Natalie Massenet Quotes

I honestly wondered how on earth I would manage to combine work and motherhood.

The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it.

I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows.

When you're trying to be a parent and a businessperson at the same time, that is the most stressful thing you could do.

I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!

I think the main thing that I've learned while working on 'Let's Stay Together' is how to balance mommyhood and working.

My priorities are my family and my job. I have little time for much else.

I try to balance it out on the whole. Being a mum is always the priority. Next, it's taking care of yourself. Right now, I get to only work two days a week - it's a dream. I can't imagine how hard it is for mothers who work 40 hours a week.

I am in awe of women who have full family lives and seem to work round the clock in the 24/7 news cycle.

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.

Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level.

Being a mother is more exhausting than working, and sometimes I push myself too hard and burn myself out. I can appreciate how exhausting it must be for women who have to do everything themselves all the time.

TaskRabbit is really my first baby. So balancing the second child is something I've tackled, but I'm really passionate about what I do, and then I'm passionate about coming home and putting my baby to bed.

For me, juggling mommyhood and work is a challenge, but each day I learn little tricks to make it all come together.

As a working mum, it's really hard to find time in the day to just relax and take a break. I am constantly on the go.

I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman.

Of course having a baby derails the writing process for some time. And I will be the first to say that I have essentially no social life, because there's just nothing left after being a mom, professor, and writer. I used to be big into rock climbing. No more. A lot falls by the wayside.

My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.

I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.

It's about maintaining balance. Plan better, be organised. I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?

I have a very flexible and easy schedule that affords me a wonderful lifestyle in Los Angeles. I'm able to be a very present mother, able to pursue other projects.

I want to work, but the balance to find between working and being a mom is challenging.

The only thing that I stress out about is, how am I going to make sure that I balance out my time for motherhood?

I work hard and try to combine a demanding career with motherhood.