Jessica Alba
Appearances
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
You know, I think because it was... such a struggle and so hard for my parents. They were young when they had me and every day was a very, it was a very kind of tumultuous environment just because they were in survival mode every day, struggling to get by. And they also didn't have necessarily the maturity or the tools to have context, like this podcast, right?
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
There wasn't this podcast when my parents were, you know, young. We live now in a culture where so many, so much of the stuff that just wasn't sort of serving humanity has been broken down. And there's this generation that's sort of thinking through, like,
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
I guess sort of like, yes, we built these civilizations based off of like necessity, a lot of these things that are power and ego driven, right? But now we're in a place where it's more about compassion, mindfulness, right? Openness. And that's how we're going to thrive and, you know, continue to thrive as a human race. And so I think, You know, for my kids, I try to exemplify whatever that is.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
And at the same time, you know, they are very aware of my faults, right? They're very aware that I, you know, get stressed and I, you know, get irritable and I don't sleep enough and all of those things. But, you know, we have a dialogue about it. And... You know, I try to create a space of compassion, obviously for them, but also, you know, just for them to sort of like know that I'm trying.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
I think I just wanted peace and I wanted security and I wanted a sense of financial security to me meant that you could then have peace. Peace and not be so stressed out. I also knew that like my parents in a lot of ways were just sort of like products of certain systems when you have to support a family. how can you sort of like get ahead?
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
And they were learning as they were going, you know, sort of like flying the plane and fixing it at the same time. It wasn't until I became a parent, I think that I had, I really understood how difficult it was for them. Just being so young and not necessarily having the tools and not having, you know, a setup, right, to thrive. I felt like I had a purpose. I didn't know what it was.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
It came from very simple, humble family. What I've done in my life and what I've achieved was in no way, shape or form given to me, handed to me. I mean, I think if anything, there was nothing but blocks and challenges and walls and reasons why I shouldn't. dream or even have the audacity to think that I could become anything.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
Every stage of every piece of my life, I feel like I'm always looking to be better and do better. So when I actually got the opportunity to be an actress and I started working on a regular basis, I prayed a lot, whether it's God or spirit or whatever it is that people pray to. Um, I felt like if I could just channel, like I want to do good, I know I'm here to do good.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
I'm not sure what that end goal is, but I promise that if I get any breakthrough, um, I will do good with, with my success. And I always attributed success with, with being able to do good. And then when I became a mom, you know, that really my sense of self and I would say my insecurities as a person over silly things kept me, I think, from fully realizing my potential before I became a mom.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must Listens: What Every Parent Needs to Hear Right Now—How to Raise Confident & Emotionally Strong Kids (Ft. Dr. Amen & Kim Kardashian)
But when I became a mom, those insecurities sort of went away.