167. Tracee Ellis Ross: How to Make Peace in Your Own Head

Published: Jan. 10, 2023, 5:01 a.m.

b'This moving conversation delving inside the \\u201cwonderful, dangerous\\u201d mind of Tracee Ellis Ross covers:\\n\\n1. Tracee\\u2019s go-to strategies to stop questioning herself, to pick herself up when she feels unlovable, and to tether herself to her truest self.\\xa0\\n2. How she made peace with the fact that she\\u2019s \\u201cnot everyone\\u2019s cup of tea\\u201d \\u2013 and stopped trying to change the things about her that others don\\u2019t like (but she does).\\xa0\\n3. Inside Tracee\\u2019s 50th birthday party \\u2013 the honor of being \\u201cFifty and Free,\\u201d and what moved her to sing her mother\\u2019s song in her mother\\u2019s dress.\\n4. Tracee\\u2019s recent personal journal entry rejecting the lie that a woman\\u2019s purpose is to be \\u201cchosen\\u201d \\u2013 and how she creates a beautiful, full life outside the roles of mother and partner.\\xa0\\n5. Tracee\\u2019s incredible view of friendship: How to be brave enough to become a barnacle in your friends\\u2019 lives, and to find your Cauldron people\\xa0\\n\\nAbout Tracee:\\nTracee Ellis Ross is an award-winning actress and producer best known for her roles in ABC\\u2019s award-winning comedy series BLACK-ISH and GIRLFRIENDS. For her role as \\u201cRainbow Johnson\\u201d in BLACK-ISH, as a comedic leading actress, Ross won the Golden Globe Award in 2017 as well as nine NAACP Image Awards. She was nominated for five Emmys and two Critics Choice Awards.\\xa0\\nRoss is the CEO and Founder of Pattern, a haircare brand for the curly, coily and tight textured masses.\\xa0\\nRoss recently executive produced and narrates Hulu\\u2019s THE HAIR TALES, a docuseries about Black women, beauty and identity through the distinctive lens of Black hair.\\xa0\\nUpcoming, Ross will be producing a ten-episode podcast \\u201cI Am America,\\u201d which aims to break through the noise during this divided time in our country in an effort to create space and to heal.\\xa0\\nTW: @TraceeEllisRoss\\nIG: @traceeellisross\\n \\nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\\n \\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices'