Lisa Ray Instagram – Repost from @verveindia using @RepostRegramApp – “When I was young, I thought I had to hide my sensitivity and vulnerability. I thought those feelings were a weakness and I didn’t have the guts to ask for space and a break when I needed them – when I was feeling overwhelmed from being around people, from being poked and prodded at and having my clothes adjusted during a shoot. I couldn’t self-regulate my emotions, so I would just explode from time to time and disappear for days on end. I once didn’t leave my home in Mumbai for four months.” A symbol of resilience who took the challenges that life threw at her in her stride, @lisaraniray gets candid in a conversation with one-time neighbour #JoannePereira as they talk about her early success as a teenager, her feisty fight with cancer, her achieving motherhood through surrogacy, and reinventing herself. Read the full piece at the link in bio. Cc: @closetothebone.book, @harpercollinsin __ #lisaray #closetothebone #womenpower #cancersurvivor #books #selflove