Sarah Rafferty, renowned for her roles in "Suits" and "My Life With the Walter Boys," has captivated audiences not only with her acting prowess but also with her radiant presence. Beyond her on-screen success, Rafferty's commitment to health, fitness, and overall well-being has garnered attention. This article delves into the diet, exercise, and self-care strategies that contribute to her vibrant lifestyle.
The "Suits" Star's Fitness Regimen: Pilates and More
Rafferty is a dedicated Pilates enthusiast. She credits Pilates with improving her posture and even increasing her height. "I honestly think I've gotten taller since I started doing Pilates," says the actress. "And my posture is totally different, no more slouching!" She works out with Sam and Susannah Cotrone of Cotrone Fitness in West Hollywood, CA. Rafferty finds a way to make strengthening her hard-earned body fun.
Susannah Cotrone describes their sessions as "dancing a cha-cha -- fun, sexy and energetic." One particular move Rafferty enjoys is a "swimming move" performed on the mat, which effectively targets the butt, back, and core muscles. The actress and mom calls the move a "good multitasker."
The Swimming Exercise:
- Lie face down on a mat.
- Engage your abdominals by drawing them in and up to protect the lower back.
- Extend your arms in front of you while lifting your head, arms, and legs off the ground.
- Begin swimming by alternating lifting one leg and the opposite arm, then quickly switching to the other side.
- Repeat for 20 repetitions.
- Conclude by sitting back into a child's pose to stretch the lower back.
In addition to Pilates, Sarah recently picked up surfing. According to the Australian government’s Better Health, surfing provides many health benefits including cardiovascular fitness from paddling, shoulder and back strength, which also strengthens from the paddling, and leg and core strength.
Diet and Nutrition: Fresh, Whole Foods with Room for Indulgence
Rafferty prioritizes a healthy diet, emphasizing unprocessed, fresh foods. She focuses on incorporating fresh fruits, vegetables, and other whole foods into her meals. While she generally avoids wheat and dairy, she allows herself occasional indulgences. "I eat my fresh fruits and veggies and other whole foods. I avoid wheat and dairy, but I occasionally indulge. My husband is from Europe."
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Mental Well-being and Self-Care: Prioritizing Rest and Managing Stress
Rafferty recognizes the importance of mental well-being and incorporates self-care practices into her routine. She understands the importance of getting rest. “I try to get enough sleep and not beat myself up for needing a nap. Sometimes I feel guilty when I want a nap. So this year I’m trying not to beat myself up for it,” she told Best Health.
She also emphasizes the significance of stress management. “When I get stressed out or anxious, I usually need to exercise. I need that endorphin rush and to get outside in nature. That’s what helps me the most."
Beauty and Radiance: Inside and Out
Rafferty shared some of her beauty secrets. To keep skin looking dewy and hydrated, her make-up artist Patrice Boudreau mixes Kate Somerville "Quench" Serum with her foundation. She believes that nutrition plays a huge role in skin and hair health. She avoids processed foods and supplement her diet with Essential Fatty Acids everyday-I know my hair reaps the benefit.
She has gotten really vigilant about the sun. She is crazy about sunscreen. And she’s been trying to deal with her sun damage with the BBL. She feels like the sun [damage] is the one thing that she can work really hard to control. So she’s always in a hat, she always has sunscreen, she uses the products that have sunscreen in it. And then she just tries to be happy and hang out with my friends and lean into these relationships. It’s aging, man. You want to feel like you’re doing your part to age in the best way possible, and then there’s a part of you that has to do the work on just embracing it. Trying to find the joy of being grateful that you get to age is a huge part of it.
Embracing Aging and Finding Joy
Rafferty embraces aging and focuses on gratitude. She emphasizes the importance of feeling like you’re doing your part to age in the best way possible, and then there’s a part of you that has to do the work on just embracing it. Trying to find the joy of being grateful that you get to age is a huge part of it.
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Radiance on the Red Carpet: Beauty Secrets
Rafferty shared some of her beauty secrets. Well at the Golden Globes she was wearing e.l.f.-the Halo Glow is so nice.
The Resurgence of "Suits" and Its Impact
Suits experienced quite a resurgence in 2023. It was the most-watched show in streaming for the year. The feedback that she’s been getting when she’s just been wandering around in her life is incredibly gratifying. People are finding it, like it’s this new thing. And it’s providing them with joy or connection or meaning, or escape, you know. It’s providing them a service. So that matters. It’s super fun to just be going to Starbucks and meet somebody who is watching it and hear what it means to them or what they respond to.
On Playing Donna Paulsen
She misses hanging out with all her friends, first and foremost. She thinks she really miss walking her in her shoes, because she had a confidence and self worth and appreciation for her own personal superpowers. It was like she was her own superhero in some ways, and so playing her was incredibly fun. The challenge was actually to get out of the way of a woman like that, because she is riddled with self doubt and insecurity and all those normal human things. And she was a superhero in some sense.
She, like Donna, have a sense of humor. So she do rely on that. She also have a community of people that she’s really, really close to in her real life that she lean on like Donna. But she think to a tiny degree-she is not good at this-she can pep talk in a way that she might. And maybe that comes into the way that she friend people or parent or love her relatives. Maybe it pops in, in those ways, in that active space of loving and supporting others. She was good at it.
The flashbacks were her favorite. She would say the moment they met and that episode which was when they were just meeting each other. There was something so pure about it. They were just the distilled version of Donna and Harvey. She thinks people also really enjoyed the can-opener, silly stuff. The banter. The times she could give him shit. She even remember early on there was a scene that got cut in the first season where she walks in, and she’s like, “What the hell is wrong with you?” And she remember thinking that was a really interesting dynamic. It was before we’d done any flashbacks, before we had developed their past. It ended up getting cut because it didn’t quite fit in the episode but she remembered it because, obviously, the writers realized we needed to dive into that, what made her have that relationship with her boss.
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e.l.f. Cosmetics Super Bowl Ad
Shooting the e.l.f. commercial was so fun. The vibe on set was just of play and celebration. There were such remarkable people there; such a vibrant community of creative people were involved in it. She see Rick [Hoffman] and Gina [Torres] a lot in her personal life and being back on a courtroom set in costume with full glam was super fun. It felt like a way to actually celebrate this thing that, like she said earlier, we can’t really quite metabolize, which is this resurgence. This was a way where it felt like, “Oh, we get to do this remarkably fun, out-of-the-blue thing, and this is a celebration. This is a way to celebrate and mark this moment in time.” It was really fun being in a set that was a courtroom.
Beauty Tips and Motherhood
Yes, there’s a lot of stealing. When she was playing with a lot of the e.l.f. products, which were a lot of the products her makeup artist used on the day, they showed her how to use the highlight and contour ones. These kids completely know how to do this. So yeah, they are stealing her stuff; a lot of her e.l.f. stuff. All of the Lip Oils, the Halo Glow. She keep spraying them with the SPF which you can just spray on which is amazing. It’s the quickest way to get it on them as they’re running away from her. It’s getting crazy. There are headlines about how crazy it’s getting. And especially with her younger daughter, she’s like, “You don’t need XYZ brand, and you don’t need that many steps-it’s actually not good for your skin.” But also, the stuff they are being marketed on their social media are not from accessible brands. They’re just too expensive. So she can lean into e.l.f. I know it’s accessible, I know it’s cruelty-free. I know it’s a vegan, conscious brand that’s making good choices in the world.