Sophia Bush is reflecting on the impactful previous 12 months she has had.
On Tuesday, the actor shared a picture of herself on Instagram accompanied by a prolonged caption discussing the ups and downs of her 2023, writing, “What a year.”
“This past year humbled me, broke me, built me, betrayed me, freed me, and showed me what it means to really be alive,” Bush mentioned. “No more playing small. No more turning my back on myself. No more settling for what falls short because ‘who am I to ask for more?’ This year put me back in my body.”
She went on to say that final 12 months taught her to take heed to herself and to “not care about optics and instead invest in honesty,” and the way that led her to go away some relationships behind.
“It took me out of relationship with many of you but put me back into relationship with myself,” she mentioned.
In August, People reported that Bush had filed for divorce from Grant Hughes after somewhat over one 12 months of marriage. She has since been rumored to be relationship retired U.S. soccer star Ashlyn Harris, although they haven’t publicly confirmed their romance.
Toward the tip of the Instagram put up, Bush additionally mirrored on coping with an sickness.
“This year I slowed down; first because illness forced me to. Second because recovery required more stillness,” she mentioned. “In that way both sickness and healing are a gift. For those gifts I am so grateful.”
Bush is presumably referencing the sickness she had whereas engaged on a West End manufacturing of “2:22 A Ghost Story” in London. Back in July, she revealed in an Instagram put up that she left the play after contracting a virus.
“After weeks of being intermittently pulled off stage & visiting multiple doctors, specialists, & an all nighter in the ER, I’ve been advised by my medical team in London & America to stop performing in order to get this under control & to do so in the country where I reside under the care of my own doctors,” she wrote within the put up’s caption.
She mentioned on the time that she was “crushed” that she needed to go away the manufacturing, calling her solid mates “incredible.”
