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Hello,
I’m Meg Kissinger, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author. I want to help you see and think about people with mental illness in a new light. My best-selling memoir, While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence, has been praised for its incisive reporting, boundless compassion and surprising humor. It was named as an Outstanding Work of Literature winner and an editors’ choice by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Amazon, Goodreads and Independent Booksellers Association. Audible chose it as the Best of the Year.
I’ve spent more than two decades traveling across the country for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to report on our nation’s failed mental health system, winning more than a dozen national honors, including two George Polk Awards and the Robert F. Kennedy National Journalism Award. She taught investigative reporting at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and is a trainer for the school’s Dart Center on Trauma and Journalism.
I live in Milwaukee, Wis., with my husband, Larry, near the shores of Lake Michigan, my favorite place to plunge, even on the coldest day in January.
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Speak Up About It! is a space for friends and family of people affected by mental illness to come together to share stories and resources. It is time to end the shame and blame. Our stories matter and collectively, we can make a difference. ✨ 💫 ✨
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“Only Love and Understanding Can Conquer This Disease”
~ Danny Kissinger
Speaking Up About Your Own Stories and Experiences and We Share a Better Future Together
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