Brooke Shields "I regained my self-confidence!"
In the eighties of the last century, she was a symbol of beauty and attractiveness, and she became famous after the movie "The Blue Lagoon"...
In the eighties of the last century, she was a symbol of beauty and attractiveness, and she became famous after the movie "The Blue Lagoon", in which she had the main role. Actress Brooke Shields recently talked about the path she had to take to build self-confidence.
Despite being considered one of the most beautiful women of that time, she did not have enough self-confidence and self-awareness, so she felt insecure and incomplete. She recently shared with the public one of her greatest discoveries - women can be sexy and sensual at all ages.
Brooke had a busy year. During the exercise on the balancing board, which she does every day, a small thing caught her attention and she fell awkwardly and broke her femur. After that, she had to go for reconstructive surgery, which left her with a scar. She spent weeks in physical therapy and rehabilitation.
The actress is now ready to return to the spotlight and revealed in a recent interview all about her struggle with self-love and a sense of sex appeal, which she believes is part of a woman of any age. Brooke revealed how she thinks women should feel even sexier and love their bodies even more as they get older.
“My body actually feels like it belongs to me. And I can't say that I felt that way in my youth. I think there is a misconception that if you are not capable of giving birth, you do not seem to be important in the world. Because you no longer maintain the world” - she said.
Shields added that the strength and attractiveness of aging are in the self-confidence that women gain with age, but also the willingness to do things without apology that push the boundaries that once held them back.
“Now we enter the room confidently and think, well, I have nothing to lose. There is an intoxicating simplicity in that. Self-confidence is the sexiest thing I have ever encountered” - she said in an interview.
She revealed that until recently she did not feel comfortable in her body, that her 20s were filled with fear, and her 30s were focused on trying to feel and look a certain way, while she was also desperately trying to get pregnant.
“In the 30s, it wasn’t really about being sexy. The focus was on the optimal work of the body to create something new. It was like a 10-year journey” - says Brooke.
After struggling to conceive and going through seven rounds of artificial insemination in her 30s, it was only in her 40s that she finally experienced a sexual awakening and for the first time subordinated sex to herself - her needs and desires.
“It was only in my 40s that I started to think about sex as my experience, and not about someone's experience that I was just moving through. What I want my daughters to know is that it is a joint decision” - she said.
“And my career? I was indirectly told that now that I was 40, I was no longer interesting. The forties are not the end, it is a new beginning. And that's how I felt - at the beginning of something new” - she explained.
Brooke, who has two daughters - Rowan, 18, and Grier, 15, wants to convey that important message of self-love to her children and their relationships.
“I don't want them to ever feel exploited. I want them to have control over themselves and their lives and not be ashamed of anything” - she said.
She added that in that search for oneself and in accepting oneself, the support of one's partner is also important. Romance, time dedicated to each other, going out and other everyday things that people can give to each other have a great impact on self-confidence and maintaining a love relationship.
“My self-confidence is not affected by external circumstances. And I think it's a miracle to go through this job that I've been doing all my life and survive in it. My value was not external trump cards, but vitality” - she concluded.
