Description:This week, Jen and Amy sit down with actress, model, entrepreneur, and Lipstick on the Rim host Molly Sims for a conversation that starts light and breezy—backstage at a Hello Sunshine Shine Away event—and quickly moves into something deeper: what it’s like to live in a body that’s been watched, evaluated, and monetized for decades… and how your relationship to that body inevitably changes over time.

Molly has spent most of her life being seen. But what she shares here is what it’s taken to actually see herself.

Today, the discussion centers around the quiet (and sometimes jarring) shift into midlife. Molly opens up about figuring it out in real time, what surprised her most about this chapter, and the unexpected places where things have gotten easier.

There’s also an honest look at what it means to keep showing up in an industry with very loud opinions about women’s bodies—and how Molly now navigates beauty, skincare, procedures, and wellness without losing herself in the process. Where’s the line between empowerment and pressure? And who gets to decide?

But this conversation doesn’t stay theoretical. It lands in real life—in marriage, in motherhood, in the everyday negotiations of confidence and insecurity, and in the intentional ways Molly is trying to give her daughter a different starting point than the one she was handed.

Along the way, the discussion turns to influence, identity, and the kinds of conversations Molly is creating now that she wasn’t having earlier in her career. And in one of the most tender moments of the episode, she reflects on what she would say to her younger self—not to fix her, but just to sit beside her with a little more perspective.

This one feels like sitting across from someone who’s done a lot of living—and is finally comfortable telling the truth about it.

Thought-provoking Quotes:

“To be in on something from the inception has given me a lot of fire to keep going.” – Molly Sims
“My resilient wall of armor is very strong. I've been told I'm too fat, I'm too tall, I'm too dark, I'm too blonde. Sometimes shit needs to go wrong to give you that, okay, let's cry ourselves out of this hole and pull ourselves out.” – Molly Sims
“To be in your forties and not have the energy of being in your twenties is a lot. It’s a lot. It’s a lot.” – Molly Sims
“In my fifties, I’m more confident, I’m calmer, and I can handle a lot. But, I get tired.” – Molly Sims

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Raygun What The Hell Is Going On Here Tee - https://www.raygunsite.com/collections/home-page-special/products/what-the-hell
Hello Sunshine Shine Away Event - https://hello-sunshine.com/shineaway-2/
YSE BEAUTY - https://www.ysebeauty.com/ | Get a 15% discount at YSE Beauty using the code FORTHELOVE15. Exclusions apply.
Lipstick on the Rim podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lipstick-on-the-rim/id1560226129
Baby CO2 Laser Treatment
Xtreme Glow Dewey Peptide Plumping Serum - https://www.ysebeauty.com/products/xtreme-glow-serum
Organic Immune Bloom Jellies - https://greencompassglobal.com/products/immune-bloom
Weleda Skin Food - https://amzn.to/41ARQn8
Microneedling with PRP

Guest’s Links:

Website - https://www.mollysims.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mollybsims

Twitter - https://x.com/MollyBSims

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MollySimsOfficial/

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/mollysims

TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mollybsims

Substack - https://mollysims.substack.com/

Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lipstick-on-the-rim/id1560226129

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Molly Sims on Midlife Confidence (That Doesn’t Come From Perfection)