When Jackie M. Stebbins had reached the pinnacle of success as a young trial lawyer, she desperately tried to hide her anxiety and depression. But her shaking hands, endless insomnia, and white noise in her ears told her it was true: she had burned herself out. After she pleaded to be committed to a psychiatric ward, her world went black. She awoke a month later to learn that she had a rare and debilitating brain illness that stole her career and nearly ended her life.

The twists and turns of her journey to a diagnosis, recovery, and new life takes readers on an emotional and psychedelic rollercoaster ride. You will feel her terror and devastation and be moved by her will and hope. Unwillable makes you laugh, cry, and cheer for Jackie in this fast-paced story of a woman whose persistence burdened her, but also equipped her to survive.

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About the Author

Jackie M. Stebbins graduated from law school with distinction in 2009. She practiced family law, criminal defense, and civil litigation, and became the senior partner at Stebbins Mulloy. She was nationally recognized as a lawyer under the age of forty by The National Trial Lawyers and Super Lawyers, Rising Stars.

In 2019, after a harrowing and devastating battle with autoimmune encephalitis, Jackie retired from the practice of law and founded JM Stebbins, LLC, to raise awareness about her rare illness. She is the author of Unwillable: A Journey to Reclaim My Brain, the JM Stebbins blog, the Willable Substack, a keynote speaker, and hosts the Brain Fever podcast.

Jackie lives in Bismarck, North Dakota, with her husband, Sean, and their three children.

In her free time, she enjoys exercise, the outdoors, reading, current events, and trying to be funny.