Maluma has spoken openly about continuing anxiety, therapy and the changes he is making after the birth of his second child. During a Miami conversation on October 21, 2026, the Colombian singer described his effort to reduce professional pressure and protect his private life. One practical goal is to reserve at least four hours each afternoon for his family, even during busy periods.
Maluma is accustomed to moving between recording sessions, concerts, business meetings and travel. The birth of his second child, however, has prompted him to reconsider how much of his day those obligations should occupy. Speaking during Billboard Latin Music Week in Miami on October 21, he described an effort to protect family time while acknowledging that anxiety remains part of his life.
The conversation took place in the Like Minded session, alongside psychotherapist Patricia Artieda and Leila Cobo. Mental health and the pressures of managing a demanding career were central to the discussion. The singer spoke from personal experience, without suggesting that commercial success or financial security automatically removes psychological strain. His account concerned the work involved in changing an established way of living.
Fatherhood has altered his sense of time. Following the arrival of his son, Orion, Maluma said he increasingly wanted to stay home and participate in everyday family life. Orion is his second child after his daughter, París. The new arrival has brought another attempt to balance professional commitments with responsibilities and relationships that cannot simply be fitted around whatever time remains.
He recalled a difficult adjustment after París was born. Now, with two children, he recognizes that continuing indefinitely at the same professional pace is not what he wants. Leaving home has become harder because he wants more time with the people he loves. His comments described a change in priorities, rather than an announcement that he was withdrawing from music or ending his career.
The clearest practical decision involves setting aside at least four hours every afternoon for his family. Maluma explained that meetings, rehearsals and other obligations need to be organized differently to make that possible. He presented those hours as part of the life he is trying to build, rather than as an occasional reward available only when the professional calendar happens to be quiet.
A particularly stressful week strengthened his determination to make changes. He described a headache that he associated with the intensity of his schedule, leading him to examine his commitments more closely. His response was to give greater priority to calm and remove burdens he considered unnecessary. That connection was his own account of the experience, not an independently established medical explanation.
He also mentioned using ChatGPT to help organize activities and make the schedule more manageable. The example concerned sorting professional obligations and thinking through his time. Maluma did not present the application as therapy or as a replacement for medical or psychotherapeutic support. It appeared in his account as a practical organizational tool within a broader effort to change daily habits.
Therapy occupied a separate place in that process. He emphasized the importance of professional help when trying to understand fears and difficulties, while recognizing the personal participation it requires. In his description, the work can involve confronting uncomfortable subjects and maintaining effort over time. He did not characterize it as an instant solution or claim that success in treatment follows one simple formula.
His personal self-care also includes meditation and quiet moments. Maluma described learning to accept some of the discomfort involved in change, rather than assuming that every difficult feeling should disappear immediately. Those habits belong to his individual experience and are distinct from the professional therapy he also supported. His account brought several practices together without treating them as interchangeable.
He was clear that anxiety has not disappeared. As a performer, businessman, father and leader of a large professional team, he continues to face competing demands within a single day. Recognizing that pressure has helped him question the assumption that every work request must receive an immediate yes. The aim is to make more deliberate choices about what he takes on.
The conversation also addressed his relationship with his body. Maluma said he had previously experienced an eating disorder that he did not recognize as such at the time. He connected that period with pressure to maintain a particular appearance for shoots and commercial partnerships. He was reflecting on a past experience, rather than announcing a newly established medical diagnosis during the discussion.
He said he has moved away from extreme approaches to exercise and food, seeking a more balanced relationship with his appearance. His health, he emphasized, is not negotiable. Music remains central, too: he referred to the May 2026 album Loco x Volver as part of reconnecting with aspects of himself he felt he had lost. The changes he described remain ongoing, with professional support and family life helping shape the choices ahead.
This was not his first public discussion of anxiety and the pressures of fame. What stood out in Miami was the emphasis on practical changes: rearranging work, acknowledging personal limits and preserving a place in his children's everyday lives. He did not claim to have overcome anxiety permanently or offer his experience as a solution for everyone.
