Robin McGraw says 'self neglect' cost her mother her health: 'I'm not going to perpetuate that one legacy of hers'
Robin McGraw may be married to a well-known television personality — Dr. Phil McGraw — but it’s her own mother who has likely been the strongest influence on her life.
“I grew up with the most amazing mother,” she tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “Nothing came before her family. No one. Nothing. I actually have always said and truly believe I am the woman I am today because of my mother.”
But Robin’s mother’s selflessness came at a cost. When Robin was around 30 years old, she got a phone call from her mother asking to speak to Phil. Robin asked her why and her mom responded, “I just wanted to talk to him. I feel funny.” “And I said, ‘What do you mean by funny?’ And before I had even finished that question, she was already gone. She died, that fast, of undiagnosed heart disease.”
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Robin, who is a philanthropist, entrepreneur and author, aims to inspire people both through her lifestyle brand, Revelation — a skin care line that includes moisturizers and a fragrance named after her late mother — and through her foundation, When Georgia Smiled: The Robin McGraw Revelation Foundation.
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