Lucy Hale’s got a secret, but she isn’t looking to keep it.
The actress, 35, is sharing just how she prioritizes her mental health while juggling a successful career in Hollywood.
“My biggest advice would be that we don’t have to go through this journey alone,” Hale exclusively told The Post, before acknowledging her secret weapon: the newly published self-help book “The Prism” by critically acclaimed author Laura Day.
“‘The Prism’ shows us that we are the engineers of our own miracles, and there is strength in numbers.”
The “Pretty Little Liars” star revealed that throughout her life she has felt “misunderstood and isolated, like no one could understand what I was going through.”
Day’s book is a “practical guide that helps you recognize the patterns holding you back.”
With a little help, Hale realized she wasn’t the problem after all — far from it.
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“If you don’t feel supported or connected, keep looking, because you are simply in the wrong place or with the wrong people,” she insisted. “One of my favorite messages in the book is that it is OK to love imperfect people imperfectly.”
The “Puppy Love” vet has been sober for three years and finds that along with looking for her tribe, Day’s latest publication has helped her reshape her healing journey.
“True sobriety and recovery, to me, has been acknowledgement of self and putting in the work,” Hale explained. “This road of healing has been a choice and one that I make every day. A lot of what I have done in recovery is about doing the inner work and taking responsibility for my life but also connecting to something more than myself for support. It has, in many ways, been a traditional recovery.”
“‘The Prism’ turns that on its head,” the star confessed about how her road to recovery has shifted. “Although it tells you where you may want to restructure yourself internally, it also focuses on engaging with the world in small ways that attract the people and situations that will change your life — and change you.”
Hale has largely seen the practice work in her own life when she felt stuck in certain areas.
“I use her tools all the time, so when I want a change they are my go-to’s,” she continued. “One example was that I was ready to expand a certain area of my life but felt stuck. It was what Laura would call a Second Ego Center issue, an issue around boundaries and abundance, and nourishment’s part in creating both. Within a few weeks it was as if the world was presenting me with this expanded life and opportunities. That then changed me and made me challenge other areas of my life where I limit myself. And those began to change too.”
“‘The Prism’ helps us work with the structure of who we are,” she explained, “and when you address an issue in one area of your life, it addresses it in all areas of your life.”
Although Hale “will keep the specifics to myself” of just what she’s working on behind the scenes, the actress did note “it will be fun to watch it unfold in the next year.”
Day, who also formed a close bond with Demi Moore through her work, took a moment to gush over the Gracie Award winner.
“Lucy is a generous, lovely person,” the intuitionist told the Post, “and the way she shows up and supports the people she believes in with all of her fairy dust is ‘The Prism’ at work.”
In September 2024, Hale opened up about getting sober and how her addiction to alcohol began in her teens.
“I made the choice on the morning of January 2, 2022 that I was going to do everything I could to get sober,” she told People at the time. “I knew if I continued on that path, I would’ve lost everything I cared about.”
The “Scream 4” star was unsure if she wanted to share her journey with the public, but ultimately it has helped people in “feeling seen,” which has been “the biggest gift.”
“When I got sober, my intention was never to be the poster child of sobriety,” said Hale. “But when I began speaking about it, it came from a place of needing to heal and take my power back.”
That same month, the star was honored with the 2024 Humanitarian Award from the women’s addiction recovery center Friendly House.
“I definitely had to go through my own process of getting sober,” Hale explained to the outlet. “It took many, many, many years, many relapses, many dark moments, many falling on my face — quite literally — but figuratively as well, to figure out what was working in my life. [And] finding out why I was drinking, because removing alcohol is just one part of it.”
Crediting her career to helping her through difficult times, the “Truth or Dare” actress added, “If I’m perfectly honest, without my career and without that creative outlet, I don’t know if I would’ve made it.”
“I think that show and my love of what I do was my North Star, truly. It really gave me purpose, and still gives me purpose.”
