The Skinny Confidential Him And Her Show Lauryn Bosstick On The Story She's Never Fully Told
Dec 15, 2025
Lauryn Evarts Bosstick, a lifestyle entrepreneur and co-founder of The Skinny Confidential, opens up about her personal journey through loss and mental health. She shares the profound impact of her mother's suicide when Lauryn was just 18 and how it shaped her view of life and work. The discussion touches on feelings of guilt, family dynamics, and the lack of mental health resources at the time. Lauryn emphasizes the importance of empathy and support for the bereaved while finding ways to carry loss without being defined by it.
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A Sudden Loss At 18
- Lauryn Evarts Bosstick shares that her mother died by suicide when Lauryn was 18 and her sister was 12.
- She describes the event as jarring and explains there were no mental health tools or social media support at the time.
Grief Fueled Ambition Until It Didn’t
- Lauryn explains her drive to overcompensate and achieve was fueled by guilt after her mother's death.
- She says that dissociating and burying the pain worked until motherhood forced her to find healthier tools.
Reading As A Refuge
- Lauryn describes how she buried herself in books after the suicide because she couldn't relate to peers.
- She recounts searching early internet resources about suicide and printing information to try to understand.