CR 089: Jenny Lawson Wants You to Know It’s Going to Be Okay
The New York Times bestselling author discusses her mental health struggles and her latest book, “How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay.”
Anxiety, depression, and ADHD might not sound like topics to joke about, but fans of Jenny Lawson know that everything in her life is fair game. For more than 20 years, the author has used dark humor in her writing to address her struggles with mental health and chronic diseases. Her hugely popular website, The Bloggess, attracts tens of thousands of readers each month, while her first four books have been New York Times bestsellers.
Her latest book, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself, is part-memoir, part-self-help, and very funny. With chapter titles like “Let’s Kick Sadness Right in the Dick” and “Let’s Make It Easier and Give Ourselves a Fucking Break,” it’s exactly what longtime fans of Lawson have come to expect. Though she admits that she’s sometimes surprised that fans have stood by her for so long.
“I always worry that I’m going to share too much,” Lawson tells me. “And it…
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