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    247. Kerry Washington on the Family Secret that Shaped Her

    247. Kerry Washington on the Family Secret that Shaped Her

    FromWe Can Do Hard Things

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    247. Kerry Washington on the Family Secret that Shaped Her

    FromWe Can Do Hard Things

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    Length:
    69 minutes
    Released:
    Oct 5, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Kerry Washington shares the deeply personal story of what happened when her parents finally told her the truth about a long-held and shocking family secret:


    How uncovering the truth – as painful as it was – led Kerry to reclaim her self trust; 

    How the revelation made her the lead character of her own life for the first time;

    Walking the line between protection and deception;

    Breaking the cycle of gaslighting within families; and 

    How defying her father freed both of them.


    About Kerry: 
    Kerry Washington is an Emmy-winning, SAG, and Golden Globe-nominated actor, director, producer, and activist. Washington received widespread recognition for her role as Olivia Pope in the hit drama Scandal. In 2016, Washington launched her production company Simpson Street, whose projects include Confirmation, “American Son”, Emmy award-winning, “Live in Front of a Studio Audience”, The Fight, and Little Fires Everywhere. Washington is a lifelong activist and founder of Influence Change (IC21), an initiative that partners with nonprofits to increase voter turnout. For her efforts, Washington has been honored as one of TIME Magazine’s 2022 Women of The Year.

    Washington released her first memoir, Thicker Than Water, which is on sale now!

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    Released:
    Oct 5, 2023
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    I’m Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed – the book that was released at the very start of the pandemic and became a lifeline for millions. I watched in awe from my home while this simple phrase from Untamed – WE CAN DO HARD THINGS – the mantra that saved my life twenty years ago, became a worldwide rally cry. Because we experienced the hardship of the pandemic collectively, many of us finally acknowledged what was true before COVID and will be true after: That life is freaking HARD. We are all doing hard things every single day – things like loving and losing caring for children and parents; forging and ending friendships; battling addiction, illness, and loneliness; struggling in our jobs, our marriages, and our divorces; setting boundaries; and fighting for equality, purpose, freedom, joy, and peace. On We Can Do Hard Things, my sister Amanda and I will do the only thing I’ve found that has ever made life easier: We will drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard. Each week we will bring our hard to you and we will ask you to bring your hard to us and we will do what we were all meant to do down here: Help each other carry the hard so we can all live a little bit lighter and braver, more free and less alone.