{"podcast":{"title":"Good Life Project","slug":"good-life-project-963599","podcast_index_feed_id":963599,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf","website_url":"https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/1718134805924-52d4419e899171e74e55b85422605cfc.jpeg","author":"Jonathan Fields / Acast","episode_count":1156,"summary":"Good Life Project is a podcast and video series for people navigating midlife with intention. Hosted by Jonathan Fields, each episode is a deep, honest conversation about what it actually takes to build a life that feels like yours, through the reinventions, reckonings, and reclamations that define your 40s, 50s, and beyond. Grounded in science, fueled by genuine curiosity, and always in service of the real work of living well. Often top-ranked, it’s been listened to and viewed more than 100 million times. New episodes weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599"},"episode":{"title":"How to Find Joy in Hard Times (and When Your Brain Lies to You) | Jenny Lawson","slug":"how-to-find-joy-in-hard-times-and-when-your-brain-lies-to-you-jenny-lawson","published_at":"2026-03-30T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599/how-to-find-joy-in-hard-times-and-when-your-brain-lies-to-you-jenny-lawson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599","url":"https://shows.acast.com/goodlifeprojectinspirationmotivationhappinessmeaningsuccess/episodes/how-to-find-joy-in-hard-times-and-when-your-brain-lies-to-yo","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/e/69c30c6bd8f61cfe6dc38027/media.mp3","summary":"Humor won't cure depression. But it might save your life. That's not a metaphor for Jenny Lawson. It's the hard-won truth of more than two decades of living with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, and the kind of dark seasons that make getting out of bed feel impossible. Most of us hide when we're struggling. We perform wellness for the world and suffer in silence behind closed doors. Jenny took the opposite approach, writing about her darkest moments with such radical honesty and unexpected humor that thousands of people have written back to say those words kept them alive. This conversation explores how she does it, and what the rest of us can learn about finding light and meaning in the hardest places. Jenny Lawson, known to millions as The Bloggess, is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, humorist, and the owner of Nowhere Bookshop, a beloved indie bookstore and bar in San Antonio, Texas. Her books include Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Furiously Happy, You Are Here, and Broken. Her upcoming book, How To Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay (Tips and Tricks that Kept Me Alive, Happy and Creative In Spite of Myself) , arrives March 31, 2026. You'll discover... The single phrase Jenny returns to during every depressive episode that stops her from believing the darkest lies her brain tells her A simple \"easy mode\" approach to work and daily life that gives you full permission to do less without guilt, and why it often leads to better results for everyone Why sharing your struggle honestly can create an unexpected ripple effect of connection and healing for people you've never met A powerful reframe of what success actually means that has nothing to do with money, status, or bestseller lists How to find \"your people\" and build real friendship even when you're deep…","meta_description":"Humor won't cure depression. But it might save your life. That's not a metaphor for Jenny Lawson. It's the hard-won truth of more than two decades of livi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2914,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-life-project-963599/episodes/how-to-find-joy-in-hard-times-and-when-your-brain-lies-to-you-jenny-lawson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599/how-to-find-joy-in-hard-times-and-when-your-brain-lies-to-you-jenny-lawson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}