Kerry Washington

And so, like, how do we lean into that in the film so that we're an unstoppable team? Yes. And I think that is so much what marriage is, right? Like it's like figuring out, okay, this is your fighting style. This is my fighting style. Here are the things I'm upset about. What are your resentments? I don't recommend like hand to hand combat for most couples. It's not okay. Not okay. Exactly.

But, but to figure out. how to lean into the strengths and how to speak the same language and how to have a shared, you know, whether you call it spiritual alignment, shared goals, shared priorities, like they come together for their son where they're like, this child means everything to us. What do we have to do to protect him?

But, but to figure out. how to lean into the strengths and how to speak the same language and how to have a shared, you know, whether you call it spiritual alignment, shared goals, shared priorities, like they come together for their son where they're like, this child means everything to us. What do we have to do to protect him?

Yeah, so what?

Yeah, so what?

For me, part of why therapy is so important is because it has taught me to pause. It has taught me to take a pause and to not believe every single thought that I'm having. To not... to not get caught up in the negative self-talk, to create a little bit of distance between the stimulus and the response. There's a saying that I love that pause stands for postpone action until serenity emerges.

For me, part of why therapy is so important is because it has taught me to pause. It has taught me to take a pause and to not believe every single thought that I'm having. To not... to not get caught up in the negative self-talk, to create a little bit of distance between the stimulus and the response. There's a saying that I love that pause stands for postpone action until serenity emerges.

Amazing. Like just take a beat. And for me, in the way that life moves so quickly, sometimes therapy is that beat where I get to go like, hold on. The story I'm telling myself is that My job is terrible. The story I'm telling myself is that the world is on fire. The story I'm telling myself is that I'll never be in the body I want to be in.

Amazing. Like just take a beat. And for me, in the way that life moves so quickly, sometimes therapy is that beat where I get to go like, hold on. The story I'm telling myself is that My job is terrible. The story I'm telling myself is that the world is on fire. The story I'm telling myself is that I'll never be in the body I want to be in.

The story I'm telling myself is that I'll never find the person I want to find. But maybe I can just pause that for a moment and unpack it and figure out how to walk toward healing. So for me, therapy is a place to pause, to pause and be reflective. take responsibility for the thoughts, be honest with myself, and then try to cultivate some tools.

The story I'm telling myself is that I'll never find the person I want to find. But maybe I can just pause that for a moment and unpack it and figure out how to walk toward healing. So for me, therapy is a place to pause, to pause and be reflective. take responsibility for the thoughts, be honest with myself, and then try to cultivate some tools.

Because some of it could be that I'm not sleeping enough, right? Like sometimes what I realize in therapy is like, I don't think I'm getting enough sleep, or I don't think I'm eating right, or my hormones are off, I need to support myself better, or this relationship isn't working out, Or I don't know if I'm happy on this job or the job is good, but I think maybe I need a hobby.

Because some of it could be that I'm not sleeping enough, right? Like sometimes what I realize in therapy is like, I don't think I'm getting enough sleep, or I don't think I'm eating right, or my hormones are off, I need to support myself better, or this relationship isn't working out, Or I don't know if I'm happy on this job or the job is good, but I think maybe I need a hobby.

Like it just gives me. And so maybe for some people it's therapy for some people, it could be like meditative walking or journaling or, but it's like, what are the practices that allow me to pause and get in the present moment and be more honest with myself?

Like it just gives me. And so maybe for some people it's therapy for some people, it could be like meditative walking or journaling or, but it's like, what are the practices that allow me to pause and get in the present moment and be more honest with myself?

Really? Every single time. Because here's the crazy thing.

Really? Every single time. Because here's the crazy thing.

Yes, yes. But you've been crushing it. It's excitement though, right? Like it's that fear that also... I have to remember that the physiological experience of fear is the same physiological experience of excitement. So that fear is like... Holy I've never done. Because every time I play a new character, I'm doing something I've never done before.

Yes, yes. But you've been crushing it. It's excitement though, right? Like it's that fear that also... I have to remember that the physiological experience of fear is the same physiological experience of excitement. So that fear is like... Holy I've never done. Because every time I play a new character, I'm doing something I've never done before.

Like I do have a toolbox of like, I know how to memorize the lines and I know I, I, I, but I'm becoming a new human being. Every time I start a new project, a new person with new desires and new fears. And she walks a different way and she wears her hair a different way. And she has different ways of speaking. And breathing and eating.