Best of In This Family: Loving Families and the Pain of Silence with Meg Kissinger

Content Warning: This episode discusses substance use, depression, anxiety, and death by suicide. Award-winning veteran journalist Meg Kissinger grew up as part of a close-knit family in a noisy and active house. That happens in a home with eight kids. Yet there was nothing but silence when it came to the pervasive bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, depression, and anxiety that heavily impacted the Kissingers. Meg, author of the moving memoir While You Were Out, tells how she persevered, found answers that were hard to come by, and got to a healthier place. It’s an inspiring conversation about mental illness, loss, healing, and hope. This is an encore presentation first aired in October 2025.