{"id":10871,"date":"2026-01-09T16:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10871"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:49:25","slug":"sarah-jessica-parker-says-she-only-has-work-life-balance-because-of-the-people-supporting-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10871","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Jessica Parker says she only has work-life balance because of the people supporting her"},"content":{"rendered":"

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And just like that, Sarah Jessica Parker last night took home the 2026 Carol Burnett Award, celebrating her acting accomplishments during the past five decades. The Sex and the City <\/em>star began acting as a child, around age 8, and held major roles in Annie <\/em>on Broadway, the sitcom Square Pegs<\/em>, and the films Footloose <\/em>and Firstborn<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Over her storied career, she\u2019s been surrounded by innumerable supporters, namely her husband Matthew Broderick, best known for his role as Ferris Bueller in the iconic 1980s juggernaut Ferris Bueller\u2019s Day Off<\/em>. Broderick presented Parker with the award Thursday night and said he questioned her about taking her timeless role as Carrie Bradshaw.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you really want to do TV?\u201d Broderick recalled asking Parker, who went on to win six Golden Globes and two Emmys for her role in Sex and the City<\/em>. (Parker and Broderick have an estimated combined net worth of $200 million).\u00a0<\/p>\n

And now that Parker has realized a career most actors can only dream of, she\u2019s rethinking what work-life balance means to her.<\/p>\n

Parker\u2019s new definition of work-balance<\/h2>\n

In a recent CNBC<\/em> interview about how she now picks projects, Parker said she is \u201cmaking choices differently than [she] used to,\u201d prioritizing roles that leave room for her life off-set. Parker, 60, has juggled decades of acting work with fashion, publishing, and wine ventures, and framed her ability to choose slower-paced or more flexible jobs as a luxury she doesn\u2019t take for granted.?<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a journeyman, you\u2019re trying to find work [where] you keep learning, you get better,\u201d Parker told CNBC<\/em>. \u201cMaybe you get to travel. Hopefully you get paid, and you get to work with really interesting people \u2026 but now \u2026 I\u2019m much more thoughtful in smaller ways about how I\u2019ll be spending my time.\u201d<\/p>\n

To be sure, Parker hesitated to comment on work-life balance at all, saying many workers hold multiple jobs without reliable childcare or health care.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that surprises me most is all the women and men and parents who are holding down two and three jobs in our city, across our country, who don\u2019t have the kind of support I have, who are really just managing every single day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

A support system is key to work-life balance<\/h2>\n

Rather than presenting herself as a solo superwoman, Parker credits her success to a wide safety net, including family, childcare, and other professional help. She said her schedule works because of the people who step in when she is on set, reading Booker Prize submissions, running her wine label, overseeing her production company Pretty Matches, or working with the States Project, an advocacy group focused on advancing Democratic state-level candidates and issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know how I get to [do so many things], because I have the kind of support I need,\u201d Parker said.<\/p>\n

Parker\u2019s experience mirrors what other successful people say: What passes for balance at the highest levels usually depends on extensive support at home and at work, from spouses who absorb more caregiving to employees who can run the business while they\u2019re away. Harvard Business School research on CEOs\u2019 schedules shows leaders often clock 60-hour weeks but maintain performance by delegating heavily and protecting time for sleep, exercise, and family.?<\/p>\n

How leaders talk about balance<\/h2>\n

While some leaders embrace the idea of work-life balance, others say it\u2019s impossible to achieve and be successful. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, for instance, has said he views work and life as a \u201ccircle\u201d rather than a scale.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t love the word \u2018balance\u2019 because it implies a tradeoff,\u201d Bezos said recently at Italian Tech Week. \u201cI\u2019ve often had people ask me, \u2018How do you deal with work-life balance?\u2019 And I\u2019ll say, \u2018I like work-life harmony because if you\u2019re happy at home, you\u2019ll be better at work. If you\u2019re better at work, you\u2019ll be better at home.\u2019 These things go together. It\u2019s not a strict tradeoff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has also described the boundary between home and office as more about achieving \u201charmony,\u201d and Nespresso\u2019s UK CEO Anna Lundstrom aims for \u201cwork-life fluidity\u201d because she doesn\u2019t think separating the two is possible in an executive leadership position.<\/p>\n

Some push this concept even further, arguing work-balance doesn\u2019t exist when building something at scale\u2014an idea echoed by Zoom CEO Eric Yuan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI tell our team, \u2018Guys, you know, there\u2019s no way to balance. Work is life, life is work,\u2019\u201d Yuan said in a recent interview with the Grit<\/em> podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Top women executives have also been blunt about the tradeoffs of work and life. Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has long argued that \u201chaving it all\u201d is a myth, urging employers and policymakers to build better childcare and family benefits rather than expecting individual women to simply work harder.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTo integrate work and family is going to be a challenge,\u201d Nooyi said at the 2019 Fortune Most Powerful Women Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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