01of 07“Conscious Uncoupling”Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin.Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Dior; Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/REX/ShutterstockPaltrow, 46, first used the phrase on March 25, 2014 when she and singer Chris Martinannounced they were separating. “It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided separate,” Paltrow wrote on GOOP’s website under the heading “Conscious Uncoupling.”02of 07She didn’t coin the phrase herselfPresley Ann/GettyThe actress explained she didn’t invent the term during an interview with Howard Stern in January 2015 saying it came from philosopher Dr. Habib Sadeghi and his wife Dr. Shahrzad and means to split up with “minimal acrimony.” “It’s a noble idea and it’s great thing to do for your kids,” she said. “We’re always going to be a family.”She added, “It’s working but it is kind of a goofy term.”03of 07The phrase allowed for a new kind of familyOwen Kolasinski/BFA/ShutterstockPaltrow opened up in January 2019 about the term in an interview with theEvening Standard, saying, “Family structure can be reinvented and divorce doesn’t have to be devastating.” She continued, “It doesn’t have to be the end of your relationship with somebody.”As for how the phrase helped her coparent with Martin she said, “I think Chris and I were meant to be together and have our kids. But our relationship is much better like this: friends and coparents and family.”04of 07A new pop culture terminologyStefanie Keenan/GettyThe GOOP founder joked about the term toTodayin 2016, saying, “I unwittingly created a whole sort of hoopla with my choice of words.” She continued, “It wasn’t my words actually — I was sort of following a theory but it was a very intense time for our family and emotions were very high and deep and all over the place, so I just tried to keep to myself as much as possible.”05of 07She wanted to “reinvent” divorceIan Gavan/GettyIn an interview this month with Dax Shepard on his podcastArmchair Expert,Paltrow revealed she wanted a “way to circumvent [pain of divorce] and go directly to the point where we’re friends and we remember what we loved about each other, and constantly acknowledge that we created these incredible human beings together.”She added, “We’re a family, that’s it. We can pretend we’re not, and hate each other… or, [we can] try to reinvent this for ourselves.”06of 07The backlash of using the term was “brutal”Sean Mathis/GettyIn the same interview, Paltrow admitted she never expected the heat she would get after using the phrase.“[It felt like] a layer of the world turning on us about saying, essentially, we just want to be nice to each other and stay a family,” she said. “[The backlash] was brutal. I already felt like I had no skin on.”07of 07"#ModernFamily"Chris Martin and Brad Falchuk.Gwyneth Paltrow/InstagramThe hard work paid off, though. Paltrow shared a photo of her ex with now-husband Brad Falchukon November 2017 in which they both smiled at the camera.“Sunday brunch #modernfamily,” shecaptioned the photo.
01of 07“Conscious Uncoupling”Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin.Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Dior; Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/REX/ShutterstockPaltrow, 46, first used the phrase on March 25, 2014 when she and singer Chris Martinannounced they were separating. “It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided separate,” Paltrow wrote on GOOP’s website under the heading “Conscious Uncoupling.”
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“Conscious Uncoupling”
Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin.Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Dior; Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock
Paltrow, 46, first used the phrase on March 25, 2014 when she and singer Chris Martinannounced they were separating. “It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided separate,” Paltrow wrote on GOOP’s website under the heading “Conscious Uncoupling.”
02of 07She didn’t coin the phrase herselfPresley Ann/GettyThe actress explained she didn’t invent the term during an interview with Howard Stern in January 2015 saying it came from philosopher Dr. Habib Sadeghi and his wife Dr. Shahrzad and means to split up with “minimal acrimony.” “It’s a noble idea and it’s great thing to do for your kids,” she said. “We’re always going to be a family.”She added, “It’s working but it is kind of a goofy term.”
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She didn’t coin the phrase herself
Presley Ann/Getty
The actress explained she didn’t invent the term during an interview with Howard Stern in January 2015 saying it came from philosopher Dr. Habib Sadeghi and his wife Dr. Shahrzad and means to split up with “minimal acrimony.” “It’s a noble idea and it’s great thing to do for your kids,” she said. “We’re always going to be a family.”
She added, “It’s working but it is kind of a goofy term.”
03of 07The phrase allowed for a new kind of familyOwen Kolasinski/BFA/ShutterstockPaltrow opened up in January 2019 about the term in an interview with theEvening Standard, saying, “Family structure can be reinvented and divorce doesn’t have to be devastating.” She continued, “It doesn’t have to be the end of your relationship with somebody.”As for how the phrase helped her coparent with Martin she said, “I think Chris and I were meant to be together and have our kids. But our relationship is much better like this: friends and coparents and family.”
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The phrase allowed for a new kind of family
Owen Kolasinski/BFA/Shutterstock
Paltrow opened up in January 2019 about the term in an interview with theEvening Standard, saying, “Family structure can be reinvented and divorce doesn’t have to be devastating.” She continued, “It doesn’t have to be the end of your relationship with somebody.”
As for how the phrase helped her coparent with Martin she said, “I think Chris and I were meant to be together and have our kids. But our relationship is much better like this: friends and coparents and family.”
04of 07A new pop culture terminologyStefanie Keenan/GettyThe GOOP founder joked about the term toTodayin 2016, saying, “I unwittingly created a whole sort of hoopla with my choice of words.” She continued, “It wasn’t my words actually — I was sort of following a theory but it was a very intense time for our family and emotions were very high and deep and all over the place, so I just tried to keep to myself as much as possible.”
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A new pop culture terminology
Stefanie Keenan/Getty
The GOOP founder joked about the term toTodayin 2016, saying, “I unwittingly created a whole sort of hoopla with my choice of words.” She continued, “It wasn’t my words actually — I was sort of following a theory but it was a very intense time for our family and emotions were very high and deep and all over the place, so I just tried to keep to myself as much as possible.”
05of 07She wanted to “reinvent” divorceIan Gavan/GettyIn an interview this month with Dax Shepard on his podcastArmchair Expert,Paltrow revealed she wanted a “way to circumvent [pain of divorce] and go directly to the point where we’re friends and we remember what we loved about each other, and constantly acknowledge that we created these incredible human beings together.”She added, “We’re a family, that’s it. We can pretend we’re not, and hate each other… or, [we can] try to reinvent this for ourselves.”
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She wanted to “reinvent” divorce
Ian Gavan/Getty
In an interview this month with Dax Shepard on his podcastArmchair Expert,Paltrow revealed she wanted a “way to circumvent [pain of divorce] and go directly to the point where we’re friends and we remember what we loved about each other, and constantly acknowledge that we created these incredible human beings together.”
She added, “We’re a family, that’s it. We can pretend we’re not, and hate each other… or, [we can] try to reinvent this for ourselves.”
06of 07The backlash of using the term was “brutal”Sean Mathis/GettyIn the same interview, Paltrow admitted she never expected the heat she would get after using the phrase.“[It felt like] a layer of the world turning on us about saying, essentially, we just want to be nice to each other and stay a family,” she said. “[The backlash] was brutal. I already felt like I had no skin on.”
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The backlash of using the term was “brutal”
Sean Mathis/Getty
In the same interview, Paltrow admitted she never expected the heat she would get after using the phrase.
“[It felt like] a layer of the world turning on us about saying, essentially, we just want to be nice to each other and stay a family,” she said. “[The backlash] was brutal. I already felt like I had no skin on.”
07of 07"#ModernFamily"Chris Martin and Brad Falchuk.Gwyneth Paltrow/InstagramThe hard work paid off, though. Paltrow shared a photo of her ex with now-husband Brad Falchukon November 2017 in which they both smiled at the camera.“Sunday brunch #modernfamily,” shecaptioned the photo.
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“#ModernFamily”
Chris Martin and Brad Falchuk.Gwyneth Paltrow/Instagram
The hard work paid off, though. Paltrow shared a photo of her ex with now-husband Brad Falchukon November 2017 in which they both smiled at the camera.
“Sunday brunch #modernfamily,” shecaptioned the photo.
source: people.com
