Gwyneth Paltrow explains why she is 'proud' of popularizing 'conscious uncoupling' during Chris Martin split

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Gwyneth Paltrow reflected on popularizing the term "conscious uncoupling" when she divorced Chris Martin. In a Friday Q&A session on her Instagram story, the 50-year-old actress shared her thoughts on using the term when she announced her separation from the 46-year-old Coldplay frontman in 2014  "I definitely did not coin the phrase, but I feel, despite us taking quite a lot of s--- for it when we first announced that all these years ago, I feel very proud that we were able to, maybe, make some divorces a little bit easier, happier," the Goop founder said.  "It makes me feel pretty proud when people come up to me on the streets and say, 'Thank you for introducing that concept because I've become good friends with my ex.

I'm very happy that we were able to play a small part in that cultural shift." Relationship coach Katherine Woodward Thomas originally coined the phrase in 2009 to describe the breakup process that she was using with couples in her marriage and family therapy sessions.

She detailed the method in her 2015 book, "Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After." But the term went viral when Paltrow and Martin used it to announce their split in a March 2014 post shared on the Goop website.

In the post, titled "Conscious Uncoupling," they wrote, "It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided to separate.