JAKE PICKING
“Genuine kindness is probably the sexiest quality anyone can have, but the ability to be vulnerable is also very desirable. When I’m embarrassing myself, that’s probably when I’m having the most fun.” Cosmopolitan
Month: March 2023
Nancy Pelosi
NANCY PELOSI
“My bad*** advice is to be you. Be confident in what you have to offer. It’s nice if you want to have role models, but be yourself. That has an integrity about it, an authenticity about it. That is what is necessary. Know your power, know what you can do. I was basically a shy person, believe it or not, so I didn’t really like the spotlight, but I loved the issues.” InSTYLE
Gigi Hadid
GIGI HADID
“In the moments when you’re face to face with people, you still have to be open. You’re only going to have a human experience if you’re fully in the moment. You try not to have those weird voices in your head that come from traumatic experiences.” InSTYLE
Hunter Schafer
HUNTER SCHAFER
“I’ve put less emphasis on who I’m worried about being seen by.” InSTYLE
Anna Chlumsky
ANNA CHLUMSKY
“I wasn’t getting jobs, I wasn’t getting booked, I was told I was too fat or too ugly. You’re living on a risk-reward system, and that can be extremely damaging. It was an uphill battle to believe in myself at all. But I knew I was intelligent, and I knew I wanted to get my education.” People Magazine
Alicia Keys
ALICIA KEYS
“I was building my life around this image of perfection, and it was really oppressive. I was clearly a woman who wanted to talk about truth and empowerment and strength, but when I really looked at myself, I realized that my whole life I’ve kind of been putting on a mask. The path to self-discovery is not a straight line. It’s zigzag. Finally in my early thirties, I moved back toward my true essence. I don’t have to fit in. None of us does. Our uniqueness isn’t a scar, but a beauty mark. I am strong and fierce and brave, no doubt. Yet I’m also someone who has found herself on the bathroom floor; boo-hooing. And I am learning to embrace all of it.” People Magazine
Anne Hathaway
ANNE HATHAWAY
“In the beginning of my career, I was so worried about messing up that I missed a lot of great moments because I was so stressed out. I’m at a point in my life now where I know having a first time at something is remarkable like that it’s the only time it ever happens. And being in a place where I could enjoy it felt like a really positive development. I have worked too hard in seeing myself with kinder eyes to give away my peace to those who haven’t found it for themselves yet. So I do my best to not be afraid of what others might say and just focus on enjoying my life.” ELLE Magazine
Natalie Emmanuel
NATALIE EMMANUEL
“When it comes to body image, we’ve been fed this narrative where we have to fit this one ideal. I just have to remind myself that I’ve been told a lie. I look in the mirror sometimes if I’m feeling self-conscious about some part of my body and I just tell it, out loud, ‘I love you, little roll here. I love you, little scar here. Oh my God, that’s like a memory. Don’t change. You’re beautiful.’ I feel super silly doing it at times, but it does kind of work in a way. It sort of helps hack my brain. It’s empowering to say, I’m in love with all of this.” allure Magazine
Paul Newman
PAUL NEWMAN
“When I started adolescence, something in me closed down. I was so small, I had to get special dispensation from my school’s principal to play on the ninth-grade football team. I felt like a god**** freak. Girls thought I was a joke, a happy buffoon. I wasn’t a lover. I wasn’t an athlete. I measured things by what I wasn’t, not by anything I was.” People Magazine
Lilia Buckingham
LILIA BUCKINGHAM
“Don’t put too much pressure on yourself to fit a label, and don’t be afraid of where your heart is going to take you. Wherever it goes, it’s valid. Whenever I felt like my anxiety was never going to go away, my therapist always told me, ‘It’s bad now, but it’ll be better then.’ Now, whenever I’m sad or anxious, I remember all the times when I thought it was going to last forever, and then all the lovely times I’ve had since.” GL