Gwyneth Paltrow
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And figure out what is the way to optimize for this situation. What is the way to optimize this? It's not what I want. You know, we all want to like be married to the parent forever. Of course. So I was like, how should I do this? And I actually talked to a lot of people who were children of divorce. And the common denominator, what everybody said, it wasn't that their parents got a divorce.
And figure out what is the way to optimize for this situation. What is the way to optimize this? It's not what I want. You know, we all want to like be married to the parent forever. Of course. So I was like, how should I do this? And I actually talked to a lot of people who were children of divorce. And the common denominator, what everybody said, it wasn't that their parents got a divorce.
It was that their parents, it's that a dad would drop them off the end of the driveway and be like, I'll see you next week. I don't want to see your mother. It's that the mother would roll her eyes or say something bad about the father. And that was what had hurt the kids and caused the trauma.
It was that their parents, it's that a dad would drop them off the end of the driveway and be like, I'll see you next week. I don't want to see your mother. It's that the mother would roll her eyes or say something bad about the father. And that was what had hurt the kids and caused the trauma.
It's really nice. And it wasn't easy to do. It definitely took a lot of work, but I remember at some point, the therapist that we were working with kind of was talking us through something and I had a penny drop and I thought, you know, we're not a couple anymore, but we're a family. We are a family and we're going to be a family forever.
It's really nice. And it wasn't easy to do. It definitely took a lot of work, but I remember at some point, the therapist that we were working with kind of was talking us through something and I had a penny drop and I thought, you know, we're not a couple anymore, but we're a family. We are a family and we're going to be a family forever.
And let's figure out how to be a family without being a couple. And so that's sort of how it all came about.
And let's figure out how to be a family without being a couple. And so that's sort of how it all came about.
I don't think about resiliency. I was raised to be resilient. Right. My father really made me stand on my own two feet as a kid. You know, I think the ways in which, you know, we all grew up in a time where, you know, as we were talking about before, it was different, right? And so I think we all had some degrees of adversity in our households, which made us resilient.
I don't think about resiliency. I was raised to be resilient. Right. My father really made me stand on my own two feet as a kid. You know, I think the ways in which, you know, we all grew up in a time where, you know, as we were talking about before, it was different, right? And so I think we all had some degrees of adversity in our households, which made us resilient.
Then I chose acting, which is like 7,000 no's. You're not good enough. You're not pretty enough. You're not this. You're not that. And just kept going. And I think it's because it's almost like if you are holding your future...
Then I chose acting, which is like 7,000 no's. You're not good enough. You're not pretty enough. You're not this. You're not that. And just kept going. And I think it's because it's almost like if you are holding your future...
and you believe, like you can see it and you know that it's yours and it's for you and it's coming, you have no choice but to get up and just keep going, keep trying, you know, looking at something differently. What am I doing wrong? Why did I get this hit? Like, is there a better way I can say this or do this? And it's been like one long exercise in resiliency, I think. And I never give up.
and you believe, like you can see it and you know that it's yours and it's for you and it's coming, you have no choice but to get up and just keep going, keep trying, you know, looking at something differently. What am I doing wrong? Why did I get this hit? Like, is there a better way I can say this or do this? And it's been like one long exercise in resiliency, I think. And I never give up.
I never quit. Like, I think part of that is really intrinsic to me. Like, There are certain circumstances that I've been in where I feel like, you know, it probably would be a lot easier to bow out of this because that's just not me. I'm like one of those things, you know, you punch and they pop back up.
I never quit. Like, I think part of that is really intrinsic to me. Like, There are certain circumstances that I've been in where I feel like, you know, it probably would be a lot easier to bow out of this because that's just not me. I'm like one of those things, you know, you punch and they pop back up.
Yes. Multiple. Yeah. Multiple moments. I mean, I really thought when COVID happened that we were going to go out of business. Same. Same. I had one sort of period in our history where I had the wrong team and they were not some of them were not putting the goop business first and it almost all fell apart, like in a terrible way. People that you trusted? People that I trusted. I was like, I'm done.
Yes. Multiple. Yeah. Multiple moments. I mean, I really thought when COVID happened that we were going to go out of business. Same. Same. I had one sort of period in our history where I had the wrong team and they were not some of them were not putting the goop business first and it almost all fell apart, like in a terrible way. People that you trusted? People that I trusted. I was like, I'm done.
I can't do it. Then I had, all of our money was in a bank that collapsed a couple of years ago. Oh. Remember that? Yeah. Remember that? That little thing. I was like, Okay. Like there have been so many, you know, even, and then even sometimes I think because it compounds, right?
I can't do it. Then I had, all of our money was in a bank that collapsed a couple of years ago. Oh. Remember that? Yeah. Remember that? That little thing. I was like, Okay. Like there have been so many, you know, even, and then even sometimes I think because it compounds, right?