Sarah Shahi On Reinventing Yourself, Building Self-Worth, & Thriving Through Life's Biggest Changes
The Bossticks
Dear Media
4.4 • 15.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2026
⏱️ 79 minutes
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#981: Join us as we sit down with Sarah Shahi – actress, author, and star of Sex/Life and Paradise, whose candid approach to reinvention, resilience, and personal growth has empowered countless women to embrace their own next chapter. In this episode, Sarah opens up about rebuilding her life after divorce, navigating motherhood and career evolution, embracing radical self-authenticity, and finding confidence through uncertainty. She shares what she's learned about relationships, self-worth, and creating a meaningful life through life's most challenging transitions, along with the powerful lessons that inspired her new book, Life Is Lifey – a candid guide to navigating life's messy middle with authenticity, strength, and purpose.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Bostics starring Lauren Bostic and Michael Bostic. |
| 0:08.0 | Together they are the Bostics. |
| 0:15.0 | Is there no more actors that are allowed on your dating rolloutes? |
| 0:19.0 | Not not, it is true if all they do is act. |
| 0:23.6 | So like you have, because I've entered a space that's become very entrepreneurial, |
| 0:28.6 | like with the book and, you know, speaking engagements, |
| 0:32.6 | and I got a really beautiful reception while I was on tour. |
| 0:35.6 | So it's, and I also write, obviously, but writing scripts now. |
| 0:40.3 | And so it's like, I don't have too much idle time. |
| 0:43.3 | And the thing that drives me bonkers about actors is all the free time that they have. |
| 0:49.3 | And so I'm just like, if that's all you do is like act, unless you're Jacob Allorty, You know what I mean? Unless you're like Jacob Allorty and the phone's like ringing off the hook, then that's a different story. But if you're just like an actor for hire and you're waiting for the phone to ring, you're not getting my number. Is it not happening? Is there a stereo happening for actors though? Their personality-wise? Lazy. |
| 1:10.9 | Oh. |
| 1:10.9 | La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-ha- |
| 1:12.5 | So what if they're like fly fishing on the weekend? |
| 1:15.5 | Is that enough or you need to be a little more? |
| 1:17.6 | I like fly fishing. I like fly fishing. I've been fly fishing. No, that's cool. But I need something. I need something else for that Monday through Friday. |
| 1:26.8 | Okay. They can't just be loafing around the house waiting for a... |
| 1:29.6 | No, they can't be waiting for like the phone ring, you know? Or like, like, redo the house. |
| 1:34.5 | Like, do something to the house. Like, pick up carpentry. Like, just I need... |
| 1:38.3 | Can I just dump all my trauma on you guys? Be useful. That's what people do. |
| 1:43.6 | That's the thing is it feels like such a, yeah, like there's just not enough. Like you need to get your hands dirty. I need some calluses. I need dirty fingernail. The doctors have soft hands? Yeah. A callus is very hot. I got the callus. I like a callous. That's a good thing to ask someone, let me see your hands. Yeah. And you can check their calluses. |
| 2:02.7 | And then I'll take a look at something else. |
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