SN8 | Ep358 - Mariel Hemingway & Anne Heche

Today it is my pleasure to welcome two incredibly talented actors and best-selling authors that have both faced incredible success, but have been faced with set backs that would have made us made many of us give up.Mariel Hemingway & Anne Heche.They are here to talk to us about the lessons that they have learned along the way, refusing to give up, fighting their way through the pain, and how they made the choice to live with intention: A more fulfilling life of simplicity, a focus on their craft, adventure, stillness and laughter.Mariel Hadley Hemingway is an Academy Award Nominated actress, a best-selling author. She began acting at age 14 in a breakout role in Lipstick (1976) and received Best Supporting Actress Academy Award and BAFTA Award nominations for her role in Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979). She is also known for her roles in Personal Best (1982), Star 80 (1983) and Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceShe is the daughter of American royalty, The Hemingway family. Her grandfather is Ernest Hemingway, American writer.Mariel was the third daughter born to Jack Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's son, and Byra Whittlesey. Her older sister, Muffet, suffered for years from instability, while middle sister Margaux, a celebrated actress and model who was caught up in the fast lane of career and success, eventually died of the effects of her driven lifestyle. Mariel was forced to assume the role of stable center of her family. Mariel turned to yoga and its meditative practice in an effort to maintain her center.Much of her adult life has been directed toward finding and maintaining her balance in situations that have been heartbreakingly unsettling and emotionally disorienting. She is a mother to two daughtersAnne Heche is a Emmy Award-winning celebrated actor, and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER for her biographical book, “Call Me Crazy”As a survivor of abuse, she's learned how to live and face the reality of a broken past on her own terms. Her father was one of the first men to die of aids in America, and three months later her brother took his own life. At 14 Anne fun d herself pretty much alone in the world.Despite these personal tragedies, Anne is a survivor: She made it to the top of the Hollywood A-List.She has starred with nearly everyone from Al Pacino, Johnny Depp; Tommy Lee Jones, Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman.She guest-starred on the sitcom Ellen, fell in love with its star, Ellen DeGeneres, and watched the roles dry up.Both of these strong women have “traveled a terrifying inner landscape in search of personal fulfillment -- and have emerged happy, whole, and strong.”I invited both for you here today to talk about your journeys and coping with mental health. There are a lot of similarities in each of your lives.Mental health is such a personal thing. We each deal with it in our own way, but we all need to be mindful of our own triggers, what to avoid, and how to stay healthy.www.deadpoetsfoundation.com