676: UZO ADUBA On Navigating Grief, Fame and Motherhood

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

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4.6 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this episode of The Rachel Hollis Podcast, Uzo Aduba talks with Rachel about her first book 'The Road is Good', a coming-of-age memoir that tells the story of her Nigerian mother. Uzo is a three-time Emmy award-winning and Tony award-nominated actress, who is best known for her breakout role in 'Orange is the New Black.' She chats with Rach about her acting career, including almost quitting before landing her role as Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren, and reflects on fame and how it shifted her personal life and career trajectory. The conversation also touches on Uzo's Nigerian heritage, the impact of her mother's passing on the writing process, how to move through grief, and the lessons she aims to pass on to her daughter Get the Start Today Journal - https://starttoday.com/products/start-today-journal 00:00 Coping with Loss and Finding Joy 01:36 From Theater to Television: A Journey Begins 04:11 Landing the Role on Orange is the New Black 07:53 Adjusting to Fame and Public Recognition 20:29 Navigating Motherhood and Personal Growth 23:32 Writing a Book: Expectations vs. Reality 24:41 Unexpected Life Changes 26:46 A Mother's Illness 30:24 Grief and Memories 35:05 Career Reflections 38:38 Future Plans and Holiday Excitement 44:53 Conclusion and Contact Information Have a question you want Rach to answer? An idea for a podcast episode?? Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelHollisMotivation/videos Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MsRachelHollis/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices.

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0:00.0	1,000% and it's once you, it takes knowing it to know it, one, and just to have said it out loud,
0:10.0	I'm sorry for your loss. And it does. It's that thing you said.
0:13.6	It's it doesn't go away because it could be a song,
0:16.4	it could be a word suddenly, it could be an anything
0:19.5	that could bring it right back there. but it does absolutely start to be layered and you start to remember
0:29.4	some of the other great things beyond the day that start to fill you up in a different way.
0:37.6	The first year is very different, was very different from where I am now.
0:42.6	That's not to say that I don't still cry.
0:44.2	That doesn't, that's not to say that I don't miss my mom.
0:46.4	I miss my mom every second of the day.
0:48.5	But I'm able to, I guess, remember why I miss her and the remembering all remembering her
0:59.2	makes me also remember my joy.
1:11.1	Hi, I'm Rachel, and in this show, we talk about everything.
1:14.6	Life and work, health and healing, relationships with others and with ourselves.
1:18.0	These are stories for the seekers.
1:21.0	These are conversations for the curious. This is the Rachel Hollis podcast. Not to ask the super generic interview question, but I actually don't know your journey from where did you start out and how did you end up here I've heard
1:43.7	that you guys have a connection through New York so like clearly there's a
1:47.1	journey that brought you to LA can you tell us that story? Yes so I started as an actor in the theater in New York and I started working on a show called
1:58.8	Orange is the New Black was my first on camera job. That was your first job. That was my first on camera job.
2:03.2	That was your first job.
2:04.6	That was my first on camera job.
2:06.3	That's bananas.
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