Maye Musk Couldn't Pay Rent at 50. Now She's a Full-Time Model at 77.

Maye Musk is a model, dietician, and author. But before any of that success, she was 50 years old, newly single, and unable to make rent. Today, Maye joins Nicole to talk about her new memoir, Timeless, and the financial reinvention that came after everything fell apart.

Maye opens up about the financial abuse she experienced in her first marriage, including how her ex-husband removed her signing rights from their joint account and took her savings, and why she still advises women to keep some money of their own, no matter how it might be received. She shares what it was like starting over in a new city with almost nothing, working her way back from a $2,000-a-month apartment she could barely afford, and the confidence it took to build two entirely new careers from scratch in her 50s.

Then, Maye and Nicole get into why she didn't become a full-time model until her 60s, how she reframes aging as an asset instead of something to hide, and the mindset that let her keep saying yes to jobs, rejection, and reinvention well past the age most people consider their prime.

Here's what Nicole covers with Maye:

00:00 Maye's Life Starting Over at 50

02:00 Not Being Able to Pay Rent for the First Time

06:38 Escaping a Financially Abusive Marriage

08:41 Why Maye Advocates for Women Having Their Own Bank Account

11:02 Starting Over With Nothing

21:45 Confidence, Rejection, and Getting to "One Out of 20"

23:04 Becoming a Full-Time Model at 60

26:36 Why Age Became an Asset, Not a Liability

27:11 Having to Stop Her Practice as Her Fame Grew

37:31 Tip You Can Take Straight to the Bank

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