Reese Witherspoon
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I'm so needy.
I'm so needy.
I'm so needy.
My cup runneth over with need.
My cup runneth over with need.
My cup runneth over with need.
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.