GLAMOUR: What did you learn from that intense period (after Kidman’s divorce from Tom Cruise)?
NK: How to stand on my own two feet. I had to find my own identity, and my own reason for being here, and it couldn’t be because of another person.

GLAMOUR: What advice would you give to your younger self? If you could go back to the inadequate-feeling wife of the superstar, what would you tell her?
NK: Be kind to yourself.

GLAMOUR: What would you tell the young woman devastated by divorce?
NK: The sun always rises tomorrow, and through this shall come light.

GLAMOUR: You’re so good at giving advice on the basis of your life lessons; what can you tell our readers?
NK: As a woman now, I want to share things. I have girlfriends in their twenties, and I say, “Ask me anything. You can learn from the things I did wrong, and you can learn from the things you think I’m doing right. Take whatever you want and make it your own.” So: Have no regrets. Every relationship leads you to where you’re meant to be. Learn to be comfortable with being alone. Learn to be comfortable with saying no to people; we put everybody else before ourselves. Read great literature; don’t get all your information from TV. Define your moral code—nobody else is going to give you that. Find it yourself. Keep asking questions, keep challenging. You don’t have to conform. Rebellion creates character. And, as my mother always said to me, “Don’t let anyone break your spirit!”

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Source: Glamour