Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque
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172 appearances
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1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard Nov 2024
Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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When I get overwhelmed, um, or scared and, but I have more tools in my belt than I ever have to, to deal with those things. Sure. Like I need my physical practices. I need intense workouts. I need chill yoga. I need meditation. I need nutrition. Um, I need journaling. I need all the things. And if I don't do those things, then it's I can't be surprised why I'm not OK.
But I realize that that's what I need at this point in my life.
Depends because if I'm. in a musical for example if I'm in a show on Broadway or if I'm on tour or if I'm
chilling like it's different but typically there's some type of movement i do like to work up a sweat so i like to really get my heart rate up and that could be with like interval training or strength training and uh or it could be a hot yoga class or it could be i really don't discriminate i just like to take it to the push to the limit have you ever done crossfit no have you yeah
Like I like animal stuff like where like bear crawls.
I need to like light candles and journal and listen to instrumental music. And that's what I need right now. And I need to take a bath and I need to wash my dog. And I like, I just kind of listen. And I think I spent a lot of time, particularly in my twenties, which is why I think a thirties are a gift. That's how I feel for making it through our twenties. Now I can finally be like, Joanna,
Where are you at? What do you need? What would be supportive? It's a reparenting vibe. And really feeling into what would be nourishing and nurturing. And the older I get, I mean, I'm not a mother, but I'm figuring out how to mother myself.
Yeah, I've definitely talked with people who started as young or younger than me. I started working professionally when I was six years old. I think that was my first time getting a paycheck. And I was like doing commercials and doing musical theater. And I did like an independent movie and TV shows. So to talk with other people... Their experiences run across the spectrum. Some people face, like,
I have no idea what it would be like to have a child, period, and then to have them be like, I'm so clear on what I want and this is who I am. And it's like, baby, you know, we change. We evolve. And you're going to discover new things. But that might be true. Like, that's so hard. Yeah. I don't know, you know, if I would.
Well, what I know right now is 33 year old me is that I would not it would not be my desire for my children to get involved in the music industry or in entertainment. I don't think it's the best foundation for, I don't think it's the best place for a developing mind, a nervous system.
I think maybe it's better now, but I think that especially if fame is introduced, then they're getting their validation from outside sources. And they're learning how to be good workers and how to be good, maybe not to think, for themselves. They're just learning how to make people happy. But what about what's true for them? I just think it's really, really young.
And my mom started to see that when we were already in the industry and when she felt like it was too late. And she was always threatening to pull me out. And she'd be like, you have to wait until you're 18 now. And I'm like, you're not going to do it. And she didn't. And I feel bad. She had no support. She was a single mom. And she had no experience. And everybody was just in her ear.
And people were trying to take me away from her. And she was so scared. And she had her own struggles. And I think she deserves a gold star for what a great job she did and for keeping us both alive and OK. But I just don't think that.
It is so influential. It's going to shape a child's sense of self in their nervous system and what they think is important and to be exposed and to be working that young. I know every child is different, but... But every child is the same in the sense that their brain is mushy.
And so that would just be my concern.
I think it can kind of lead to like it's the dopamine and the cortisol and the I'm like, what are the other natural drugs? All those things. And I think that that can lead to an addictive personality.
I think so too. And I think that I got a perfect storm of those things. And then it created a bit of somebody who I looked in the mirror and I was like, you need to change your ways, bitch. This is not cool. Yeah. Yeah.
Well, I'd been acting and singing from a really young age. Like I started out doing theater and it was always something that just made me feel so alive. And I loved being around other theater kids and Being in that environment, it felt so nice to me. And then I did a few movies when I was a teenager. And throughout my career, I've done some guest spots and stuff.
And I think that when I parted ways with my most recent label and went independent, I was just like, I'm not ready. I don't even know what I want to write about. I'm feeling really disillusioned and discouraged and confused. I'm going to go through periods of that, I think, throughout my life. And I was like, I would just be going into the studio and for what? So I wasn't ready. I wasn't sure.
And I wanted to get back to my roots, I guess, and just have a different experience. I wanted to get out of L.A. I'd been there for almost 14 years. And I was like, I think L.A. has made me weird. I think it's made me a weird person.
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