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Rachel Zoe is trying to keep things positive.
The fashion stylist-turned-reality star opened up to PEOPLE exclusively at the Baby2Baby Gala on Saturday, Nov. 8, about joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 12 years after the end of her first Bravo series The Rachel Zoe Project.
“I loved being an ensemble,” Zoe, 54, said about the difference between the two shows. “It was really nice to it not just be on me and about me and always me. And I’m so much more interested in other people’s lives than I am my own, so that was really nice to kind of be with the other women all the time.”
She added, “And listen, we’re all going through stuff, so I think it’s nice that we kind of had each other to do that with.”
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But the things Zoe is dealing with now are quite different than what was going through when she first started filming The Rachel Zoe Project, which premiered in 2008.
“I have full-blown children now and obviously I’m getting divorced, so that’s a whole ‘nother thing,” she said. Zoe filed for divorce from husband Rodger Berman in July, after 26 years of marriage. They share sons Skyler, 14 and Kaius, 10.
“Life is life-ing really hard on all sides right now, so I just have a lot,” she said.
As for how she keeps her mind in a more positive space, she said, “I compartmentalize what I can’t process in the moment and I move.” She said “it’s a juggle” to balance “my mom life, my work life and my personal life and my brand life.”
“And I have to stay positive because if I break, everything breaks. So there’s no breaking,” she said.
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“The Rachel Zoe Project ended when Sky was 1 and I was about to give birth to Kaius,” she remembered. “And then this one started when Sky was graduating middle school. So it’s actually really wild. It’s like this giant circle that happened.”
As for what fans will see of Zoe on when RHOBH returns this December, she joked, “I’d have to kill you if I tell you, but I can’t tell you anything.” Still, she added, “We had fun. I think it’ll be interesting.”
Zoe and Berman announced their separation in Septmeber 2024. The pair first became a couple in 1991 and tied the knot on Feb. 15, 1998. They met at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
A few weeks after the announcement, Zoe opened up to PEOPLE about how she was feeling on the red carpet at an event for the Goldie Hawn Foundation.
“I’m doing things that make me feel good — like tonight — and being with my incredible support system of girlfriends and friends, honestly, and just working hard, mom-ing hard and going out and being with people I love who just make me feel really good,” she said. “I wake up with my heart full every day so that’s all I can ask for, right?”
