"The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go"
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The subtext is also about control. “Wrestle” implies effort and ongoing contact; you don’t eradicate the bear, you manage it. Then she pivots: “conquering” and “letting him go.” That tension is the point. Modern resilience culture is split between domination (beat it, grind through it) and acceptance (release it, move on). Lopez stitches the two together in a single breath: you win, then you unhand. It’s a tidy narrative arc for messy inner lives.
Contextually, it fits a celebrity who’s spent decades being interpreted as a symbol: body, relationships, ambition, “reinvention.” The bear can be the public gaze as much as any private fear. By insisting “everybody has their bear,” she flattens the distance between icon and audience, while quietly defending her own battles as real, not manufactured tabloid drama. It’s motivational, yes, but also a bid for permission to be human inside a brand.
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| Topic | Letting Go |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Lopez, Jennifer. (2026, January 18). The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-bear-is-what-we-all-wrestle-with-everybody-7654/
Chicago Style
Lopez, Jennifer. "The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-bear-is-what-we-all-wrestle-with-everybody-7654/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-bear-is-what-we-all-wrestle-with-everybody-7654/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.












