Jessica Albasays she wants to “destigmatize” therapy and is reflecting on her own parenting support network.
“I think just trying to destigmatize what that is,” says the founder of The Honest Company. “It really is: How can I show up as a mom for my kids and be the best parent for her?… There really isn’t one sort of recipe that works across the board. I just wanted to be able to show up for her.”
Alba also reflected on her own source of strength. Not only does she have the support of her husband Cash Warren — with whom she also shares daughterHaven, 10, and sonHayes, 3 — she relies on her friends.
“Luckily, I have friends like Kelly and Norah who have girls the same age,” she says. “I think we’re all sort of going through all of this together. So, that helps to have a community of support around you and friendships where we can have a dialogue about, ‘Hey, I’m kind of going through this and I’m kind of hitting a wall and how do I break through?’ And ‘This is what I’m doing and just being transparent and open about it.’ I think makes it less scary for others.”
Jessica Alba with her eldest daughter.Jessica Alba/Instagram
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Honor “felt empowered to find her voice” in therapy, said Alba, adding that her child was able to “speak her voice and own her opinions in a way and really gain confidence to say, ‘Hey, Mom, I like this, I don’t like this.’ "
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In her interview with PEOPLE, Alba explains that while she appreciates the benefits of therapy with Honor, she also handles harder conversations as they come up.
“Just having compassion and empathy around someone else is reality, right?” Alba continues. “And being able to have context and see either lens, I think that’s something that you could always work on as a person.”
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