Jennifer Lopez reflects on how she overcomes 'hardships' amid ongoing Ben Affleck divorce
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Jennifer Lopez's 2024 has been a year of learning. The actress and singer, 55, who was spotted doing some holiday shopping on Friday, opened up about how she has been dealing with her struggles in an interview with British Vogue. In a conversation with Judy Robles, whom she portrays in Unstoppable, the tireless performer spoke about her biggest challenges as a parent and as a newly single woman.
![[In a conversation with Judy Robles, whom she portrays in Unstoppable, the tireless performer spoke about her biggest challenges as a parent and as a newly single woman while being taped by British Vogue]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/20/93388925-14217393-image-a-47_1734813317872.jpg)
'I think the way I overcome things is not by thinking of them as happening to me but happening for me and what is the lesson that needs to be learned in the moment,' she told Robles, 52. 'When I think of things that way and stay in a kind of a more positive mindset about it, it’s easier to kind of embrace it for the lesson that it is.'.
![[Lopez's performance in Unstoppable received positive reviews, but she was overlooked when the Golden Globe Awards nominees were announced earlier this month]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/20/93389039-14217393-image-a-49_1734813449061.jpg)
The Billboard Icon Award winner, has been married four times, and filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, 52, in August after two years of marriage. For Jennifer Lopez, 55, 2024 has been a year of learning (Pictured in Los Angeles December 15). Lopez maintained when she runs into a problem, she tries to figure out, 'What am I supposed to learn here?'.
![['I think the way I overcome things is not by thinking of them as happening to me but happening for me and what is the lesson that needs to be learned in the moment,' she told Robles, 52, later adding, 'This is not happening, you know, just randomly. It’s happening for a reason']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/20/93388923-14217393-image-a-48_1734813376963.jpg)
'There are no coincidences,' she claimed. 'This is not happening, you know, just randomly. It’s happening for a reason.'. The entertainer concluded by stating she asks herself, “What can I learn and how can I come out the other side better, stronger, more knowledgeable and kind of evolve and grow from this point?”.
![[Another challenge for the actress and singer was the end of her marriage to Ben Affleck, 52. After months of speculation, Lopez filed for divorce in August, on the second anniversary of their wedding (Pictured in Los Angeles in March)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/21/93389043-14217393-Another_challenge_for_the_actress_and_singer_was_the_end_of_her_-a-40_1734817237517.jpg)
In discussing how to deal with the aftermath of challenges and possible regret from past choices, Lopez said, 'You have to kind of go, "that's where I was at that time... there was a part of my soul that needed to grow," and it grew in its perfect timing in its perfect way, when I was ready.
