the goop podcast Kelly Rutherford
Sep 30, 2025
Kelly Rutherford, acclaimed actress from Gossip Girl and Melrose Place, shares her journey of reinvention and resilience. She reflects on the importance of emotional honesty, the therapeutic value of art, and the strength found in vulnerability during tough times. Discussing her public custody battles, she emphasizes accountability and modeling love for her children. From her fashionable life between Monaco and New York to embracing creativity and limiting social media's impact, Kelly encourages a hopeful outlook and celebrating life's complexities.
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Focus As A Deliberate Practice
- Kelly highlights the difficulty of focusing amid today's information overload and stresses going within to prioritize.
- She frames focus as an active practice needed to navigate unprecedented life challenges.
Use Work As A Healing Anchor
- Use work as a necessary distraction when personal life is chaotic and show up because the job needs you.
- Kelly credits being on set as a saving distraction that forced focus and offered support from colleagues.
Allow Yourself To Cry
- Allow yourself to feel and cry; breath work can help process emotion rather than suppress it.
- Kelly wrote a forward for How to Cry and champions sitting with feelings for health and healing.
