Rebecca Ferguson Quotes

As a mom, I think you always wonder if you could be doing more.

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

I allow myself to not feel the need to be some sort of wonder woman. You can't do everything at once and tear your hair out when you miss your baby using a potty for the first time, although my son was obviously very sad that his mum was not there on his big day.

I have to feel OK with taking some time for myself, not feeling guilty that I don't spend my every free second with my son, which is sometimes tough.

Kids are pretty resilient. You don't have to be at every volleyball game. We can't guilt ourselves.

Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment.

'Me' time is just as important as 'us' time.

Moms are people, too. Moms make mistakes, too.

Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.

Being a mother is complicated because it's not just a paternal culture making demands on you; it's those internal demands and expectations that women have and are self-generated.

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

I am unable to give my best if I don't have my best to give.

I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don't have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.

I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother.

I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.

Don't forget your own self while preaching to others.

I got to start limiting the hits I take on myself.

The biggest lesson I've learned throughout the first season of 'Workin' Moms' is that you have to give yourself permission to forgive yourself.

I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly as I judge myself, so I need to give myself a break.

I wanted to have a personal life that I fully inhabited, not because I am such a great mom, but for me.

For a while, I think in 1994, it got to where I didn't want to practice.

My daily schedule is quite hectic, but I have to put my health first in order to be the best mom and wife I can be.

I got to a stage where tennis was the only thing in my life, and I didn't like that.