Peer 4 Peer Podcast with Mark Ellis
Mark Ellis is a mental health and suicide prevention peer worker with 30 years experience supporting people with complex and enduring emotional distress. He discusses his childhood trauma of bullying, along with owning your own shadow; holding space for people in distress; how spirituality plays a role in working alongside people with thoughts of suicide; leaving your ego ‘at the door’ as a peer worker; and his peer-led experiences at Roses in the Ocean.