Shonda Rhimes Opens Up About Overcoming Shyness, Weight Loss and Her Journey to 'Year of Yes'

Shonda Rhimes Opens Up About Overcoming Shyness, 

Weight Loss and Her Journey to 'Year of Yes' (ABC News)

Shonda Rhimes is a powerhouse in Hollywood as the creator of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” and the executive producer of “How to Get Away with Murder,” but she says she was hiding a painful secret.

With three hit ABC shows, her workaholic tendencies and her panic attack-inducing shyness left her secretly miserable.

In an interview with "Nightline," Rhimes said her fear often led her to turn down interviews and glamorous invitations. But that all changed over Thanksgiving two years ago when she said her oldest sister pointed out to her that she would “never say yes to anything.”

Those words stuck with Rhimes. It launched her on a journey to make 2014 her year of saying "yes" to the things that scared her instead of running from them.

She's now opening up about the biggest changes in her life, from losing more than 100 pounds to overcoming a fear of public speaking to going for new opportunities, which she details in her new book, “Year of Yes,” out on Nov. 10.

“In writing the book, the honesty that came out of that was so comfortable,” Rhimes told “Nightline.” “It was part of not needing to hide. I was not afraid of anything. I no longer cared what anybody thought about me.”





Full story at Yahoo News.
By JUJU CHANG and LAUREN EFFRON.