Vanessa Hudgens
Appearances
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must-Listens: 7 Transformative Lessons to Build Confidence And Real Self Worth (Ft. Kobe Bryant & Kendall Jenner)
I feel like my first solo trip was when I was like, it was right after I did a stint of like really heavy, emotionally demanding movies. I think Gimme Shelter was the last one of that. And I came home and I like genuinely did not know who Vanessa was. I had like gotten so off on becoming this other person and like genuinely changed my mindset, the way that I looked.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must-Listens: 7 Transformative Lessons to Build Confidence And Real Self Worth (Ft. Kobe Bryant & Kendall Jenner)
I put on like 20 pounds, cut off all my hair, like all the things that made me me were not there anymore. And I was like, I need to do something because I'm like scared because I don't know who I am. And I was like, OK, we're going to go on a yoga retreat. My my publicist at the time was like, there's this retreat. They're doing it the four seasons. It was like a practice.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must-Listens: 7 Transformative Lessons to Build Confidence And Real Self Worth (Ft. Kobe Bryant & Kendall Jenner)
And I was like, OK, I'm just going to like go on my own. because that scares me and I was very much in that place of like do the things that scare you because you will evolve like you're forced to and I was like you know like a yoga retreat in Hawaii like that gives me an excuse to be in Hawaii but also like have something to do and like know that I'll be around people because like
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must-Listens: 7 Transformative Lessons to Build Confidence And Real Self Worth (Ft. Kobe Bryant & Kendall Jenner)
And filming as well as an adult, like when I hit 18, I would go off to film things all the time and I would be on my own. And so like if I wanted to go to dinner, like a lot of times I would just go by myself and like bring a book. And I definitely would have those moments where I'm like looking around, like kind of trying to like...
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must-Listens: 7 Transformative Lessons to Build Confidence And Real Self Worth (Ft. Kobe Bryant & Kendall Jenner)
lock eyes and engage with anyone um preferably would sit at the bar so i could like talk to the bartender because like i love i love people like i love i love just like talking to people yeah but you start using a different part of your brain when you do that like you start using a different part of your energy where it's like oh i'm gonna see if i can make something out of nothing
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must-Listens: 7 Transformative Lessons to Build Confidence And Real Self Worth (Ft. Kobe Bryant & Kendall Jenner)
but it's my favorite thing i literally will like be driving and like will like turn and just like look at people if i'm stopping a red light and like try to like dance with people the other day this guy was like listening to a song we had our windows down he had his windows down and me and my girlfriend were just like body rolling like just like locking eyes trying to make this person laugh like it's i i love that but the trip the yoga retreat in hawaii ended up just being like
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must-Listens: 7 Transformative Lessons to Build Confidence And Real Self Worth (Ft. Kobe Bryant & Kendall Jenner)
So freeing because I was just like, OK, like I'm here on my own. Like I'm just going to like talk to people that I connect with and like go from there and like genuinely forced me to stay as present as possible because I was engaging with people I know nothing about. I feel like that's the thing I love about talking to people that you don't know.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jay’s Must-Listens: 7 Transformative Lessons to Build Confidence And Real Self Worth (Ft. Kobe Bryant & Kendall Jenner)
Like you're forced to be present because it's like if you're actually trying to engage, which not everybody does. But then those are the people you don't need to engage with. But when you find people who you can, you're so present because you're actually listening.