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"One Good Life" By Jill Nystul On Thursday's Access Utah

G. P. Putnam's Sons

Before launching her popular blog, "One Good Thing by Jillee," Heber City resident Jill Nystul was a newscaster battling a long list of demons. Suffering from postpartum anxiety and struggling to care for her four children, including a young son with celiac disease and diabetes, Nystul turned to food and alcohol for comfort. Her alcohol consumption eventually spiraled into an addiction that nearly cost her her family. Finally, after a yearlong marital separation and a hard look at herself in rehab, she realized that she needed to turn her life around. She began simply: blogging about one good thing each day. 

Jill Nystul's new book is "One Good Life: My Tips, My Wisdom, My Story." Her website "One Good Thing by Jillee" receives, on average, 4.6 million monthly page views. She is a 2013 Parents magazine blog award winner, and her work has been featured on People.com, Oprah.com, BHG.com, The Huffington Post, ApartmentTherapy.com, BonAppetit.com, LifeHacker.com, TheKitchn.com, MSN.com (Money), and Time Out for Women. Nystul lives in Heber City, Utah, with her husband, Dave, and their children.

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.