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Are you the backbone of your family? Does everyone come to you when they need answers, solutions and assistance?  Does it ever get to a place when its too much to handle?  When you come to this crossroad, take time to re-evaluate to see how you can run life more effective and efficient. Oprah Winfrey’s, O Magazine writer Suzan Colon sat down with actress, mother, wife, producer and musician, Jada Pinkett Smith as she told about her Aha moment in her life.  She shared her epiphany when letting go gave back  more in her life.

Read about her Aha moment here…

About a year and a half ago, I realized I was about to hit a wall. My husband, Will Smith, and I were going through a major transition—besides acting, directing, writing, and producing, we’d started the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation to support urban families through education, health, and arts programs. At the same time, I was trying to keep my family life healthy and strong and take care of our kids, Trey, 16; Jaden, 10; and Willow, 8. I’ve always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves.

I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me. I was also stuck in the idea that taking care of others was the way to create good relationships. As a result, I tried to micromanage my world.

One day I was so overwhelmed I thought I might be crushed under the weight of all the responsibilities I’d taken on. I pray and meditate every day, and when I started meditating that morning, I felt that God was telling me, Surrender or explode. All of a sudden, I was released. The stress was gone, and in that stillness came the solution: The less I do, the better things will go.

But it’s one thing to have an idea and another to grasp it. Okay, so I realized that by doing less, I can be more. But what did that mean? And how could I apply that to my life? I started with my family.

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