Debby Ryan Shares How She Overcomes the Struggle of Not Feeling Good Enough
This past weekend, we attended Girl Cult Festival at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, California, which celebrated women.
A thoroughly empowering event, we were blown away by the love and support radiating throughout the venue from attendees, speakers and performers alike.
While we received plenty of inspiring advice from Skai Jackson, Gigi Gorgeous, Kimora Lee Simmons and Tyra Banks, the most notable piece of encouragement came from Debby Ryan.
During her Q&A moderated by Margie Plus, Debby talked about everything from how Holes' actor Cleo Thomas was her first major celeb crush to what she learned from Fifth Harmony while touring with them back in 2015.
"I had a different relationship with each of the girls," Debby said. "Lauren would come and spend a couple nights with me on our bus and ride with us. Normani gave me advice and pointers that helped me with my dancing. Dinah taught me how to flip my hair like a Dallas Cowboy's cheerleader. Ally's just an absolute princess. She's from San Antonio, so we're both Spurs fans. Camila is a little queen. We sat and cried about love. It was girl power at its best."
Once Debby had finished answering all of Margie's questions, the floor was opened to members of the audience.
One girl asked if Debby has ever dealt with feelings of not being good enough, to which the actress responded that it happens more often than you may think.
"Every day of my life, I feel as though I'm not good enough for something," she shared. "There are so many times when I feel daunted by everything."
While it is easy to let these feelings take over, Debby has managed to push through these times of self-doubt.
"When healthily managing these emotions, I feel good enough," she said. "Every single day, I have an index card where I've written out things I want to get done. That is the thing that is enough. Every single time that you do something you want to do, that's enough. If you just continue doing those little things you want to do, you'll have accidentally accomplished something major."
Getting over this hurdle of feeling inadequate is hard to do, but if you keep Debby's words of wisdom in mind, you'll be one step closer to overcoming this obstacle.
Always remember to take pride in your accomplishments, no matter how minimal they may be. You did that.
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