Gabrielle Union is in a very happy, confident place.

Actress Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade is #Goal, and it’s thanks to a sence of self-worth and personal development.

 

44-year old Gabrielle was speaking to the Complex magazine during a break from shooting her latest movie “Breaking In.” The actress intimated that happiness is something to work for, and it takes both people in the relationship. “People are like ‘goals’; me and D are like, ‘wtf?’ We’ve kind of figured it out now, but I guess maybe we should tweet live from couples’ therapy,” she says. “And when you ask us we’re gonna tell you, there’s a process to happy.

 

 

And it seems to be working. “I don’t think there is a more black, authentic version of me that’s ever been captured. Like, my joy, my comfort, I finally feel like I have a sense of worth and value, I felt like it all came together,” she told Complex. “I thought, ‘What better way to introduce myself to a new group of people as a whole person, as a happy person?’ These pictures reflect who the f--k I am and how I feel about myself.”

 

And certainly, Gabrielle successes are not just confined to the home front. Her career is seeing a massive boost as well – a lawsuit win over BET, a new hair care, “Flawless“, a clothing line with a major retailer, a book launch around the corner, are some of her most recent achievements, not forgetting her involvement in movie and tv productions. And in the process, she’s evolving, and becoming a stronger person. “When it came time to take a stand I was like I would rather go broke fighting for the right thing than give up the bit of gains that I was promised. That’s not gonna happen.” But there’s a caveat it seems, “But you have to be willing to walk away from everything in order to get your due,” she added. “I don’t know if I would have done that five years ago with BET; I couldn’t have done that,” she mused.

 

So modest, Gabrielle thinks it’s surreal that anyone would regard her as a sex symbol at 44. “To me, 44 was you’re pretty much Big Mama. That wouldn’t have even been reasonable to have the idea of it.”

 

The realisation that maybe she’s still got it was when at age 30, she was asked to be on the inaugural cover of  King Magazine. “The fact that they even asked me and I don’t have t--s or an a-s that ‘my community’ appreciates, in the way that I wish they would appreciate,” she recalls. “The fact that they would even ask me to be on the cover!” She further added, “I was irrationally geeked about it due to my low self-esteem and all the Tupac videos I didn’t get. Between that and maybe like JET Beauty of the Week, I thought those were goals. To even be asked?! To be in it, much less on the cover?!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gabrielle is in a very happy confident place, not just because of her good looks or that she just celebrated three years of marriage to her NBA super star. Rather something to do with a sense of accomplishment for sacrifices made over the years to becoming the best version of herself.

“I started doing the work to help myself feel like I was worthy and I had value, and the more work I did on myself the more I was like, ‘OK, I wanna tell this story too,’” she explains.

“I’m so happy. I’m so f–king happy,” she declared

 

 

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