Mind Reading: Former Comedy Central Exec Tara Schuster Uses Humor As Door Into Discussing Her Darkest Days

Tara Schuster may not have been a household name like the talent she worked with for nearly a decade as a development executive at Comedy Central on series including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Key & Peele.

But she definitively understands the magic of using humor—as well as hefty doses of vulnerability, reliability, and candid guidance—when it comes to sharing her own story of healing.

“One thing I learned at Comedy Central, particularly from Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, is that a sketch works because you as an audience member relate to the truth underneath of it. It’s something you always knew but you didn’t know how to articulate it,” Schuster says…