The singer, songwriter and actress spoke about the insecurities she has with her body image Sarah Barailes. Before attending the annual event, where she was nominated for her lead role in the revival of the musical “Secrets of the Forest” (Into the Woods) by Stephen Sondheim, Bareilles uploaded an Instagram Story breaking down how she now approaches her body.

Explaining that she was in the process of picking out her dress for the Tony Awards night and for the premiere of Waitress at the Tribeca Film Festival, she revealed that preparing for such nights had caused her years of body image anxiety. her.

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“Traditionally, when I’m getting ready for a big event, I do a real body shaming and hating thing and trying to lose weight and get lean, I get beat up really hard in the gym because I feel like if I don’t have a certain image then I don’t I am allowed to participate“, he said.

Now, the actress is trying to break this bad habit. “I think a lot about how I prepare for these events… these two events mean a lot to me, obviously,” she shared, explaining that she’s “really trying to reconnect” with her mind and think differently.

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This isn’t the first time Barailes has spoken candidly about her struggles with confidence. She especially felt these emotions as she reappeared in public after the Covid-19 pandemic, to start filming the hit comedy series Girls5Eva.

“With Girls5eva, I got to be in front of the camera again and dress up and do my hair… I’ve struggled all my life with my body image“, he said in 2021 to the American magazine People.

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To come to a healthier approach to her image the actress not only used tools she learned in years of therapy, she also embraced meditation, which she does “for at least 15 or 20 minutes” every morning.