Christina Perri: A Story of Resilience

TW: Pregnancy Loss
This week, the Lautners are joined by singer and songwriter Christina Perri! Christina starts from the very beginning, sharing what led her parents to seek therapy for her at just eight years old, what those early sessions looked like, and how she felt about it all at such a young age. She reflects on the unhealthy coping mechanisms that developed in her late teens and early twenties, her struggles with drugs and alcohol, what ultimately led her to choose sobriety, and offers powerful advice for anyone dealing with addiction or facing the fear and shame of relapse. She also walks us through the whirlwind of when “Jar of Hearts” took off after airing on So You Think You Can Dance and how it catapulted her career. From there, we explore her journey through motherhood—navigating postpartum depression, miscarriage, and stillbirth—and how she approached those conversations with her daughter. Christina opens up about grief, the toll child loss can have on a marriage, and what’s helped her heal. To wrap it up, she shares the story behind writing “A Thousand Years” for Breaking Dawn, her love for the Twilight series, and what inspired her to turn the song into a children’s book!

00:00 Intro & Welcome Christina
03:10 Citrus Got Real
08:30 Christina’s Childhood
22:12 Journey to Sobriety
31:30 Rise to Fame
42:25 Motherhood
50:25 Advocating and Honoring Rosie
1:06:15 Marriage, Grief, and Loss
1:13:45 Twilight and A Thousand Years
1:30:43 What’s Next?

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