When it comes to celebrity couples, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard take the cake.
It’s not their looks or success that we love them for, but the fact that they’re literally just your average goofballs!
Kristen Bell
It just goes to show, they’re JUST. LIKE. US!
You know, like that time they decided to make a music video in Africa, and it went viral for ALL the right reasons?
Kristen and Dax have always been open about their journey through sobriety, marriage and kids. So it’s no surprise that Kristen got really honest about the biggest lesson she’s learned from her husband that caused her to “question everything I knew.”
In a letter penned to Cosmopolitan, the actress explained that despite her short stature, she’s always been aware of her strength—both inside and out.
It was sometime during high school when Kristen realized where that sense of strength came from, which then motivated her to focus all of her energy into staying “strong.”
“It came from being nice to others. Acts of kindness gave me an endorphin boost and made me feel emotionally and physically strong.
After I made this connection, I spent the majority of my days considering and implementing acts of nicety. I made sure to smile at strangers on the street, I donated time to charitable organizations, and I always did my best to make people feel good.
I had a real handle on kindness. I knew it inside and out and could generate it like a beast.”
I mean, who wouldn’t want K-Bell to be their best friend?
After meeting Dax, Kristen’s sense of strength began to diminish, and was taken over by feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt and destructive comparison.
“I’d look around and wonder why I wasn’t considered for X job or Y role when I felt equally qualified and passionate as those around me.”
Kristen Bell
“I became increasingly resentful and disappointed when my success didn’t line up with others’. I had, unknowingly, tied my self-worth to everyone other than myself.”
Though she’s learned a lot from her husband over the years, it was during this time of self-pity when Dax taught Kristen the thing she’s “most grateful” for today.
While most of her friends were supportive of Kristen, comforted her and even validated her feelings, Dax was having none of it.
Rather than telling Kristen she was right, or that she deserved the role, Dax responded with much less sympathy:
“Are you crazy? This is a self-destructive path. You can only compare your current self to your former self. You’ll get a comparison hangover if you constantly measure your worth against someone else.”
Of course, his response to her frustration wasn’t exactly the comforting words she was looking for. But after taking a step back and thinking about what he’d said, Kristen knew he was right.