Forensic psychiatrist, violence expert, president of the World Mental Health Coalition (worldmhc.org), and New York Times bestselling author.

Elevating the way businesses see and serve the age 50+. Writer, speaker, business owner crafting dignified futures through social innovation.

Camerados—Be More Pirate—Social Change—Stroke Survivor—AutDHD—Wheelchair Witch—Mad/Crip Punk—NonBinary—They/Them—Thanatology—Anarcho/Hope/Solar Punk—Hooklander

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Melissa is a writer, teacher, mother, and woman in recovery. She writes about trauma, healing, identity, and the long, complicated path toward self-worth.

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