Therapy has always helped a lot in my life, says Gisele Bündchen

It’s been a while since we’ve seen Gisele Bündchen so open to interviews. It’s part of the publicity strategy for his book, ‘Nourish: Simple Recipes for the Body and Soul’, and it’s been working: last week, it reached second place on the New York Times bestseller list.

When she was in Rio de Janeiro, at the beginning of April, Gisele participated in a chat with Angélica, Taís Araujo and Silvia Braz at a hotel in the city, in which she talked about the bad eating habits of youth, anxiety, and benefits of meditation, among other topics related to health and well-being.

Afterwards, she was taken to a corner where she gave an interview to Angélica and spoke to her, emotionally, about the recent loss of her mother, among other more personal topics. Weeks earlier, she confirmed, via the New York Times, that she is, yes, sir, dating. In this new phase, Gisele seemed more open to talking about subjects that are outside the strictly professional sphere – without gossip or exaggeration, of course.

As she did not speak to the press that day in Rio, the agreement with the team that advised her was that the model would answer “about three questions” via email, as long as they were linked to health, nutrition and well-being.

O F5 sent four questions: the first, about therapy and psychoanalysis; the second, on sustainability; the third covered food; and the last, on two relevant issues — and which still met the prerequisites for them to be answered: the legalization of abortion and marijuana. See the full, unedited questions and answers below.

Does your current phase, more focused on family and well-being, also include some type of therapy? Have you ever done or are you doing analysis? He likes? How important are the sessions to you?

I think therapy is a positive thing. It is a moment of reflection, of being able to open up, expose your weaknesses, insecurity and try to see the situation from different points of view. I’ve been to therapy at some points in my life and it has always helped me a lot. Today I also seek advice, mainly to learn how to better deal with this new phase of children.

You were one of the first models to take action in favor of sustainability and the environment. In relation to clean energy, is there any action you have taken in this regard, whether in your daily life or as a flag to be raised?

I have always felt very connected to nature. I have always seen nature as our temple, because without it we would not be here. Over the years, I’ve learned that nothing is as simple as it seems. Everything always has two or more sides. The path to sustainability requires many changes, some renunciations, proactivity… Today, together with UNEP, I work to amplify the message of regeneration, also of not wasting food and combating plastic pollution.

There are so many areas that need attention. But we can’t be discouraged, we have to understand that we need nature to survive, not us. I think we should all be more interested and seek to learn about things that have a collective impact on our world, such as the health of our soil, where our food comes from. The documentary I helped produce, Solo Fértil, helps to understand a little about this, it’s worth watching.

Of the typical Brazilian foods and ingredients, which do you miss most? Despite having radically changed your diet, do you sometimes give in to temptation? (I remember that in their dressing rooms at fashion shows there was always at least one bag of sugary popcorn, the kind that comes in a pink bag.)

Açaí, cheese bread, feijoada, there are so many wonderful foods in our country… The papaya here has no equal… Those popcorn were delicious too, but I no longer ask to have them in the dressing room, because today I know the harm what sugar does for your health. Once you have the information you can make more informed choices. Of course, I also slip up from time to time, especially when I come to Brazil or at my sisters’ house in the south. There are a lot of delicious things I loved to eat as a child, so I make exceptions.

Two issues on the agenda around the world (and also in Brazil) on which I would like to know your opinion: What is your position on the legalization of abortion and marihuana?

The question was cut when the others were sent back, with corresponding answers.