Christie Brinkley’s daughter, Sailor Brinkley Cook, is opening up about her battle with depression and anxiety, and credits her mom for grounding her.
“What I found is that love and compassion are the most healing properties, and a simple act of kindness completely shifts how my day is going,” she told Westlake Malibu Lifestyle magazine in an interview published Friday, Nov. 6.
“In the past, I struggled with depression and anxiety, especially as a teenager and young adult, and due to my sensitivity, it really attacked me and brought me down. But something good came out of it: when I was having a terrible day, small acts of compassion would change the trajectory of my entire day. I would absorb the kindness around me, and in turn, simply smile at someone.”
Now the model/influencer, 28, whose father is architect Peter Cook, wants to help others facing similar challenges.
“Being a human being is not easy psychologically, physically, spiritually or economically,” she said. “We owe it to each other to help lighten each other’s load by showing compassion and lending an ear when someone needs it.”
She continued, “When you go through a mental health struggle, you know how painful it is and you never want someone else to experience it. I am so deeply grateful that I have the family, friends, the psychiatrist and the support system that pulled me out of the dark place.”
Cook has learned to manage her feelings.
“You must have your toolbox,” she said. “When you need self-soothing, you go to it, especially during the tough times. Life isn’t all roses and sunshine. People leave and things go wrong. I’ve learned to do little routines like take a healthy walk in the fresh air and sunshine, or I’ll grab a cup of coffee at my favorite street corner.”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 14: Christie Brinkley (L) and Sailor Brinkley Cook leave the Michael Kors fashion show at Highline Stages on September 14, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images)James Devaney/Getty Images
Cook is grateful for Brinkley’s support.
“Mom has this superpower of being able to take some of her darkest times and turn them into light through her own strength and tenacity,” Cook said. “She is an expert at turning lemons into lemonade.”
She continued, “The older I’ve gotten, the more I have come to respect her deeply for her strengths, particularly as I’ve found out as a young adult how hard it is to turn lemons into lemonade. Happiness and joy are choices. I adore her and think so highly of her.”
Brinkley was instrumental in getting her to take her place on Dancing With The Stars in 2019 after the former supermodel broke her arm and wrist days before the premiere.
“I was 21 at the time and suffered from bad stage fright so I said in no uncertain terms — ‘absolutely not!,’” she told the magazine. “I had squared myself into a box and I was certain that I couldn’t do it. Mom overrode me and made the decision for me, assuring me that it was a great opportunity.”
Cook was en route to Los Angeles to watch her mother perform on the show.
“I stepped off the plane and found a ton of messages to get there for a costume fitting,” she said. “The challenge turned out to be a major life-changing experience. I had ten hours to prepare, and it changed my perception of living.”
She added, “I realized we are only the stories we tell about ourselves and the story I told myself was that I was a non-performer. It opened my world and to this day, I have this receptiveness and am inspired to never put myself in a box and to say ‘yes’ and bite off more than I think I can chew. That’s when life starts happening when you figure out how to chew the big bites.”
Brinkley also influenced her diet.
“My mom raised me vegan,” Cook said. “I was never involved in consuming animals that were killed for me; that was never something I related to. I am now a pescatarian, but I’m diligent about making sure that the fish are sustainably sourced.”
She continued, “As a vegan child, I always had this connection to the earth, and instead of taking from it and living from it destructively, I was always trying to co-exist with it.”
In July, Cook celebrated her 28th birthday with Brinkley at Saint-Remy-de-Provence in France.
“My 28th year has been the year where I feel that everything is starting to make sense,” she said. “I say that with hope for everyone else. On my 28th birthday, I felt this total exhale. It was the strongest realization that while there will always be hard times in life, there are these powerfully good moments, and man, they are great! It was such an exciting moment of clarity; they call it the Saturn return.”
She continued, “I feel I’ve realized who I am, and the hard times I’ve gone through all make sense now. I feel this extraordinary joy and gratitude. Without the hard times, I wouldn’t have the appreciation I have today. I want to scream out from the rooftops to every young person growing up to hold on — and get through the fire. We are figuring things out in our 20s but there is relief around the corner.”
Cook is looking forward to her future.
“The dots are connecting in my life and it’s such an exhalation moment,” she said.
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