Trusting Resilience

Heather Moore was "living the dream" in sunny California until her father's death catapulted her back home to Michigan, where she faced an impossible choice. Either settle her dad's chaotic estate and support her schizophrenic-but unmedicated-mother, or walk away. Caught between her desire to be a loyal daughter and her anger and frustration over her mother's bizarre and occasionally abusive behavior, Heather became a reluctant advocate for her family.

Join Heather as she shares her gut-wrenching, heart-opening story of what it took to wade through the havoc while wrought by grief, exhaustion, and the exasperation of the legal system to find peace within the complexity of love for and life with a family member with schizophrenia.

Trusting Resilience is a must-read for anyone who seeks to resolve the absurdity that rattles around inside the bucket we have labeled "mental illness." Heather's story is gritty, real, and threaded with hope.

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