MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie Lynn Sigler
Sep 10, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
This week on Living With It, Jamie sits down with her friend, Ryan Weiss. They talk about letting go of control, sitting with difficult emotions, knowing when it’s time to do things differently, and…
Ryan WeissGuest
Like, I, I think part of this being a parent is, like, all your best laid plans get thrown out the window.

It's like you just gotta be present, y- you know, as much as you can in the aftermath and even, and during the challenging experience.

It's like you just have to try to be as present as possible because I know for myself, the way the mind looks at, like, the difficult moment and tries to tell stories about it-

... what I'm messing up, how I'm not good enough, h- whatever the thing is, right? It's like the mind can so easily grab you in that moment and pull you into a whole story.

And so for me, it's like, okay, I have a choice where I'm gonna direct my attention right now, and maybe that's the only choice I have.

So I have one choice, which is do I, do I place my attention there or can I do whatever, whatever I can possibly do? Maybe that's just biting my tongue.

I mean, I think that's one of the things with my baby that I've really learned is, like, change up the environment.

Like, I, I think part of this being a parent is, like, all your best laid plans get thrown out the window.

It's like you just gotta be present, y- you know, as much as you can in the aftermath and even, and during the challenging experience.

It's like you just have to try to be as present as possible because I know for myself, the way the mind looks at, like, the difficult moment and tries to tell stories about it-

... what I'm messing up, how I'm not good enough, h- whatever the thing is, right? It's like the mind can so easily grab you in that moment and pull you into a whole story.

And so for me, it's like, okay, I have a choice where I'm gonna direct my attention right now, and maybe that's the only choice I have.

So I have one choice, which is do I, do I place my attention there or can I do whatever, whatever I can possibly do? Maybe that's just biting my tongue.

I mean, I think that's one of the things with my baby that I've really learned is, like, change up the environment.
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