"Every woman deserves to live the life that she wants to achieve, and that's a complicated concept," says actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas on a call from a film set in Australia. The conversation is taking place on behalf of her affiliation with Marshalls and its Good Stuff Social Club, a social initiative helping women overcome research-identified obstacles to achieve their desired life trajectories. The award-winning actor makes a natural role model for women: she balances a flourishing film career with her family, which includes a .
With appearances on "top 100" lists by publications like Forbes and BBC, she serves as an inspiration to women hoping to balance it all — from a thriving family and career success, to a glamorous wardrobe with some much-needed downtime in sweats. It hasn't been without hard work, however. "The best career advice I can offer is not being afraid of what you want to achieve.
Be ambitious, but also ," Chopra Jonas tells PS. "That's not just for your career, that's in life. When I was younger, I didn't understand that — I didn't know how to advocate for myself.
" Despite the fact that she is a high-profile star, she has had to learn along the way like many of us. What's more, she navigated her journey while under the scrutiny that comes with being a public figure. Chopra Jonas recently posted on social media about her alternating filming schedule with her husband, so I ask her about the difficulty of balancing her high-powered career with having a fam.