Author: Kendra

Lizzo

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LIZZO

“I wanted to be accepted so bad; not fitting in really hurt. My defense mechanism was humor. I became the class clown, that’s a kind of perceived confidence. And I have the type of social anxiety where I get louder and funnier the more stressed I am. I know I’m not the only person who experiences extreme negativity thrown at them from the internet, there are people in high school right now who have a whole high school talking about them, and they don’t know how they’re going to get through it. So if they can see me get through it on the level and scale I’m experiencing it, maybe they’ll think they can get through it too. I literally could not afford a $5 Jimmy John sandwich, I couldn’t afford to buy $2 frozen pizza. I’d have to get quarters from strangers for gas money.” Vanity Fair

Lucy Hale

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LUCY HALE

“Feeling like I have to please so many people made me hate myself. I can’t live my life wondering what people think of me. I hope people like me, of course. And I hope people relate to what I’m saying, but if they don’t, that’s not my problem. The way you talk to yourself is the most important thing.” People

Paul Bettany

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PAUL BETTANY

“I was a sort of fool at home in front of my parents, but then at school very bashful. I was the kid that didn’t go out at recess. I really want my children, and I want everybody, to just live authentically as the person they are, and however hard that is, it’s absolutely better than pretending to be something other than you are. Having been through a thousand years of therapy, there’s real power in getting to know yourself… and I have so many things to be grateful for.” People

Chloe Bailey

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CHLOE BAILEY

“Anytime something doesn’t work out, it’s not really healthy to say, ‘I was the reason it messed up.’ I’m still learning that. I’m learning that your happiness, you can’t put on someone else. The divine plan is always better than whatever I could ever come up with. And it always ends up working out the best. I’ve realized the things that matter to me are my happiness, my family, being around people I love and keeping my spirit clean with their positive energy. As long as I have that, no matter what happens, I am gucci, I am good.” Cosmopolitan