How Julie Bowen Begins Her Day Every Morning

Julie Bowen might be greatest recognized for enjoying one in every of America’s favourite TV mothers of all time: Claire Dunphy from the ABC sitcom Fashionable Household. However the Primetime Emmy award-winning actress has been in lots of comedies all through her profession, most notably Adam Sandler’s beloved Blissful Gilmore and soon-to-be Blissful Gilmore 2 (popping out in 2025).

Humorous as she is, Bowen determined to take a darker flip this yr and check out the horror scene. She stars in a brand new psycho-thriller collection referred to as Hysteria!, which premiered on Peacock on October 18. Her character, Linda Campbell, is a suburban mother who encounters many frights as her excessive schooler joins a heavy steel band through the “Satanic panic” of the late-Nineteen Eighties.

To maintain up with the busyness of filming and touring for press occasions (for each Hysteria! and Blissful Gilmore 2), Bowen holds true to some important morning habits. Not solely does she depend on conscious reads to maintain her grounded, however she additionally makes certain to prioritize issues like her eye, pores and skin, and oral well being.

We caught up with Bowen to stroll us by means of her ideally suited morning routine. And it begins…nonetheless in mattress.

She cuddles along with her canine a bit of longer in mattress

I’m and all the time have been a morning individual. It is the perfect alone time you may ever get. Proper now, my routine is a bit of upside-down as a result of I am touring lots, however usually, I rise up round 5:30 or 6 a.m. I wish to spend just a few further minutes in mattress with my canine Gertie—that’s her time for love and scratches. However then, I attempt to get away from bed as quick as potential.

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Then she applies some eye drops

After I first go to the toilet, I put in Xiidra eye drops, as a result of I would like not less than quarter-hour earlier than I can put my contact lenses in for the day. Then I am going to placed on my glasses. I exploit [the drops] twice a day daily—within the morning and at night time.

Espresso is a should (or an alternate if she’s making an attempt to chop again)

Normally, I am going to have already set the espresso maker the night time earlier than. I like my espresso black and powerful; that is all I care about. I do attempt to stop about every year and normally succeed, however I am going again when my schedule will get too loopy. Generally I am going to do that mushroom tea referred to as MUDWTR—it is fairly nice I’ve to say. You do need to put a bit of almond milk or stevia in there, however I like the best way it makes me really feel.

Whereas I am consuming that, I search for any texts or emails I’d’ve missed from the day earlier than and write them in my little pocket book.

Subsequent is pickleball—her new favourite exercise

Simply at the moment, I had a beautiful 90-minute pickleball session with my greatest good friend and enterprise accomplice, Rachel. We play singles, which is a brutal exercise as a result of you must run for each ball. I do not put on any particular sneakers or something, simply tennis sneakers. My mates name me Derelicte from the Zoolander film as a result of I gown in no matter—typically it is only a t-shirt with holes and basketball shorts to my knees.

However I’ve tried to begin carrying cute tennis skirts to pickleball. I additionally gifted my mates skirts from the Prince for Goal clothes collab. (Editor’s observe: This was a limited-edition product that’s now not bought. The choice beneath is the same merchandise.)

She’s not a breakfast individual, however she does get her protein

I’ve a horrible behavior I developed when my children had been infants the place I’d eat no matter is leftover from their plates. Now, I attempt to go together with eggs and berries or a protein bar. I like Quest Protein Bars or the brand new Suppose! Excessive Protein Bars—something that tastes like peanut butter I may eat with each arms. I hate being hungry, so these are nice for on the go.

Then after a bathe, it is time for pores and skin and haircare

I used to have oily pores and skin, however as I become older, it will get drier. I like the Weleda Pores and skin Meals—it is an ultra-rich face cream that seems like a paste, it is the perfect. I’ve additionally acquired a pair vitamin C serums on rotation after which I exploit Supergoop! sunscreen. Or I am going to use IT Cosmetics Nude Glow CC cream if I wish to really feel extra pulled collectively. It is sheer sufficient, however evens out my freckles.

One other pleasure of getting older is that your hair does not get as greasy, so I can get a pair extra days out of [unwashed] hair. However typically I exploit Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray; it is actually nice for high-quality hair like mine.

She takes her dental well being severely

I am a phrenetic flosser, so I all the time hold these floss picks or little brushes you stick between your enamel in my bag or automobile. And I have been utilizing my similar Oral-B electrical toothbrush and simply change out the heads.

Studying retains her grounded for the day

I’ve gotten tremendous into studying. I am a nerd and am actually into the Stoics, like Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and The Every day Stoic guide and podcast. One of many key issues each discuss is proudly owning your morning, which I positively do. Stoicism will get a foul rap as a result of it sounds chilly, however it’s actually about controlling the issues you’ll be able to and letting go of issues you’ll be able to’t.

This interview has been edited for size and readability.