Welcome to the Jill on Money Podcast. It is Saturday, October 10th. And for our weekend

interview, full disclosure, we're interviewing somebody I went to high school with, let me be honest, let's get it out of the way first, but I didn't know we're in high school at all. In fact, we were in friends. I re-met her recently when I was interviewed by her in front of a group of women

lawyers and her name is Debbie Epstein Henry. She's actually launching a new podcast. It's called Inspiration

Love's Company. She has done a really interesting things in her career. You'll hear about that. You'll hear about the pod. You'll also

hear why she has taken a very different path in her career. So here is the first

part of our interview with Debbie Epstein Henry.

Why should you be hosting a podcast?

Tell us a little bit about what happened to you after you graduated from Scarsdale High School.

I will give you an abbreviated version,

but essentially I went to law school

and I had a terrifying experience

as a newlywed at age 26. My husband and I were at a New York City diner and I felt out of sorts.

We raced back to our apartment and I had a major seizure which led to an emergency room diagnosis for a brain tumor.

And five days post-seizure I underwent brain surgery and my parents and husband recount this magic moment when the surgeon ran down the hall and yelled,

it's a parasite, which basically means you're as good as new.

And in my hazy post-op state,

I not only thought I'm incredibly lucky,

but I just had a moment of a realization that I need to take smart risks in my life and I'm not

going to wait until another crazy thing happens to start really living the life that I

wanted to live. And so I stopped practicing law shortly after joining

a couple of law firms, and I became a public speaker,

an entrepreneur, and a writer, and started loving what entrepreneur and I

...