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Reese Witherspoon

👤 Speaker
342 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Oh, gosh. Well, even when you just said that, it kind of brought tears to my eyes thinking about when I was 22 and finding out I was pregnant. And I remember reading Love Warrior and just feeling like, oh, my God, I had all those feelings. I was so scared. I was so scared. And like not knowing what to do and not knowing what it was going to do to my career. And I had people in my ear going.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I don't know. I don't know what you're doing. And just having to make a decision or making choices when you're that young and you don't know who you are yet. I think back about it a lot. I think back about how I got through having a newborn when I was 23 years old and my friends were partying and going to clubs. And I was...

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I don't know. I don't know what you're doing. And just having to make a decision or making choices when you're that young and you don't know who you are yet. I think back about it a lot. I think back about how I got through having a newborn when I was 23 years old and my friends were partying and going to clubs. And I was...

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I don't know. I don't know what you're doing. And just having to make a decision or making choices when you're that young and you don't know who you are yet. I think back about it a lot. I think back about how I got through having a newborn when I was 23 years old and my friends were partying and going to clubs. And I was...

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

taking her to preschool and putting her in the car seat and pushing her around the grocery store and just talking to her. Like I talked to her all day and I read to her all day and I sang to her all day. And she was my little best friend. But it was lonely. It was really hard and lonely. I was living in LA. I didn't have any girlfriends. I don't have a sister.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

taking her to preschool and putting her in the car seat and pushing her around the grocery store and just talking to her. Like I talked to her all day and I read to her all day and I sang to her all day. And she was my little best friend. But it was lonely. It was really hard and lonely. I was living in LA. I didn't have any girlfriends. I don't have a sister.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

taking her to preschool and putting her in the car seat and pushing her around the grocery store and just talking to her. Like I talked to her all day and I read to her all day and I sang to her all day. And she was my little best friend. But it was lonely. It was really hard and lonely. I was living in LA. I didn't have any girlfriends. I don't have a sister.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

My mom had a full-time job as a nurse. She couldn't leave her job in Nashville. And so I was just looking, searching for community. And I found it through this group of women at like a Mommy and Me yoga class.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

My mom had a full-time job as a nurse. She couldn't leave her job in Nashville. And so I was just looking, searching for community. And I found it through this group of women at like a Mommy and Me yoga class.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

My mom had a full-time job as a nurse. She couldn't leave her job in Nashville. And so I was just looking, searching for community. And I found it through this group of women at like a Mommy and Me yoga class.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And I clung to these women. I just clung to them. These women put their arms around me. They called me every week to see how I was doing. They called me late at night to see if the baby was sleeping. And I have to say, I think I've always felt great comfort in female friendship and female partnership because I couldn't do it without the amazing women in my life.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And I clung to these women. I just clung to them. These women put their arms around me. They called me every week to see how I was doing. They called me late at night to see if the baby was sleeping. And I have to say, I think I've always felt great comfort in female friendship and female partnership because I couldn't do it without the amazing women in my life.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

And I clung to these women. I just clung to them. These women put their arms around me. They called me every week to see how I was doing. They called me late at night to see if the baby was sleeping. And I have to say, I think I've always felt great comfort in female friendship and female partnership because I couldn't do it without the amazing women in my life.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I'm so needy.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I'm so needy.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I'm so needy.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

My cup runneth over with need.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

My cup runneth over with need.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

My cup runneth over with need.

We Can Do Hard Things
Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

I'm like a black hole of need. Yes. It just keeps sucking in. And mainly of like female friendship. I just need it so badly.