( CNN ) -- Actress Goldie Hawn says world leaders are discovering how `` mindfulness '' helps with stress -- but that she despairs at seeing young stars like Justin Bieber struggling to deal with fame . Hawn spoke to CNN at the World Economic Forum in Davos , where she had led a session on the power of neuroscience and mindfulness to `` change the world . '' Hawn , star of films including `` Private Benjamin , '' `` The First Wives Club '' and `` The Cactus Flower '' -- for which she won an Academy Award -- is also the founder of The Hawn Foundation . Hawn said when she started her foundation 12 years ago , mindfulness had been a `` what is that '' concept , but she was optimistic that was changing . `` It 's extraordinary that this Davos this year seems to be centered a lot around the brain , a lot around stress reduction , mindfulness , all of these areas , '' she said . `` They 're all coming out of the closet now , it 's like they 've all been meditating -- so many of them -- for 20 years and so forth . So it 's beginning to happen -- mindful leadership . '' Hawn explained how she believed a healthy mind could lead to healthy decision making . `` When the brain is silent , the executive function , which is this part of the brain that makes decisions can work much better . So when you get quiet you make better decisions , you 're also more rested -- you 're not as reactive , '' she said . `` So it 's actually great for the economy , great for our leadership and our thought leaders . '' When asked about Justin Bieber , the Canadian pop star facing allegations of driving under the influence and drag racing , Hawn said his situation was `` heartbreaking . '' The Oscar-winning actress , who was accompanied by a Tibetan monk at Davos to speak to business leaders about meditation , recalled the challenges of her own early success . `` It was very stressful . I was away from home . It happened overnight for me and I really became anxious around it , '' she said . `` I sought help because I wanted to find out why I was n't as happy as I should have been , or excited , but I did n't understand why people were asking me for my autograph . '' But Hawn said she had n't been attracted to drugs and her situation in the sixties had been different from that faced by the current generation of young celebrities . `` It actually breaks my heart because I know what 's going on , '' she said . `` Now they 're self-medicating and this is the most dangerous thing for them . `` Talent , sweetness , ability to manage -- what good they could be doing , how happy they could be feeling . And as a mother -- and a grandmother now -- all I want to do is hold them . ''
. Hawn is in Davos to talk about the importance of leadership and mindfulness . The Oscar - winning actress spoke to CNN with Nina dos Santos Friday . During her interview she said DUI- accused Justin Bieber 's situation was ` ` heartbreaking '' But she expressed hope that the world 's CEOs were ' ` ` mindful leadership ''