022 Erika Jayne

About this video

Former Navy SEAL Mike Ritland interviews Erika Jayne, star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, performer, and New York Times bestselling author. Jayne shares details about her daily routine, fitness regimen, and fear of the dark. She recounts her challenging upbringing, including an absent father, working as a dancer in New Jersey clubs, and the difficult decision to leave her young son temporarily to pursue her career in Los Angeles, crediting her grandmother’s belief in her and her own discipline for her success.

Key takeaways

• Jayne describes growing up quickly due to financial pressure, with her single mother treating her like an adult from a young age, which she credits for propelling her forward despite the fear it instilled.
• Jayne recounts working as a dancer in New Jersey clubs at 18 to pay rent while auditioning, later reflecting on the experience when landing in a private jet at the airport across the street years later.
• Jayne explains that leaving her young son to move to Los Angeles and pursue performing was the hardest decision of her life, one she says would have been judged less harshly had she been a man, but her discipline and her grandmother’s support helped her succeed.

Episode details: published January 11, 2019 · 27.1K views · 1:26:23 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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