About The Author

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Susan McKeown, APRN, CPS, is a graduate of St. Anselm College with a B.S. degree in Nursing and Northeastern University’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program.  Susan worked with families as a nurse practitioner for over 40 years. She is a Certified Prevention Specialist educating and advocating on issues of mental health and substance misuse. In 2015, Susan was selected  New Hampshire Prevention Person of the year by the  NH Prevention Certification Board. In 2016, she was awarded the Director's Award for Advocacy from New Futures and in 2017, Susan and her husband received the Good Samaritan Award from Pastoral Counseling Services for their community work around substance use disorder. For the past 19 years she has co-facilitated a weekly family support group for adults with a loved one with substance issues.  

Susan and her husband spoke with the Engaged Couples Seminar for the Diocese of NH for 44 years on issues affecting married life. As a student of marriage, Susan's first book Beyond the First Dance was published in 2015 for couples contemplating marriage. She earned her MFA in nonfiction writing from Southern New Hampshire University in 2020. Her second book, Beyond the Tango, A Guide to a Thriving Marriage while Juggling Careers, Kids, and Chaos is for couples facing the challenges of married life and was published in 2021. Susan speaks to businesses, non-profits, community groups, women's groups, men's groups, and church groups. Her focus is  on building healthy relationships and strengthening life at home and increasing productivity and retention  at work. She lives with her husband of 51 years in New Hampshire. They raised four  children and are blessed with two grandchildren.