“Set yourself up for success. Don't be afraid to prepare, and talk nicely to yourself.”
-Daphne Oz, Emmy Award-Winning TV Host, Bestselling Author, Chef, and Aveeno Hair Celebrity Brand Ambassador
Daphne Oz has been dishing out healthy living tips since she was a student at Princeton and writing her first book, “The Dorm Room Diet,” which brought wholesome eating to college campuses everywhere.
Fast-forward to 2020 and she’s penned three bestselling cookbooks, won an Emmy, hosted hit television shows by the likes of “The Chew” and "Dish on Oz", and served as a “MasterChef Junior” judge.
But that’s just her day job.
As a mother of four, she’s proven that you can have a very successful career and be a present mother, but as she’d say, “the difference between doing it all and having it all is a perspective shift.”
At our Future You Festival, Jaclyn Johnson virtually down with Oz to talk about what it took to build her impressive career, how she’s avoiding burnout as a working mom, and why she’s wielding her influence for good.
On cultivating confidence…
“Confidence stems from ease. It’s when you feel easy in your skin.”
"I feel the most confident when I feel like I'm sharing valuable information that's going to make a positive impact on someone's life."
On putting in the work to build confidence…
“You think ease is easy, it's not. Ease takes work. It takes practice. It takes effort and it’s being prepared.”
“Confidence isn't a destination. Every day you have to pay the dues and catch yourself if you're engaging in negative self-talk."
On avoiding negative self-talk…
"The world sees you and talks to you the way you see and talk to yourself. You have to live it first."
On navigating negativity on social media…
"You should never take with more than a grain of salt anyone's opinion or perspective who's opinion or perspective you wouldn't value in real life."
"You're not going to make everyone happy, and if you do make everyone happy, it's at the expense of you living your whole life fully."
On being a working mom during COVID…
“I would never lie and say that I’ve figured it out because the reality is it's recalibration all the time. There are days where I'm an A-grade mother and a B-grade employee and C-grade wife.”
On making time for self-care…
“It's all too easy for us to work ourselves into depletion and I think it can be something as simple as 10 minutes of listening to a podcast or doing a face mask or a 10-minute workout routine."
On continuing to grow…
“I never feel like I've stopped growing like there isn't a chance I could pivot and try something totally new.”
On finding your passion and being on the field…
"My dad used to say to me, You can't catch the ball if you're not standing on the field."
“If you don't have the skillset, if you haven't been keeping yourself prepared, if you haven't been keeping your eyes open and your eyes on the ball, you're never going to catch it when it's flying through the air.”
On pursuing multiple interests…
"You're allowed to be a multi-hyphenate, you're allowed to change your idea of who you are, and you're making a commitment to be as great as possible for now.”
On making tasks more manageable…
“You can only do what you can do. I think it's a matter of making it bite-sized and making it something that you feel you can tackle."
On her #1 tip for cultivating confidence…
“Set yourself up for success. Don't be afraid to prepare, and talk nicely to yourself.”
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