Plus, why she wants to go to space
Scrolling through ban.do, the bright, bold women's clothing and accessories site, is like diving into the visual manifestation of positivity.
Meeting Jen Gotch, ban.do's founder, is a similar experience. The LA resident—and Florida native—is as warm, insightful, and endearingly self-deprecating in person as she is on her Instagram account (where she has 248,000 followers).
But in contrast, or perhaps because of the unending sunniness of ban.do, which she started in 2008, she's also ready to go deep. Any of her social media followers can attest to her openness about her bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression. She covers her mental health journey and more in her book, The Upside of Being Down: How Mental Health Struggles Led to My Greatest Successes in Work and Life, which was released in March.
Furthermore sat down with Gotch to talk about deeply personal writing, where she'd most like to travel, and her relationship with social media:
