Celebrity Moms Share Their Secrets to Balancing Work With Parenthood

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Celebrity Moms Share Their Secrets to Balancing Work With Parenthood

No mom guilt here! Lauren Conrad, Meghan Trainor and more celebrity parents have opened up about working motherhood. The Hills alum exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2019 that her secret to success is keeping her job “separate” from her sons, Liam and Charlie. “[Then] you can really focus,” the former reality star explained at the time. “You don't want to be spending time with your kids while having one eye on your phone. You want to be able to have undivided attention with them. … It's all about prioritizing what's important to you and what you really need to be there for. I think when you're running a business … it's easy to be like, 'I need to do everything.' But you can't do everything really well, so we're fortunate because we've been able to build an amazing team of people who share our passion. They work really hard.” The Lauren Conrad Beauty founder, however, noted that she does bring her and husband William Tell’s “children to work” sometimes, which she hopes will inspire them. [jwplayer ytCGO97K-zhNYySv2] Trainor, for her part, told Parents magazine in February 2022 that she is often asked “how” she manages to keep a “popping” career and look “so happy” while raising her and Daryl Sabara’s son, Riley. “I'm telling my truth,” the “All About That Bass” singer explained at the time. “I heard that when you have a baby, you get more creative, and my lyrics are changing. Instead of writing songs to make everyone feel better, I'm writing about how I feel in this moment. But it's not like every day is sad. It's more like: Yes, I am a badass, but this ain't easy, and I have to get up and keep going." The Grammy winner gushed about her husband’s help, saying that the Spy Kids star is a “Superdad” to their little one, who arrived in February 2021. “He'll actually run my schedule with me. He's too good to be true,” the songwriter told the magazine. “I think when you have a kid you just realize, 'Wow, life is beautiful and precious. I want to be the best for my kid.' I've never been more motivated." Keep scrolling to read more celeb moms’ quotes about working, from Beyoncé to Brenda Song. [podcast_block]

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Rose Leslie

Kit Harington helped the Scottish actress with their baby boy while she worked on The Time Traveler's Wife, she told Harper's Bazaar U.K. in April 2022. "We had an understanding that when our son cried in the middle of the night, it was on Kit to go and look after him, as I would have to wake up early to work," the Downton Abbey alum explained. "It was kind of glorious.”

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Julia Roberts

“I consider myself a homemaker,” the Gaslit star told The New York Times when asked about her decision to step back from romantic comedies after having children, gushing about her “great pride” in being at home to raise her family. “Here's the thing: If I'd thought something was good enough, I would have done it. I also had three kids in the last 18 years. That raises the bar even more because then it's not only: ‘Is this material good?’ It's also the math equation of my husband's work schedule and the kids' school schedule and summer vacation. It's not just, ‘Oh, I think I want to do this.’”

With her kids beginning to grow up and head to college, the actress felt “a sense of responsibility” to show Hazel, Phinnaeus and Henry that she can also be “creative.”

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Jana Kramer

The Soccer Mom Madam star wrote via Instagram in April 2022 that while “mom guilt is so real” as a working parent, her daughter, Jolie, and the little one’s best friend “got to make a cameo” in her upcoming Lifetime movie. “I pray [Jolie and her brother, Jace], see in the end it’s all for them,” Kramer concluded at the time.

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Lauren Sorrentino

“The most challenging part for all working parents … [is that] we’re always doing something,” the Jersey Shore: Family Vacation star exclusively told Us in March 2022. “It’s just really [hard] finding the time to schedule things, to make sure you’re kind of everywhere at once. … Thank God that the world went Zoom-friendly [amid the coronavirus pandemic].”

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Kate Winslet

The Mare of Easttown alum told Variety in March 2022 that she “took last year off to be with family and to recover” after filming the HBO show. “It was good to have a bit of a reset,” the actress — and mother of three — explained.

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Scarlett Johansson

"I’m used to having a lot of balls in the air, and I think I’m finally OK with letting other people help me keep the balls up,” the Black Widow star told Vanity Fair in March 2022 of working motherhood. “I haven’t always been that way. I’m getting to a place in my life where I’m okay with letting other people in, with asking for help."

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Katy Perry

The singer explained during a February 2022 "Audacy Check In" podcast episode how she tackles “mom guilt” while raising daughter Daisy, explaining, “It's a real thing that moms talk about all the time, especially working moms and matriarchs. I think if everyone's happy, if I'm happy, then she's happy, and if she's happy, I'm happy. And I have a great partner [in Orlando Bloom]. That is such a wonderful help. When I'm not working, I'm just in 24/7 mom-zone. And when Orlando's in between films, he's there pulling the weight. We're just a great team."

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Meghan Trainor

The songwriter recalled a conversation with her therapist in February 2022, saying, "No, you're not a bad mom, you're a working mom, and you're working to support your family and to love your family."

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Brenda Song

"Learning my own boundaries while trying to take care of my son and my family — that was hard," the former Disney Channel star told The Cut in February 2022. "But I had a great support system and knew my son was taken care of. I just had FOMO. Missing those hours with my newborn son, it pains me, but at the end of the day, Mama's got to put food on the table.”

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Gigi Hadid

"I'm trying to learn still, being a mom and letting myself rest," the model told InStyle in February 2022.

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Ashley Tisdale

The High School Musical star shared a tearful Instagram selfie in September 2021, writing that she was "still trying to figure out the balance of work life and mom life."

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Serena Williams

In February 2020, the athlete told her Instagram followers that she is "often exhausted [and] stressed" before her tennis matches, concluding, "We keep going. I am so proud and inspired by the women who do it day in and day out. I’m proud to be this baby’s mama @olympiaohanian."

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Beyonce

The "Halo" singer called working motherhood "the most stressful thing" in December 2019, telling Elle, "Making sure I am present for my kids — dropping Blue off at school, taking Rumi and Sir to their activities, making time for date nights with my husband, and being home in time to have dinner with my family — all while running a company can be challenging.”

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Tamera Mowry

"That first year is always hard when you go to work and you’ve been a stay-at-home mom for a while, or on maternity leave, but now that my kids are older, I think it’s pretty badass and cool for them to see their mom do what she loves to do," the Real cohost exclusively told Us in April 2019. "So, now I’m teaching them to go for your dreams and do what you want to do.”

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Olivia Wilde

The actress takes working motherhood "day by day, step by step," she exclusively told Us in January 2019, adding, "I think it’s just biting off as much as you can chew, you know, slowly and incrementally. And I think [it’s] knowing what you’re getting yourself into.”

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Lauren Conrad

"I think that's something we also hope for our children is that you find a passion, you find something you really care about and if you can use it to do good, that's amazing," the former MTV personality told Us.

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Rachel Zoe

"It’s all overwhelming because your brain knows you need to be at work and your heart wants to be with your kids. You need to do both. I think it’s important to do both,” the designer exclusively told Us in June 2018. “With me, the struggle is real.”

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January Jones

"It was difficult to be a working mom and just juggling all of that," the Mad Men alum told Us in March 2012.