There are some Hollywood legends so iconic that just the sound of their voice or just the mention of their name send your mind and heart straight to their body of work.

For me, Goldie Hahn is one of them. No surprise here. Goldie is an Academy Award-winning

actress, producer, director, and best-selling author. Now, outside of Hollywood,

Goldie is famously a mother and a grandmother. Her blended growing family in many ways

feels like America's family. Goldie is also the founder of Mind Up. It's a charity

she created to help children lead healthier and happier lives. Goldie joins me today on a trip to New York

from California, where she and her partner, Kurt Russell, have called home for decades. Goldie and I

get into her early years as a dancer and the

emotional struggle she faced all the way up until life today. Parenthood, grandparenthood,

and where she finds purpose, captivating me with that famous voice in every story she tells.

Buckle up, Goldie is about to take us on a ride.

I'm Hoda Kotby. Welcome to my podcast, Making Space.

Well, first of all, I'm so happy that you're here.

And I'm so happy you're here because you're talking about a topic that I love so much.

And you've been preaching this for years.

And it's all about, it's about mental health.

And it's about not just for grownups,

but for kids. But in order to do that, like, you had to find your own kind of mental health space. When did you prioritize it? When did you think it even mattered? When I was 11, okay,

and I was like around 11 or 12, all my mom's, you know, friends, everybody, and I remember them asking me, what do you want to be? Do you want to be a ballerina when you grow up? And do you want to be a movie star? Of course, I never want to do that. And I said, I want to be happy at 11. And I thought, why did I say that?

I did, you know, I'm questioning me as a young girl.

What was it in me that said that?

And I still don't know why, except that maybe that being adult felt like too serious for me.

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