Key Takeaways
• Jennifer Garner reminds parents to be kind to themselves and embrace imperfection while raising kids.• As her children grow older, she’s rediscovering her passions and finding joy in her career again.• Through her work as an entrepreneur, she’s focused on creating positive change for families and the environment.
Jennifer Garner is one of the celebrities we love to embrace. She’s portrayed so many beloved characters, captivating audiences with her authentic performances. Offscreen, she strives to create a life that is warm, grounded, and genuine. Now, at 54, she is busier than ever, balancing motherhood, her Hollywood career, and her entrepreneurial ventures. In an exclusive interview with InStyle, she speaks candidly about what her life looks like these days. Keep reading to hear her thoughts on being a working mom.
Motherhood and ‘Radical Imperfection’
Garner, a mom of three, put her career on the back burner to be present for her kids as they grew up. “When my kids were little, I worked so little, and then we had such an upheaval in our family that I really hardly worked for a long time,” she tells the publication. Like her next role in The Five-Star Weekend where she plays a food influencer whose picture-perfect life is unraveling, she understands how things can shift. She’s not here to claim she had it all figured out or the idea of doing it all perfectly or even that there’s such a thing as balance. “You have to raise yourself at the same time. And just be so radically kind to yourself about how imperfect it is.”
Back To Acting and Loving It
Now that her kids are teenagers with one away at college, she’s leaning back into work and calling it a “gift.” She notes that the job is “selfish” because it’s all about you and your own schedule. It’s not the money and fame that keep her coming back to it but the passion for the job. “I feel lucky because I really come to acting from a place of joy. I’m not tortured. It’s not filling a hole. I just really love to do it.” And, as she reminds us, two things can be true at once: mothering never stops. “I relate to that feeling of, like, okay, I gave everything to mothering. I’m still their mom, I’m not going anywhere, I’m still all-in. I’m also really grateful to have this part of my life back.”
Building Something That Matters Through Business
Garner’s work is broader than just acting; it’s about bringing about change. Once Upon a Farm, the organic kids’ food company she co-founded, is now sold in 16,000 stores nationwide and recently went public on the New York Stock Exchange, where she rang the bell. At this stage of her life, it’s not just about stocks or growing the brand but the change it’s bringing about in the world. Take, for example, the use of sorghum in snacks. “It’s an ancient grain,” she explains. “It’s high in fiber. It’s also better for the environment because as it grows it pulls more CO2 into the soil.”
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54 and Fully Herself
At 54, Jennifer Garner isn’t trying to transform or reinvent herself; she’s simply giving equal attention to all the passions and aspects of herself that we appreciate. She’s a mother, an actress, and an entrepreneur, and she doesn’t attempt to project perfection to the rest of the world. This authenticity is why so many of us can relate to her. And as it turns out, that’s more than enough.
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