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Reese Witherspoon on Friendship: What, Like It’s Hard? (Best Of)

Jan 19, 2025

In this engaging conversation, Reese Witherspoon, an award-winning actress and founder of Hello Sunshine, shares key insights on building meaningful friendships. She discusses how to make the first move in friendships and the importance of navigating their complexities, especially in the entertainment industry. Reese reflects on the advice she gives her children about the types of people they will meet and humorously recounts her memorable experience on jury duty as Elle Woods. She also touches on the solidarity she found during the Time’s Up movement, emphasizing the power of female connection and storytelling.

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Reese Witherspoon

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Reese Witherspoon emphasizes the importance of making the first move in friendships while promoting kindness and clarity when moving on.

She shares valuable life advice about the various types of people we encounter, which she passes down to her children.

Witherspoon discusses the significance of female friendships and support in navigating life's challenges, advocating for women to empower each other.

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Intro

2min

Celebrating Women's Narratives

15min

Navigating Uncertainty: Business Insights and Innovations

3min

Bravery in Building Friendships

3min

Navigating the Nuances of Friendship

13min

Empowerment Through Literature and Leadership

7min

Navigating Anxiety and Identity

14min

Empowering Women and the Importance of Support

2min

1. How to make the first friendship move – and how to move on from a friendship with kindness and clarity.

2. The advice Reese passes down to her kids about the three types of people you meet in life.

3. Reese’s Hollywood experience as a young woman – and the solidarity she found in the Time’s Up movement.

4. How Elle Woods – in all her iconic glory – hilariously showed up while Reese was on real-life jury duty.

5. Where Reese, Abby, and Glennon come down on Glennon’s take that most women feel they are either too much or not enough.

About Reese

Reese Witherspoon, is an award-winning actress, entrepreneur, producer, and New York Times bestselling author. She won an Academy Award® for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line and was later nominated in that same category for Wild in 2014, which she also produced. Witherspoon also starred in beloved films Sweet Home Alabama, Legally Blonde, and Election, as well as award-winning television series’ “Big Little Lies,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” and “The Morning Show.” Other film credits include Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, Universal Pictures’ animated musical comedy Sing and Sing 2. In addition to her acting and producer roles, Witherspoon is an author and entrepreneur. In 2016, she established Hello Sunshine, a media brand and content company dedicated to female authorship and storytelling across all platforms. Hello Sunshine is also home to Reese’s Book Club and Reese’s YA Book Club, which focuses on storytelling with women at the center. Witherspoon recently sold Hello Sunshine to Blackstone in September 2021. Now Hello Sunshine is the cornerstone of a larger media company called Candle Media. Witherspoon is an advocate and activist for women’s issues across the globe.

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