Heidi Montag has had a yr — and it’s solely Could.
The 38-year-old actuality star says the feelings nonetheless “come in waves” for the reason that home she had with husband Spencer Pratt and their two youngsters burned down within the LA wildfires in January.
However in a sit-down with The Submit, Montag received choked up speaking about how grateful she is for the way in which followers have proven help — and the way specializing in the nice is one in all her prime psychological well being methods.
First off, she’s satisfied that going through her emotions head-on has made a serious completely different.
“I think that I mentally and emotionally dealt with everything during the time [of the fires], and I was able to really grieve during the time, and take a few minutes to myself and pray a lot,” she stated. “Because I didn’t want to stuff things down and have it come up later, I wanted to be able to work through it when I could.”
She inspired that in her youngsters Gunner, 7, and Ryker, 2-and-a-half, too.
“If they were feeling a little upset, I’d be like, ‘So how do you feel?’ And trying to help them go through it and not stuff their emotions and pretend they have to be OK too,” she stated.
“I just feel so much love and kindness from people that I didn’t think existed, especially for Spencer and I.”
Heidi Montag
“It’s definitely a balance of not like losing it in front of your kids all the time, but also showing it’s OK to be sad, and we’re all going through this together,” Montag added.
An enormous boon to her well-being has been the way in which followers have come out in droves to indicate their help — one thing she and Spencer didn’t anticipate given the way in which their characters have been acquired on “The Hills.”
“I just feel so much love and kindness from people that I didn’t think existed, especially for Spencer and I, and it’s just really gotten us [through],” she stated.
“It has really just been amazing to see that,” Montag continued, tearing up. “And to see, like, people are so good and are so kind and really rally behind us, which we’ve never felt the support before.”
One second with a stranger who felt like a mom determine opened the floodgates.
“She was just like, ‘Can I give you a hug?’ And I just started hysterically crying. I was like, ‘Yes!’ It just was what I needed,” Montag recalled.
Watching her 2010 album, “Superficial,” shoot to No. 1 on iTunes was additionally fairly “amazing.”
“I’m just so appreciative to that, and I know it’s the people and it’s the ‘group project,’” she stated.
“It’s not a record label that’s pushing me in pain to make me number one. It’s actual people who love and support and care for us, and that means the world.”
“Life can be so hard, but there’s always good — even if it’s a little thing, like a cup of tea.”
Heidi Montag
Her profession has definitely been lighting up as soon as once more — along with placing out new songs and music movies, she’s been racking up partnership offers with completely different manufacturers.
Most lately, she’s teamed up with the complement drink model Ryde, selling their Energize, Focus and Calm down pictures with a pair of humorous movies.
And he or she definitely doesn’t take it as a right: Montag stated she’s massive on counting her blessings.
“Life can be so hard, but there’s always good — even if it’s a little thing, like a cup of tea,” she stated.
“You just focus on the warm tea. Or ‘I have heat in my house.’ It’s just going to the basics of life and being appreciative if you have a great friend or family.”
She additionally turns to prayer, saying she meditates on Philippians 4:8 when she is having a tough time.
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things,” Montag stated.
“No matter how hard life is, there can always be good, and you can always choose your thoughts,” she stated.
