Jane Clayson Johnson

Jane Clayson Johnson is an award-winning journalist known for her work at CBS News, ABC News, and the nationally syndicated NPR program On Point. Over more than two decades, she traveled the world covering stories and interviewing the biggest newsmakers of the day. Jane is the best-selling author of I Am a Mother and Silent Souls Weeping. She and her husband, Mark, live in Boston. They are the parents of five children and grandparents of three.

Latter-day Saint Life

What Phyllis Diller’s amazing shoe closet taught Jane Clayson Johnson about motherhood

By Jane Clayson Johnson

March 11, 2022 09:50 AM MST

“Will you sit down? I’ve been waiting for someone who would listen to the story of my shoes.”

14 Min Read

Help for Life Challenges

How we can dispel mental illness myths + the story behind the ‘mental health hymn’

By Jane Clayson Johnson

March 03, 2022 01:30 PM MST

A wise therapist once told me that life isn’t really about being happy. It’s about finding peace. This lesson struck me with renewed force when I learned the story behind our beloved Latter-day Saint hymn “Where Can I Turn for Peace?”

8 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

Responding to the mental health repercussions of a pandemic

By Jane Clayson Johnson

January 07, 2022 07:00 AM MST

Now, more than ever, we need to keep talking about depression and doing things to help those who feel desperately alone.

3 Min Read

Loving,Husband,Comfort,Upset,Offended,Wife,,Caressing,And,Hugging,Her

Latter-day Saint Life

How to respond to depression as a spouse

By Jane Clayson Johnson

December 31, 2019 09:26 AM MST

Depression can—and often does—seem like a mask overlying your loved one’s true and former self. Feeling that “this is not the person I know” is typical, but depression shouldn’t be allowed to also subvert a caregiver’s authentic self.

5 Min Read

Caring,Mother,Hugging,,Comforting,Depressed,Upset,Teenage,Daughter,,Stressed,Unhappy

Latter-day Saint Life

‘Her soul had been kidnapped from her’: Mother and daughter share honest insights into teen depression

By Jane Clayson Johnson

March 13, 2019 04:31 PM MDT

The unraveling that is depression can come on swift and strong, and it hit one teenager, Isabela, in middle school. Here’s how she and her family navigated that difficult time.

8 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

Jane Clayson Johnson on the stigmas of depression and perfectionism in the Church

By Jane Clayson Johnson

January 30, 2019 10:02 PM MST

Jane Clayson Johnson shares an open and frank exploration of her own harrowing journey through depression.

4 Min Read