Lisa Ellison is a writer, speaker, and coach with an Ed.S in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a background in mindfulness. She regularly presents and teaches courses on the use of mindfulness in writing, writing about trauma, and all things memoir. A regular contributor to the Jane Friedman blog, her essays and short stories have appeared in HuffPost, Hippocampus Literary Magazine, the New Guard Review, Kenyon Review Online, and Brevity, among others. She's currently working on a memoir about how traveling with her husband’s heavy metal band into post-Bosnian-War Yugoslavia soon after her brother's suicide led to a promise that ultimately saved her.
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Trigger ⚠️: This episode discusses the topic of suicide, and may be triggering for some listeners. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please text the Crisis Text Line at 741-741, or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.