New York ( CNN ) -- Two life coaches who hosted a radio show called `` The Pursuit of Happiness '' apparently committed suicide together in their Brooklyn apartment , police said . Motivational speaker John Littig , 48 , and his common-law psychotherapist wife , Lynne Rosen , 46 , were found with plastic bags over their heads and a tube attached to a canister of helium , according to police . Two suicide notes were found , police said . The manager of the building , Hasan Boztepe , 51 , said he smelled a strong odor coming from the apartment and broke down the door Monday morning after no one answered his repeated knocks . He found the bodies sitting on a couch , holding hands . The canister with an open valve was on Rosen 's right , he said . Boztepe said he also found two suicide notes , one apparently written by a man and one by a woman . In the man 's note , Boztepe remembered the words : `` I ca n't take it anymore , my wife is in too much pain . '' `` I was shocked . I am still in shock . I feel so bad for these people , '' Boztepe said . Screening for suicide : A psychiatrist 's take . He said he knew the couple and stopped by the apartment last week to fix something for Littig . `` He walked me to the door and said 'thank you very much . ' He was a very nice guy -- and a couple of days later , this . '' The couple 's radio show , `` The Pursuit of Happiness , '' on WBAI-99.5 FM focused on `` personal development , growth and creativity '' according to their website . It was an hourlong show airing every other Thursday afternoon . `` RIP Lynne Rosen + John Littig . Partners on air and in life , '' the station posted Thursday on Facebook and Twitter . The couple also led a life coaching consulting company , Why Not Now , offering coaching `` designed to help foster and encourage your inner strengths , '' and `` put you confidently on the path to designing the life you 've always wanted to live , '' according to their website . `` You should try to do something that scares you every day , '' Littig said on a show in February . `` People really need to try to implement that into their lives , '' Rosen later added . `` Even if it is small things and it feels scary ; but it 's a small step and it moves you forward toward your real self . '' Opinion : America has to tackle its suicide problem .
Motivational speaker John Littig and psychotherapist Lynne Smith are both dead . Business manager : He said , ` ` I ca n't take it anymore , my wife is in too much pain . '' Their ` ` ##s of Happiness '' radio program spoke of personal development and growth .