Keren Woodward Quotes

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.

I am a mother, so I'm used to balancing things.

I'm like any working mom.

Well, I think anybody who's had a baby can tell you that once you have a baby, they kind of become the main focus. I don't think there's gonna be a lot of room for anything else.

From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.

When you're not a mom, you can get up in the middle of the night, paint, sleep all morning... you can't do that when you have two children!

I'm a mom first.

When you have little kids, you lose friends because you're so busy, but as they get older, you realise how important it is to have your girlfriends around.

When I'm in the gym, I'm in the gym, and that is my focus. But when I'm not in the gym, I'm enjoying being a mom and taking care of those responsibilities .. They really do provide me with the balance that I need to be a more complete athlete.

I've always said that kids should enhance your life, not hinder your life, so I just try to make the most out of being with my kids. You have to have a life for yourself somewhere in the mix of being a wife and mum.

The problem is there's still a big kid inside me who likes to have fun. I am passionate about my cricket and I love my family, but I'm also a kid and maybe I need to grow up... And maybe I don't.

Before I was a mum, I could live in another dimension, create another world, and it wouldn't bother me if I was not totally available or totally myself. Today I cannot do that anymore.

When I was not working, when our children were little, our life was all about our kids and our relationship. We didn't spend tons of time going off and spending time with friends and going on vacations alone.

I think it's harder when you get older and you start having children because you've got to get up in the morning and you've got actual responsibilities instead of just writing music for yourself.

I'm a mom. I work. I have a house to clean, things to organize. We all have certain similar needs, and I address them.

You have to put your own oxygen mask before you put on others... It's a good metaphor for parenting

I've found that motherhood helps you figure out what absolutely needs to be done and what doesn't. You just learn to do everything quicker and quicker - your style and your makeup gets more refined and generally easier.

My priority is my son and my husband, and I have a lot of spinning plates, so I try to make sure they're not one of them.

I feel such a sense of empowerment being a mom. But I do wonder: How do they/we do it all?

I was always trying to find the balance between trying my best and being an incredible parent. I literally realized that it was chaos - but it was happy chaos.

I used to tell moms that for the sake of their well-being they had to put themselves first. But I know now that's not always possible.

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago.

I'm happy going home early and working out and just being a mother and being a wife.

Like every mom, you try to juggle, but I also want people to know that you don't have to be a superhero. I'm not a superhero; I have a team of people who help me. I have a great family support system.