Shakira appears to have it all in this stage of her life. She just dropped a new album titled El Dorado, is deeply in love with her life partner Gerard Piqué and has two beautiful children Milan and Sasha. With all of that, life is still a juggling act and the Colombian star makes major confessions in her latest Vanity Fair Italy cover. What she revealed was pretty shocking and unexpected.
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Shakira makes mom life look pretty easy from the outside, but she revealed that she's as stressed and maxed out at times just like the rest of us. She confessed:
Being a mom is exhausting. The other day I read a study that said French women are the most relaxed moms. I would love to be French, but I'm not. I feel like motherhood is a full-time job. It's amazing, exhilarating, magical and also exhausting.
Yes! She totally gets it! When we have a lot going on, sometimes it's tough to balance it all. Shakira also confessed that after having her son Sasha in 2015, she she went back to the studio to work on her album, but felt totally conflicted. I'm pretty sure every woman that goes back to work after maternity leave goes through similar emotions. I know I did. She said:
I decided that once Sasha was a little more independent, I would go back to the studio. I didn't take into account the conflict between my two hearts [music and family] and the fears that come with all of that.
I think moms are torn no matter what they decide and that's exactly what Shakira's is proving. Whether you go back to your career right away, or take a break, you're constantly playing a balancing act and trying to fulfill each side of yourself.
By opening up, Shakira shows that it can be done. It's always going to be a constant struggle and that's okay.
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