{"id":2475153,"date":"2026-06-25T13:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2475153"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:53:01","slug":"how-motherhood-made-maria-sharapova-better-at-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-motherhood-made-maria-sharapova-better-at-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How Motherhood Made Maria Sharapova Better at Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-baee60a8-82ba-4a54-8ccd-7144658e44b7\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/celebrity-style\/us-open-2025-best-celebrity-looks\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/celebrity-style\/us-open-2025-best-celebrity-looks\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/celebrity-style\/us-open-2025-best-celebrity-looks\/\">Maria Sharapova<\/a>: Career Grand Slam achiever, winner of five major tennis titles, and&#8230; podcaster?<\/p>\n<p>After becoming one of the most accomplished tennis players of all time, Sharapova moved into the business world. Now, she has her own podcast, <em>Pretty Tough<\/em>, where she talks to other women about how they balance the different parts of their lives\u2014often career, ambition, and motherhood.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-baee60a8-82ba-4a54-8ccd-7144658e44b7-2\">Since retiring from tennis in 2020, Sharapova has expanded her business ventures, become a mother, and now has a nearly four-year-old son. On the latest episode of &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/nice-talk\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/nice-talk\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/nice-talk\/\">Nice Talk<\/a>,&#8221; Sharapova shares what parenting has taught her about business\u2014and why she decided to get into podcasting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;kSs093C0&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;wAdeg51T&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_wAdeg51T_kSs093C0_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;wAdeg51T&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_wAdeg51T_kSs093C0_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;GCitJNBkucPoQiNDKxjDuQEdOhxQ\\\/RXr3v71NhXiOKkntcNP&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:true,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:true,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:true,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 shrink items-center\"><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full min-h-[200px] lg:min-h-[330px] relative overflow-hidden bg-black\" data-jwp-carousel-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 size-full items-center justify-center bg-white\" data-jwp-carousel-fallback=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/yo0epfjohr1645112637.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/yo0epfjohr1645112637.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/yo0epfjohr1645112637.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s so many lessons that you learn as a mother, and one of the things &#8230; is this art of letting go,&#8221; Sharapova says. &#8220;So much of the things that we do, we like to take control of, but at the end of the day, what having a little young girl or boy next to you teaches is that things often change, situations change. These little beings grow, and they kind of inform your actions right in front of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For example, she says, one minute a baby loves being in a swaddle, and the next, they don&#8217;t. &#8220;You&#8217;re like, &#8220;Oh, I want them walking,&#8217; and they&#8217;re like, &#8220;Oh yeah, no. Now I walked and now I&#8217;m running,&#8217; and you&#8217;re like, &#8220;Wait, slow down!&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-[#333]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-[#333]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-normal&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sharapova notes that &#8220;relearning this element of control&#8221; runs counter to how things are handled in professional tennis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of my training, a lot of my performance, everything that I did with the way that I trained my body and my mind was this element of control and a schedule and routine and discipline. And all those are applicable, but you have to be ready to let go, and I think that also applies in business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-nei9MdAHffETD28fJEPMsm\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-nei9MdAHffETD28fJEPMsm slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"elk-e50cf4fb-eb48-4d5d-962f-07c95a3ff452\">That said, Sharapova says tennis taught her how to handle losses in business the same way she handled them in her sport.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You lose a lot, and you do it in front of millions of people, and there is real beauty and authenticity in being vulnerable in that moment,&#8221; the 39-year-old says. &#8220;You work so hard and you&#8217;re so confident, you go in and you lose. And then, how do you handle it? How do you talk with your team within the next hour when you wake up in the morning? Who do you call, and how do you speak to them about your loss? And then what do you do to change things around? The way that I was able to handle those situations certainly informed me in business, and also now being a mother.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1662120&amp;xcust=marieclaireus_us_1376836925545486250&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fpretty-tough-with-maria-sharapova%2Fid1893437254&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marieclaire.com\" data-url=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pretty-tough-with-maria-sharapova\/id1893437254\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"skimlinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=92X1662120&amp;xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fpretty-tough-with-maria-sharapova%2Fid1893437254&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marieclaire.com\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em>Pretty Tough<\/em><\/a>, Sharapova seeks to connect with other women who refuse to be one thing only.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always engaged in the concept of holding true to these two strong dualities of being thoughtful, being gritty, leading a team, but equally being a woman, and being motherly, and being soft, and being vulnerable in times that required it, and really not having to choose one or the other,&#8221; she says. &#8220;And as I retired and had my son, I also realized that a lot of my mom friends very much felt the same way, they were either in a moment of being a CFO or a CMO or a CEO, or they were a mother, and the idea that you had to choose one or the other didn&#8217;t resonate with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She adds, &#8220;I really truly believe that I could be both, and deep down inside, so many women feel the same way, but they&#8217;re not allowed that breadth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more from Sharapova\u2014including her memories of her conversation-starting <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-100577549-17129217?sid=marieclaireus-us-3284785027024307457&amp;url=https:\/\/about.nike.com\/en\/magazine\/maria-sharapova-little-black-tennis-dress-hall-of-fame\" data-url=\"https:\/\/about.nike.com\/en\/magazine\/maria-sharapova-little-black-tennis-dress-hall-of-fame\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-100577549-17129217?sid=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;url=https:\/\/about.nike.com\/en\/magazine\/maria-sharapova-little-black-tennis-dress-hall-of-fame\" data-merchant-name=\"NIKE\" data-merchant-id=\"32732\" data-merchant-network=\"CJ\" data-merchant-url=\"nike.com\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">2006 tennis dress<\/a>\u2014check out this week&#8217;s installment of &#8220;Nice Talk.&#8221; The episode is available everywhere you listen to podcasts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.marieclaire.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Sharapova: Career Grand Slam achiever, winner of five major tennis titles, and&#8230; podcaster? 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