Jada Pinkett Smith Dishes About Family To Redbook
Jada Pinkett Smith is looking summery for the July 20o9 cover of Redbook magazine. Jada just returned to the small screen in the medical drama, HawthoRNe, last Tuesday. It’s nice seeing her back on TV since she hasn’t been there since the 1990′s.
In this issue of Redbook she talks about her husband, Will Smith, and how she balances work with family. Here are the highlights:
On her husband: “Will’s really smart. He’s very conscious and present.”
On relationships: “There’s a certain amount of safety you have to create for someone to feel like they can be open to you… That’s something we forget in marriages and relationships – they have to be places of safety, because they’re where you are most vulnerable. If you’re not allowed to be safe, I don’t know if you can reach the depths of connection that support commitment. You can be committed to somebody because of ego: ‘I said I was going to be with this joker for the rest of my life, so I’m just going to do it.’ Or you can be committed because you have a deeply rooted connection.”
On seeing herself in kids Jaden, 10, and Willow, 8, and stepson Trey, 16: “Oh, yes. I see myself in Willow and Jaden – and in Trey, and he’s not even my biological child! It’s amazing because you can see the most beautiful parts of yourself in your children. That’s what I love most. When I look at my kids, I go, ‘I hope to God they don’t get my ugly parts. Get your own ugly stuff, not mine!’”
On balancing career and kids: “When I’m tired, I rest. I say, ‘I can’t be a superwoman today.’ I’m really trying to work on the receiving part, on how to give to myself. When I need a minute, I just want quiet. I need peace. I like being alone. I get up every morning about 5:45 and meditate for 20 or 30 minutes. The house is silent, and the sky is just about to break. And then I go out and I run the canyons. That’s been really good for me, a good way to start my day.”
Photo Source: Redbook
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