{"id":1970360,"date":"2025-08-20T13:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1970360"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:02:57","slug":"drew-barrymore-gives-advice-on-forgiveness-and-business-dear-drew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/drew-barrymore-gives-advice-on-forgiveness-and-business-dear-drew\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Barrymore Gives Advice on Forgiveness and Business: Dear Drew"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Drew Barrymore<\/strong><\/a> is a new contributor for Us Weekly. Below, the actress, talk show host and businesswoman gives advice to two readers:<\/em><\/p>\n

Your questions answered, with love from me to you!<\/p>\n

@amatorilove writes:
Dear Drew,
How can I finally\u2028forgive myself for the person I was and mistakes\u2028I made while in\u2028survival mode?<\/h3>\n

I love this question so much because I have to deal with it all the time. I feel that I\u2019ve made so many mistakes, and it just echoes all my fears when I look at my two daughters. Like, I really don\u2019t want them to go through any of the stuff I did, and yet, I can\u2019t work from fear. I have to use all my knowledge and life experience to navigate parenting two girls. Maybe I was built for this? Maybe all my mistakes helped me learn the lessons of my own personal rights and wrongs, and I might not have the moral compass I have if I hadn\u2019t gone through those things.<\/p>\n

I also take a lot of responsibility for what I\u2019ve done. I own it, and I don\u2019t blame others. I admire people who had it together early on \u2014 maybe they came from a good family or they\u2019re people who just seem to have such a natural decency about them. It didn\u2019t take trial by fire for them to become emotionally rational people. Those are my heroes, the ones I\u2019ve learned from and followed.<\/p>\n

We can become the person we always wanted to be. Even if it takes longer than we thought. But we also have to use our past as our strength, not our weakness. You lived! You learned! Now go take all that wisdom and fly. Don\u2019t let it hold you back. And try not to beat yourself up. It\u2019s such an easy trap. We can\u2019t waste any more time. I\u2019m guessing we\u2019ve all repented and put in the time to figure a lot out. So let\u2019s try to be proud. I\u2019m sure you have much to be proud of, so today, focus on that.<\/p>\n

Love, Drew<\/p>\n

@veerobles22 writes:
Dear Drew,
What was the toughest lesson to learn in your career when it came to business?<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m still learning lessons in business all the time. I\u2019ve learned that not everything will be embraced or a success. I\u2019ve learned that unless I\u2019ve really put in the hours, nights, weekends, it won\u2019t happen by osmosis or hope. I\u2019ve learned that I need a partner. I believe we don\u2019t accomplish much on our own, and I love someone\u2019s motivation and skills, whether they\u2019re like mine or not.<\/p>\n

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