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Born into a loving yet fractured home, Ann-Michel Kissler learns early how to survive chaos. With a father hostile to faith and a mother entangled in religious control, she grows up believing safety depends on self-reliance and perfection. By childhood, she turns to an eating disorder to cope-an invisible battle that follows her into adulthood. Outwardly accomplished and deeply devout, Ann-Michel becomes a model Christian leader, musician, and scholar. Privately, her body and spirit are failing. When anorexia brings her to the brink of death, long-buried truths surface: childhood sexual abuse, a loveless and ultimately violent marriage, and a faith shaped more by fear than grace. As her marriage collapses and the church turns away, Ann-Michel walks from everything she once trusted-including God. What follows is not a tidy redemption story, but a hard-won return. Through love, motherhood, healing, and time, Ann-Michel discovers a God far different from the one she was taught-a God who redeems what He never caused, and who welcomes prodigals home without conditions. The Weight of Perfect is a faith-anchored memoir of survival, spiritual reckoning, and restoration. Written for anyone wounded by religious systems yet still longing for God, this is a story of learning to lay perfection down-and answering the quiet call to come home.

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ANN-MICHEL KISSLER is a creator, mentor, and advocate for hope and healing. She is the founder of The Table Gatherings, an organization that encourages women to pursue healing, wholeness, and restored faith through honest storytelling and community. Ann-Michel is a wife to her husband, Rob, and the mother of five God-given children. She is passionate about creating spaces where grace meets truth and no story is wasted.

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