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Bobbi Brown on Reinvention, Self-Esteem, and the Pursuit of More

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.37.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Emily Hickey—growth strategist and coach—sits down with beauty founder and makeup artist Bobbi Brown for a conversation on reinvention and self-worth. Together, they reflect on what it means to keep growing through different seasons of life, from motherhood and empty nesting to aging, leadership, and learning when to let go—and the question Bobbi always returns to: why not? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you are pioneering anything or introducing new ideas to the culture, you get criticized.

0:09.0

You do?

0:10.0

Yeah. Did you hear about that?

0:12.0

I didn't find the one. I found someone I respected and we made it the one.

0:17.0

In a sort of longing kind of view of love, people understand each other as if by magic.

0:22.4

Nothing in itself is addictive on one hand. And in the hand, everything could be addictive if

0:27.2

there's an emptiness in that person that needs to be filled. I now know that nobody changes

0:32.5

until they change their energy. And when you change your energy, you change your life.

0:38.1

I'm Gwyneth Peltro. This is the Goop Podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture

0:44.4

changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers. Here to start

0:51.6

conversations, because simply asking questions and listening has the power

0:56.1

to change the way we see the world. Here we go. Welcome to the Goop podcast. I'm Kelsey from Goop.

1:04.9

If you listen to Gwynett's recent AMA episode, you know she's taking a little holiday break,

1:09.6

but we'll be back in the new year

1:11.0

with an incredible lineup of guests. Until then, we'll be revisiting some of your favorite

1:15.8

conversations from the archive, along with a few new guest-hosted episodes we're excited to share.

1:21.1

Thanks for listening.

1:25.1

Hi, guys. Welcome to the Goop podcast. I'm Emily Hickey, and I run a digital ad agency called Chief Detective, and I'm co-hosting a new sub-series within the Goop podcast that we're calling the Pursuit series. This is all about exploring the various ways that we as women try to accomplish the fullest versions of ourselves in our most meaningful lives. And today I'm

1:45.9

talking to Bobby Brown, the legendary founder of Bobby Brown Cosmetics and now the explosively

1:51.4

growing Jones Road Beauty. She is the OG inventor of the no makeup makeup movement and the push

1:57.8

for women to realize how beautiful their real faces are. We talk about the lifelong battle for self-esteem and unconditional self-love, finding your personal why. And most of all, the power of saying, why the hell not? There's just so much to learn from Bobby and from her perspective on life. And I hope that you guys find this as interesting and as helpful as I did.

2:21.7

Hi, Bobby. Welcome to the Goop podcast. Hi. So, so nice to meet you and thanks for having me on.

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