Gwyneth Paltrow surprises fans with a unique anxiety hack

Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed a rather unconventional way she deals with anxiety.

The 53-year-old actress admitted in an Instagram AMA that while she “can’t really avoid” feeling anxious, she has her own quirky coping strategies.

“I try to temper it with remembering things I am grateful for, breathing deeply, going for a walk and shouting at the bushes (it helps) and being good to myself,” she told fans.

Fans were left surprised and a little shocked to hear that shouting at greenery actually helps her cope.

Moreover, when she was asked that how she avoids “overfunctioning and burnout”, the Goop founder was brutally honest.

“I have avoided neither.… prioritising sleep and boundaries around working and not working, but I have some work to do,” she admitted.

The Iron Man star has also opened up about the pressures of life in the public eye, saying even a bad work email can feel like “a slap in the face”. 

On her Goop podcast, she explained: “I’ve lived a very intense life in the public eye for a really, really long time… I feel it and it frays my nervous system.”

Gwyneth also blamed some of her anxiety on hormonal changes, saying: “I think it’s an estrogen dominance thing. It makes you really anxious… part physiological, part psychological, part emotional, part public life.”

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