Rebecca Brooks is the dark horse behind some of the biggest food and lifestyle personalities you know — Rachael Ray, Andrew Zimmern, Guy Fieri, Jacques Torres, Robert Irvine. She founded the Brooks Group at 25 out of her husband's family office in New York, and basically helped invent the "lifestyle of food" category before Food Network was a household name.

Margarita talks to Rebecca about what actually happens behind the curtain — how to fix a PR crisis, how to say no without burning the bridge, and why the best clients lead with story, not product. Plus a tangent on what Judaism actually says about psychics, mediums, and the woo-woo of it all.

Follow Rebecca on Instagram @Rebecca_BrooksPR and  ⁨@BrooksGroupPR⁩  and check out her website brookspr.com

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What We Discuss:

00:00 Intro & Episode Agenda

06:11 Growing up Jewish on Long Island

10:30 Starting the Brooks Group at 25

14:00 Pioneering storytelling in beauty PR

17:45 Advising Jewish clients on speaking out

20:30 Owning mistakes and the art of the apology

23:15 How to say no without burning bridges

25:40 Joe Dispenza, Reiki, and reading energy

28:30 Message to the Jewish people & Guest Nomination