Brooke Shields Is Just Getting Started

About this episode

Brooke Shields discusses her journey of reinvention and resilience at 60, emphasizing the importance of taking control of her career and addressing issues faced by women over 50.

She's been famous since childhood, but Brooke Shields might be having her most interesting chapter yet, and she's the first to say she's done waiting to be picked. This week on HerMoney, we're thrilled to share a special replay of one of our favorite recent episodes from our sister podcast, How She Does It with Karen Finerman. Karen sits down with the actress, author, and entrepreneur for a wide-ranging conversation about reinvention, resilience, and what it really means to come into your own at 60. In this episode, you'll hear about: Why Brooke got tired of waiting for Hollywood to cast her and decided to develop her own show The very real moment she stood up to a dismissive VC Her experience with postpartum depression and why breaking the silence still matters What it's really like to serve as president of Actors' Equity The beauty industry's failure to represent women over 50, and why Brooke decided to do something about it And if Brooke's story of betting on herself got you thinking about your own financial future, Jean's new book, The Forever Paycheck, is the perfect next read. It's all about building income that lasts, so you can keep funding the next chapter. How She Does…

People in this episode

Host: Jean Chatzky

Guest: Brooke Shields

Topics covered

• reinvention
• resilience
• Hollywood
• postpartum depression
• women over 50
• financial future

Keywords

• Brooke Shields
• reinvention
• resilience
• postpartum depression
• Actors' Equity
• women over 50
• financial future
• The Forever Paycheck

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Actors' Equity, HerMoney Media, How She Does It

Products: The Forever Paycheck

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