Volume 4 of Braving Veracity is a collection of personal essays centered around health and wellness. Each author's true story illustrates how one's physical health is intertwined with one's emotional wellbeing. Both experiences connect to and influence the other, and both are essential in the alchemy between growth, healing, and wellness.
Stacy Pershall teaches Memoir I and II at Gotham Writers' Workshop and creative writing to teens online through the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. She is a suicide-prevention speaker for the Active Minds Speakers' Bureau. She lives in New York City.