Keke Palmer is one of those rare talents who seems to be everywhere all at once, and somehow, she still has time to glow while doing it.
In a recent interview with Parents.com, she shares her secret to “doing it all”.
During the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture, Palmer sat down with the popular parenting outlet to reflect on motherhood, career, and the lessons sheâs learning from her 2-year-old son, Leo.
âMy son has boundaries with me,â Palmer shared. âHeâs like, you could give me a kiss, but I donât want [your] kiss to go on the mouth. Or heâll say, âNot right now.â He really is good at communicating, and so itâs made me be like, I need to be more like that.â
The actress, musician, and entrepreneur said Leo is teaching her how to honor boundaries, something that wasnât common when she was growing up.
âBack in the day when we were kids, our parents didnât let us. They would be like, âGirl, youâre going to do what I said.ââ
And even though Palmer practically grew up in front of the camera, sheâs still evolving, something she talks about in her 2024 memoir, Master of Me.
âIâm still growing, Iâm still changing,â she said. âBut in this era, itâs been about honoring the person that Iâve been⊠and also honoring the person that has created that.â
Palmerâs latest chapter includes a partnership that just makes sense, She is now the Chief Brand Officer for Creme of Nature, the iconic hair care line born in Chicagoland nearly 50 years ago.
With her natural curls front and center on billboards and screens across the country, Palmer is excited to bring a fresh, authentic voice to the brand.
âIâm not just a front-facing ambassador, [Iâm] actually a chief brand officer,â she said. âFor me, itâs like this is what I do with [the] Keke Palmer brandâI tell the story of what this brand is.â
With everything on her plate, mom guilt can try to creep in, but Palmer doesnât let it stay.
âDonât feel guilt,â she urges other working parents. âYour child is your child because you were meant to be their parent⊠Just donât feel guilt where it pertains to receiving help with your child, because it takes a village.â
As for her sunny disposition? That came from surviving hard times and learning to let joy lead.
âInitially, my joyful spirit was a rebellion to some of the constraints I felt growing up in the industry,â Palmer explained. âIt became less something that I was doing to survive and something that I started to embody⊠My joy is my sense of refuge through the inconsistency of life.â
Photo Credit: Keke Palmer Instagram
