In this episode of The Wise Woman Podcast, Erin Doppelt chats with Tara Schuster, a former Comedy Central executive turned author and coach, about her journey from the chaos of a difficult childhood to becoming her own source of healing. Tara opens up about her struggles with anxiety and depression and how a rock-bottom moment led her to take control of her mental health through daily practices like journaling, exercise, and gratitude. She shares powerful insights into how to create a life that doesn’t drain you, offering practical tools like her “values filter” for making decisions that align with your true self. The conversation dives deep into Tara’s transformation and the rituals that helped her find stability, purpose, and a new sense of joy.

Tara Schuster is an accomplished entertainment executive turned mental health advocate and best-selling author of the runaway hit, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies and Other Rituals to Fix Your Life from Someone Who’s Been There. She has sold over 250,000 books to date in the U.S. alone. With her unique blend of hilarious, poignant personal stories and refreshingly honest, optimistic advice, Tara launched into
the book world as the millennial voice the self-help space craved.

In January of 2024, Tara released the paperback edition of her highly-anticipated second book, Glow in the F*cking Dark: Simple Practices to Heal Your Soul, from Someone Who Learned the Hard Way -- a relatable, easy-to-follow guide to healing your deepest soul wounds, getting off your “good enough” plateau, developing habits that will give you lasting courage and resolve, and creating the spectacular life that you actually want. Full of practical, free baby-steps we can take today, it's for people who are ready to liberate themselves from their emotional suffering, discover their purpose, and finally sit in the driver's seat of their experience. Kirkus has called GLOW “an approachable, exuberant combination of memoir and self-help.”

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