, Ellen DeGeneres, Dennis Miller, and Bill Hicks, as well as entertainers, Lou Rawls, The Beach Boys, Randy Travis, and Nancy Wilson.

On top of all of that, he has survived 2 aortic valve replacements, a double bypass, a heart attack, and losing to a puppet on the original Star Search and has lived to joke about it all.

Core purpose/passion: To save a life a day.

ABOUT MANON BOLLIGER, RBHT, FCAH:

As a retired Naturopath 1992-2021, I saw an average of 150 patients per week and have helped people ranging from rural farmers in Nova Scotia to stressed out CEOs in Toronto to tri-athletes here in Vancouver.

My resolve to educate, empower and engage people to take charge of their own health is evident in my best-selling books: ‘What Patients Don’t Say if Doctors Don’t Ask: The Mindful Patient-Doctor Relationship’ and ‘A Healer in Every Household: Simple Solutions for Stress’. and What if Your Body is Smarter than You Think? I am the Founder & CEO of The Bowen College Inc. which teaches BowenFirst™ Therapy and holds transformational workshops to achieve these goals.

So, when I share with you that LISTENing to Your body is a game changer in the healing process, I am speaking from expertise and direct experience”.

Mission: A Healer in Every Household!

For more great information to go to her weekly blog: http://bowencollege.com/blog.

For tips on health & healing go to: https://www.drmanonbolliger.com/tips

ABOUT THE HEALERS CAFE:

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* De-Registered, revoked & retired naturopathic physician after 30 years of practice in healthcare. Now resourceful & resolved to share with you all the tools to take care of your health & vitality!

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