How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

“I didn’t expect a book about mental health tips to involve a prolonged subplot about trying to steal a human skull from a hospital, and yet here we are. Jenny Lawson is a gift—funny, weird, and the exact right amount of unhinged.”
—Jennette McCurdy – #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Half His Age and I’m Glad My Mom Died

“What Jenny offers here is solidarity in a thousand tiny forms. Tips that are hilarious and sacred. Stories that make you laugh out loud and also feel seen in your despair. This is a book for when you’re spiraling. When your brain is a jerk. When you’re grieving or exhausted or suddenly remembering the thing you said in seventh grade. Jenny doesn’t pretend her mess has been turned into meaning. She just makes space for all of life’s ridiculous truths so the rest of us don’t feel so alone.”
—Kate Bowler, PhD, Duke professor, bestselling author, and host of the Everything Happens podcast

“I love this book. It is a cheese and charcuterie tray from the gods. Every entry is an amuse-bouche that is delicious for my creator brain. I need Jenny Lawson’s wisdom in my eyeholes for life, please.”
—Felicia Day, New York Times bestselling author of one of Embrace Your Weird

“When the world (and your own brain) tells you to give up, this book refuses to let you stay in the shadows. With her signature wit and compassion, Jenny Lawson takes readers through the trenches of being human. Her words are a mirror for the messy, beautiful parts of life—a reminder that even in the darkest moments, hope can still be found. This book will save lives.” —Kate Baer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of What Kind Of Woman

“No one writes about serious topics in a funny way like Jenny Lawson. But here’s the thing: when Jenny writes, you laugh in recognition, and with the distinct impression that she wrote specifically to let you know that she sees you, and that you’re not alone. Which, of course, she did, she does, and you’re not. How to Be Okay is one hell of a joyful, insightful, comforting read.”
—Karen Walrond, author of The Lightmaker’s Manifesto, Radiant Rebellion, and In Defense of Dabbling

“How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay is wise and funny and a reminder that you don’t have to be perfect in imperfect times (which is always). I hope Jenny Lawson never gets tired of being an actual national treasure.”
—John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain

“It’s as if your friend, your funny, comforting and wise best friend–the one who makes you feel like it’s all going to be okay–turned themselves into a book so that you could carry it everywhere and never let it go. That’s what Jenny Lawson has done here. Nothing short of magic.”
—Jennifer Pastiloff, bestselling author of On Being Human and Proof Of Life

“…A witty roundup of coping strategies for navigating anxiety, creative block, and distraction…Lawson’s at her most winning when she’s relating her personal mishaps…to show how ordinary embarrassment can be reframed as evidence of persistence rather than failure. The result is an irreverent, idiosyncratic grab bag of tactics for getting through tough mental health days.”
—Publisher’s Weekly

“Uplifting, encouraging and incredibly inspiring, this latest from humorist and blogger Lawson (Broken) is filled with hilarious and heartfelt practical advice for creatives and people struggling with their mental health…Longtime Lawson fans will find comfort in her bleak humor, trademark profanity, and willingness to share some extremely personal, even unhinged anecdotes…Thanks to Lawson’s humor, frankness, and insight, her book ends up being much more than just another standard self-help guide. Lawson’s words will likely bring comfort and aid to readers with anxiety, chronic illness, ADHD, and depression in the times when they might be struggling the most.”
—Library Journal, starred review

“Jenny Lawson (Furiously Happy) shares her wisdom on sustaining creativity, passion and joy during difficult times. Her first foray into the self-help genre, Lawson’s unique comedic voice is sure to inspire her many fans.”
—Bookpage

“Self-help with a twist of humor…. Lawson’s quirky sense of humor will make you laugh out loud, which might be the best possible form of self-help, as when she advises her readers to consider that ‘we’re doing way better than moles. They’re just rearranging dirt underground their whole lives. What a bunch of weirdos.'”
—Kirkus