After The Anchor Podcast is a peer-led healing community for people who’ve lived through hard things, faced themselves, and decided to do the work anyway. It’s not about what happened before; it’s about what came after.
James Francis was just 10 years old when he experienced his first suicidal thought.In this conversation with Leslie Wise, he shares the childhood experiences, family dynamics, and internal struggles that shaped decades of silent depression—and what ultimately helped him keep going.This isn’t just a story about pain. It’s a story about survival, resilience, and why conversations like this matter.If this resonates with you, or reminds you of someone you care about, share it.