Not just in my career, but in my life,” Ciara says. “That was one of the best things that could have happened. Ciara asked for her masters back, and shortly after, she finished building her own label imprint. I’m going to do this song called ‘Level Up,’ and I’m going to do it this way.’ ” That wasn’t all. “I told everyone that was on my project, ‘I’m going to go do X, Y, and Z. Her vision and the new CEO’s vision didn’t exactly align. It was 2019, and Ciara’s then record label was changing leadership. Her dream didn’t come without taking a few uncomfortable meetings and a big leap. I remember late nights, talking with Russ about my frustrations.” (For the record, she has a “really cute” office next to his but says she likes using his when he’s not home.) “I had dreamed of running my own label. “When I was creating my company, Beauty Marks, in 2019, I was entering a very critical chapter of my career, and I wanted to do things independently,” says Ciara during a mid-afternoon Zoom from the home office of her husband, NFL quarterback Russell Wilson, whom she married in 2016. However, recently, her wins have been even sweeter because she’s truly called the shots. The album, which was certified platinum three times over, launched an 18-year music career that’s kept her at the top of the charts. The lead single of the same name and its follow-up, “1, 2 Step,” featuring Missy Elliott, vaulted Ciara into the pop-culture conversation as the First Lady of Crunk&B. “Go to that.”Ĭiara has been going since the release of her debut album, Goodies, in 2004. “It’s knowing what gives you a release, knowing what gives you joy,” she says. So for Ciara Princess Wilson, coming into her own-both personally and professionally-meant homing in on the practices that nourish her mind, body, and spirit. So I put more focus on me, taking care of me it was the best thing I could have done.” I can’t be the best mom if I’m not loving on myself. But I can’t love anybody to the best of my ability if I’m not loving on myself. “All the things I was aspiring to have at that time, even thinking about love, I was like, It’s going to happen when it’s supposed to. “I told myself I’ve got to figure out how to navigate in the next chapter of my life,” she says. Embracing self-love after a very public breakup with the rapper Future (with whom she has a son, named Future Zahir) in 2014 was the a-ha moment she needed to finally live her truth. “That’s a part of ‘therapy’-exercise.” Just as important as her physical well-being is her emotional well-being now. “I like boxing when I’m trying to figure things out,” Ciara says. When that happens, she digs into her clarity toolbox to pull out a pair of gloves. Yet, like so many of us, she still feels unsure from time to time-about taking risks, or managing life as a CEO, a wife, and a mom of three. It’s hard to imagine Ciara not being clear about what she wants-whether it’s manifesting a loving partner through prayer (an invocation that later served as the lyrics for her 2021 song “Ciara’s Prayer”) or running her own music label, Beauty Marks Entertainment, with vision and integrity. Ferragamo jumpsuit, Ciara’s own boots Georg Jensen ring, CALEB & GLADYS
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