01of 13ON TEACHING THEIR KIDS TO APOLOGIZEDax Shepard/Instagram"We’ll come home, we’ll be tense with each other, we’ll snap at each other in the kitchen - not realizing they’re witnessing it - we put them to bed, we go into the bedroom, and just privately, we’ll say, ‘God, I’m sorry I snapped at you, I’ve had a really tough day.'“So [Dax] said, let’s make a deal that whenever we make up behind closed doors, thatwe role play the next morning.“Every time we’re testy with each other, the next morning I’ll say, ‘Good morning, Daddy - I just wanted to say, last night, I had a really long day and I’m sorry that I snapped at you about, you know, not having the dinner that you wanted.’ And he would say, ‘Yeah, Mommy, you’re right, I had a hard day too, and I’m really sorry.’ And then we physically kiss and hug.”
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ON TEACHING THEIR KIDS TO APOLOGIZE
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“We’ll come home, we’ll be tense with each other, we’ll snap at each other in the kitchen - not realizing they’re witnessing it - we put them to bed, we go into the bedroom, and just privately, we’ll say, ‘God, I’m sorry I snapped at you, I’ve had a really tough day.’
“So [Dax] said, let’s make a deal that whenever we make up behind closed doors, thatwe role play the next morning.
“Every time we’re testy with each other, the next morning I’ll say, ‘Good morning, Daddy - I just wanted to say, last night, I had a really long day and I’m sorry that I snapped at you about, you know, not having the dinner that you wanted.’ And he would say, ‘Yeah, Mommy, you’re right, I had a hard day too, and I’m really sorry.’ And then we physically kiss and hug.”
02of 13ON TAKING A THOUGHTFUL PARENTING APPROACHCindy Ord/Getty"You don’t want to be reactive to your kids.You want to be thoughtful, and you want to be setting a good example … Sometimes that example is crying in front of them and saying, ‘I’m overwhelmed,’ or ‘I’m sad because of XYZ,’ or ‘I’m just sad because I’m feeling sad. I’m going to let my sad out. And then I’m going to find a way to cheer myself up.’ "
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ON TAKING A THOUGHTFUL PARENTING APPROACH
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“You don’t want to be reactive to your kids.You want to be thoughtful, and you want to be setting a good example … Sometimes that example is crying in front of them and saying, ‘I’m overwhelmed,’ or ‘I’m sad because of XYZ,’ or ‘I’m just sad because I’m feeling sad. I’m going to let my sad out. And then I’m going to find a way to cheer myself up.’ "
03of 13ON HER HUSBAND DAX SHEPARD’S STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTIONSource: Kristen Bell/Instagram"He’s a wonderful father. He knows the value of things. He was an addict for many, many years and he pulled himself out of it, and he’s been sober for 11, 12 years now … And he knows how many times he’s messed up and how many times he’s been reallyclose to losing everything.”
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ON HER HUSBAND DAX SHEPARD’S STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTION
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“He’s a wonderful father. He knows the value of things. He was an addict for many, many years and he pulled himself out of it, and he’s been sober for 11, 12 years now … And he knows how many times he’s messed up and how many times he’s been reallyclose to losing everything.”
04of 13ON HITTING ROAD BLOCKS IN THEIR MARRIAGETodd Williamson/Getty"Our relationship wasn’t perfect. We had a couple years of fighting and of growing pains and hating each other, then loving each other and going to couples therapy and we worked it out … Weearned each other.”
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ON HITTING ROAD BLOCKS IN THEIR MARRIAGE
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“Our relationship wasn’t perfect. We had a couple years of fighting and of growing pains and hating each other, then loving each other and going to couples therapy and we worked it out … Weearned each other.”
05of 13ON SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH SHEPARD’S EYESDave Bedrosian/Wenn"Seeing the world through his eyes has really opened mine to knowingthat [alcoholism] is a diseaseand nobody is choosing to drink more than others. They are doing it because of a variety of reasons and they deserve the attention of a mental health professional, and not the county jail or however else we’re choosing to pretend we’re fixing the problem.”
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ON SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH SHEPARD’S EYES
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“Seeing the world through his eyes has really opened mine to knowingthat [alcoholism] is a diseaseand nobody is choosing to drink more than others. They are doing it because of a variety of reasons and they deserve the attention of a mental health professional, and not the county jail or however else we’re choosing to pretend we’re fixing the problem.”
06of 13ON HAVING A LOW-KEY WEDDINGJordan Strauss/Invision/AP"I don’t faultanyone who wants a big day - especially girls. [But] we get more than enough attention in our everyday lives. I also wear more than enough party dresses.”
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ON HAVING A LOW-KEY WEDDING
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“I don’t faultanyone who wants a big day - especially girls. [But] we get more than enough attention in our everyday lives. I also wear more than enough party dresses.”
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ON PUTTING FAMILY ABOVE ALL ELSE
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ON RAISING HER TWO DAUGHTERS, LINCOLN AND DELTA, TO BE COMPASSIONATE
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09of 13ON APPRECIATING HOW LUCKY SHE ISJB Lacroix/WireImage"I don’t deserve to be here. I worked hard, but I was also in the right place at the right time. And I’m really, really grateful for the jobs that I’ve had."
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ON APPRECIATING HOW LUCKY SHE IS
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“I don’t deserve to be here. I worked hard, but I was also in the right place at the right time. And I’m really, really grateful for the jobs that I’ve had.”
10of 13ON BEING ‘SECRETLY GENEROUS’Bauer-Griffin/GC Images"I think it’s actually more fun to be secretly generous because if you go to a restaurant and you’re like, ‘I’m going to slip this person 200 bucks. I’m going to do it.’ I don’t want them to see because when I leave the restaurant, I feel giddy because I feel like a secret superhero. Try it … What’s even cooler is when they don’t know where it comes from."
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ON BEING ‘SECRETLY GENEROUS’
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“I think it’s actually more fun to be secretly generous because if you go to a restaurant and you’re like, ‘I’m going to slip this person 200 bucks. I’m going to do it.’ I don’t want them to see because when I leave the restaurant, I feel giddy because I feel like a secret superhero. Try it … What’s even cooler is when they don’t know where it comes from.”
11of 13ON STRUGGLING WITH DEPRESSIONStefanie Keenan/Getty"I felt plagued with a negative attitude and a sense that I was permanently in the shade. I’m normally such a bubbly, positive person, and all of a sudden I stopped feeling like myself."
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ON STRUGGLING WITH DEPRESSION
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“I felt plagued with a negative attitude and a sense that I was permanently in the shade. I’m normally such a bubbly, positive person, and all of a sudden I stopped feeling like myself.”
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ON ‘LEADING WITH KINDNESS’
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13of 13ON CHOOSING TO COME FORWARD WITH HER STRUGGLEFrazer Harrison/Getty"It’s important for me to be candid about this so people in a similar situation can realize that they are not worthless and that they do have something to offer."
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ON CHOOSING TO COME FORWARD WITH HER STRUGGLE
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“It’s important for me to be candid about this so people in a similar situation can realize that they are not worthless and that they do have something to offer.”
source: people.com
