Wynonna Judd isn’t afraid to go deep. The Grammy-award winning, multiplatinum artist has been a global superstar—both alongside her mother Naomi in the legendary duo The Judds and in her mega-watt solo career—for four decades. She’s no stranger to public interest, having survived the tabloid heavy era of the 1980s and ’90s and, now, the digital age of constant online chatter. With all that outside noise, Judd has found refuge within. And lucky for us, she’s happy to share her personal philosophies. “I’m into 25 years of recovery and the introspective is my favorite thing,” she says. “I wanted to be a psychologist and I feel like I kind of am because of all the work I’ve done, from Onsite [mental wellness program and retreats] to all the AA meetings to Bible studies.” Throughout the course of this interview no topic was off limits, from growing up in the public eye to the tragic loss of her mother and musical partner to suicide in 2022. Wynonna may take joy from going deep, but audiences can take comfort in knowing that she is both the book and its cover. The goddess (the word she prefers over diva) lives up to every fan’s expectations by being unapologetically herself and keeping it real—onstage and off.
My mom was an intellect and she loved words. She’s very similar to Oprah and Dolly. She was a leader and she shared a lot of what she learned with the written word. Yet growing
