Meghan Cliffel is a writer and mindfulness teacher whose life was reshaped by her experience with postpartum psychosis. After 20 years in public education—teaching, working at the nation’s largest school district, and founding a nonprofit consulting agency—Meghan now teaches others how to understand their thoughts and emotions through mindfulness, self-inquiry, and compassion. Her lived experience with postpartum psychosis—coming too near to losing everything—informs her writing, speaking, advocacy, and coaching, where she challenges societal expectations of motherhood, achievement, and a life well-lived. Meghan has given interviews and talks to press and clinicians globally and has written for places like the Journal of Psychiatry and the Law and Psychiatric Times.
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