THE LIVING RECORD

Tell me about them

A private audio practice. One recorded conversation about someone who died by suicide — who they were, what happened, all of it — shaped into a record that's yours.

No One Asks

After a suicide, people ask how you're doing. Almost no one asks what the person was like, or what actually happened — and then waits for the answer.
The Living Record is that conversation, with someone who has no role to protect, and won't look away.

What This Is

One extended conversation. You decide where it starts and where it goes. I ask what they were like, what happened, and what you've never been able to say about them, or about it. No steering toward closure. No stopping at the hard parts.

Who It's For

This is for anyone who knew them and needs to say so — family, friends, chosen family. Closeness is what qualifies you, not a title.

A child or young relative too young to remember them
Family who hold a different version than the one that's been tidied
You — a fixed account to return to as memory softens
No one yet. Some records are sealed. Saying it whole is the value.

How It Works

The Session — up to 90 minutes, recorded, online. Nothing to prepare. If it's too much, we stop. If it's not enough, we schedule a second session. Nothing has to be finished in one sitting.The Review — you hear it first, and flag anything to cut.The Assembly — trimmed and mastered, not tidied.The Delivery — private link + permanent file, within two weeks. You own it.

What This Is Not

Not grief support. Not therapy.Not a eulogy.Not an investigation.Not public, unless you choose.Not something a close friend or family member can give you.

Privacy

Yours from delivery. Encrypted backup unless you request total erasure. Nothing leaves this practice without your separate written consent.Studio Archive: I retain a secure encrypted backup in case you ever lose your copy.

Where This Comes From

This practice is operated by Sean Wellington — founder and producer of Suicide Noted, a six-year archive of 400+ long-form conversations with people who had run out of places to say the real thing.I am a loss survivor, too. My best friend Jimmy died by suicide, and for years the hardest part wasn't grief — it was that no one asked me to just talk about him, all of it, and stay in the room for the answer. This practice exists because I built the thing I needed and couldn't find.

The Fee

$2,500 for one speaker. $3,500 for multiple. Same structure either way — nothing changes but who's in the room.50% to book. 50% on delivery.

First Step

A brief email exchange before anything is scheduled — to confirm this is the right structure for what you need to say. Scope, fit, and any questions get addressed there. No obligation until there's mutual clarity.One question to answer when you write:Who is the person, and who, if anyone, should hear it?[email protected]