Jan Stewart is a highly regarded mental health governance expert and advocate. Her brutally honest memoir Hold on Tight: A Parent's Journey Raising Children with Mental Illness describes her emotional roller coaster story of parenting two children with multiple mental health disorders. Her mission is to inspire parents to persevere, as well as to better educate their families, friends, healthcare professionals, educators, and employers. 

Jan is engaging, intelligent, and well-spoken, and together we discuss her new book coming out, as well as the importance of breaking down the stigma surrounding mental health. Jan even shares multiple ways to help break the stigma.