you never really know how strong you are
until you are forced to learn it you can
feel so I would say in general overall
the last couple years really just showed
me how strong I am as a woman as a
person you never know how strong you are
on what you can get through and get past
and and that way I'm super grateful
because that was a really nice discovery
about myself that I was a lot stronger
than I ever thought if you want to peek
inside the mind and hearts of Jenna
Dewan she's got the perfect book to add
to your reading list gracefully you I
like to say is a culmination of my true
self in a book it is my it is everything
from my spirituality to a lifestyle book
of different tips and meditations that
I've learned to also stories that I've
had from a kid of my life as a dancer to
poetry that I like and personal stories
of you know growth and change I've gone
through and it just sort of kind of
became this amazing book that was really
therapeutic and really fun to write and
just like a beautiful slice of life that
I was not expecting to come into my path
it wasn't something I was looking
forward to write a book
all of it surprised me because it was
new to me I never written it was never
an author the process of how you write a
book how long it takes how things change
how you sort of write chapter and then
all of a sudden you want to go in and
change that because six weeks later you
have a different perspective it shows
you how much your perspective can change
over a course of time just turned into
this fun little book that I spent two
years writing finding the balance for me
was something that was really important
to me the balance between motherhood and
being a working mother and connection to
something greater than myself and
therefore all of that culminating with
someone who's gone through a great
amount of change and sort of finding the
grace in that and like how to elevate
all of that and put that into my words
as important for it to be spoken from me
my words and something that I feel and
how I want to move forward I had a lot
of people come up to me and ask me how
you obviously have gone through a lot
and you've had some rough years how did
you get through that or what do you come
to me go I do have any advice for me for
starting over and having to start a
whole new life and so that inspired me
because when I was writing it you know
initially it was much more of a poetry
book and a book on you know sort of my
spiritual views on life and and movement
and my dance years and and then it
became well hold on a second you know
what do we do in this life we want to
inspire and want to connect with people
I read books to receive a certain
perspective
and find some sort of inspiration in
connection so I wanted this book to have
my words on that Dhawan is living a
brand new chapter after the end of her
nearly nine-year marriage to Channing
Tatum the couple announced their
separation in April 2018 and she
formally filed for divorce that October
I mean I think when someone you're
together for a long time and you've you
just people grow and they change and
they don't always grow together and
that's okay and that was the realization
was that life can evolve and change and
look differently and then it might
possibly be better and it's tough you
got to get through some really tough
times but it's it's a it's a gradual
process of growth and an uncovering of
truth it's something that you know every
every day becomes something a little bit
more clear and then you're in a place
that's okay so this isn't I'm a new
person I'm a different person and now
where are we so it just was a it was a
beautiful hard journey of growth and
change and ultimately now I can honestly
say that I'm I'm living in a very joyful
new place in my life and I'm happy about
it Dajuan and Tatum now share custody of
their six-year-old daughter Everly she
is my main priority with everything in
my life so she's she's doing really good
I'm doing really good I think it's a new
normal all of it's a new normal you get
used to it all and
as long as it's done with as much
respect and sort of love for everyone
involved it hopefully will always stay
that way and you just learn as you go
part of another joy of my life and kind
of just the great change I've gone
through is this all these you know these
little magical things that have come
into my life that I wasn't expecting and
Steve is the best most magical thing
that's come into my life diwan's new
love Steve Kazee is a Tony award-winning
actor and singer he's amazing and yeah
you know it's new it's new and it's
fresh and it's starting over and
starting beginning again is always
intimidating until then it's happening
and I could not be happier it's our
first date that's a really good question
well yeah it was like we went out for a
coffee I think it wasn't ended up being
like Tana
there's a long way to start talking and
then I think we spoke on the phone it
was like hours long it was like an
immediate connection I knew it was
special from the beginning like the
moment I set eyes on him I knew it was
special and then we spoke and it was as
if we had known each other for years
he's like it was like this whole thing
was like how long ago we knew each other
this is insane and he's just amazing
he's like an incredible person we're
both very have the same wants and goals
out of life same values he's super
family-oriented
it just works sometimes the best things
in life you know you're not really able
to explain our pinpoint when what it is
it's a connection
really like electric connection that
just works and it's been like one of the
biggest blessings in my life but I never
saw coming
congratulations are in order for Jenna
Dewan and Steve Kazee the actress in her
actor boyfriend are expecting their
first child together
oh my goodness yup new you know it's
exciting I'm really excited I mean my
life has really changed but I'm so happy
I'm so excited to be expanding my family
and everyone around us is happy and
excited and it's just like pure joy it's
joy right now family's so excited mom is
so excited dad so excited everyone is
thrilled to be getting another one that
includes diwan's daughter Everly who
couldn't be happier to see the family
grow she's thrilled she is the happiest
in the entire road she is wearing her
proud I'm a big sister ribbon everywhere
she loves it she can't stop she always
she everywhere we go she pulls up my
shirt and she shows people she move all
there's a baby in her belly I'm gonna be
a big sister and then she's like touch
it and they're like we're good like
really cute I would say naturally over
the last couple years part of my own
personal journey was discovering who I
really was and what I wanted out of life
and also creatively what was inspiring
to me and I really started focusing on I
wanted to feel and
wanted to experience in the world of my
work so a lot of different avenues of
creep creativity in my life that came
about I was so happy about soundtrack is
coming out it's a musical drama set in
the world of LA it's five intersecting
love stories and told through a music
song and dance it's so crazy fun that
show is unlike anything you're gonna see
it's coming out on Netflix end of this
year you can binge them all in time
you'll never see me like it so that's
super fun I'm also doing a show called
flirty dancing for Fox it's a it's a
dating show with a la la land sort of
vibe to it of people who are looking for
love deeply looking for love and they
are sort of put together and they learn
a dance and then they come together
without ever speaking they do this dance
and they decide if they are you know a
good match or if they're gonna move
forward and that there's sparks nervous
chemistry it's an adorable show and I'm
really excited to do that I had to put
in the work he's not just doesn't just
happen overnight you know so I
definitely did the inner-self work
realized what it was gonna take for me
to achieve the life and in manifest in
life and the dreams and the love that I
wanted as somebody who has kind of come
through the storm if you will you know
was in a moment of you know tough stuff
that you have to deal with that you
weren't necessarily expecting and
knowing what it's like to have to go
through pain and trust that the light is
on the other side of the dark tunnel I
can say that the
I'm so happy and I'm so I'm in a great
place and it wasn't easy necessarily to
get here which nothing is easy in life
right but just to know that it's
possible and your perspective on life
can change it can change for the better
and you'll be fine you'll have support
you'll make it through and I think for
me that was really important for me to
to in life to realize how strong I am
and to know that you can come through
the end of this of a cycle of pain and
feel good and sorry I'm just like I'm
happy I'm in all of women and then all
people that are going through anything
hard in life and yeah if you can all
change the better