Description:
This is not a tidy mental health story. It is a lived one filled with humor, honesty, and the unfiltered reality of navigating mental illness.
Brief description: Amber Weigand-Buckley is an author, speaker, podcaster, the multi-award-winning founding editor and art director for Leading Hearts magazine (leadinghearts.com, Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (awsa.com) marketing director, Bold Vision Books' creative director, and owner of #barefacedcreativemedia (barefacedcreativemedia.com). The Springfield, Missouri native navigates bipolar and anxiety disorder while embracing her best life. At its peak, her mental illness almost caused her to take her own life. And her journey through stigma and shame has helped her embrace her role as an advocate for mental health who knows that a diagnosis does not disqualify you from leadership.