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Reese Witherspoon Recalls Finding Her Voice as a Single Mom in Her Late 20s: I Made 'a Lot of Decisions for My Kids'


Reese Witherspoon spoke about looking back at moments in her life where she 'found' her voice — both as a creative and as a single mother in her late twenties — during a panel at Hello Sunshine's second annual Shine Away event in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 5.

During Hello Sunshine's second annual Shine Away event in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 5, the You're Cordially Invited star participated in a panel with moderator Kellyn Kenny and fellow panelists Laura Dern and Octavia Spencer — where she was asked if there was an "a-ha" moment in her life where she "found" her voice. As Witherspoon explained, she also had a moment of realization in her life — specifically at Hello Sunshine — after her hit HBO series Big Little Lies earned some of its Emmys andamidAcademy Award recognition for her films Wild and Gone Girl. Hello Sunshine's Shine Away event, connected by AT&T, also takes place on Sunday, Oct. 6 at nya Studios in Los Angeles, with its mission to empower women as it features conversations with names in entertainment, business and culture — including Spencer, Naomi Watts, Olivia Munn, and Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

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