The new Bachelorette, Taylor Frankie Paul, is getting candid about the ways she’s learned to navigate her mental health challenges.
“Hearing someone say, ‘I’m struggling with my mental health,’ and I just listen as if I don’t know ball,” Paul, 31, wrote via Instagram on Friday, January 30, debunking the speculation by sharing all the ways she prioritizes her well-being.
Paul revealed that she’s tried equine therapy, “safe and sound protocol,” art therapy, working out, message therapy, trauma yoga, sound baths, prayer, psych ed, red light therapy, reading self-help books, listening to inspirational podcasts and “grounding” herself.
“Trust me I know ball, however if I’ve learned anything, it’s that more often than not, people just want to be heard,” she captioned her post. “It’s also important to validate yourself in whatever you may be feeling or it just gets louder.”
Paul continued, “Forever grateful for the knowledge and tools I was taught by these amazing people even if I don’t always utilize it.”
The reality TV personality further explained that she doesn’t complete all of the therapies “on a regular basis.”
“I’ve trialed and learned,” she added. “I do what I can when I can.”
Paul rose to fame in 2022 as a popular “MomTok” influencer, landing a spot on Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives after confessing her involvement in a “soft-swinging” scandal. After three seasons of Mormon Wives, Paul was named the next Bachelorette.
“I’m most looking forward to is meeting a handful of people that are outside my bubble,” Paul exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2025. “I’m just excited to get to know different perspectives and new parts about myself, too.”
Taylor, who shares two kids with ex-husband Tate Paul and son Ever with ex Dakota Mortensen, further told Us that getting engaged was her “goal” this season.
“As my mom likes to say, I do fall in love quickly, and that’s also the reason I did it,” she said. “I always call myself a lover girl because I, like, fall for people and I have done that in the past. Obviously, I got married young, and the first guy I dated was my second baby daddy — so it was just very quick, and this time, it’s going to be really cool because … I’m about to date, you know, 20 [or] 30 guys, and I’ve never done that before. I’m going to take my time, I’m going to kind of, like, get to know people. Maybe I learned things I didn’t like or do like that I didn’t even know. So I think this is gonna be really good for the long-term effect.”
Taylor wrapped her season of The Bachelorette late last month.
“[I] never experienced anything like this,” she wrote via Instagram in December 2025. “Can’t wait to talk all about it, share it, show it. Such a passion for what goes into something like this. Feeling so grateful to be part of the Bachelor Nation family and crew. … This will be worth the wait, stay tuned coming in March.”
The Bachelorette premieres on ABC Sunday, March 22, at 8 p.m. ET.
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