The Bachelor’s Laura Byrne reflects on juggling motherhood with her business – and admits her fiancé Matty Johnson is ‘sometimes on the back-burner’
Laura Byrne is no stranger to juggling motherhood with family life, as she balances a jewellery business and popular podcast with raising her one-year-old daughter, Marlie-Mae.
And the 31-year-old, who is pregnant with her second child, has dispelled the societal expectation that women can ‘have it all’ in their personal and professional lives.
The fiancée of 2017 Bachelor Matty Johnson revealed on her Life Uncut podcast: ‘I strongly feel now, after juggling the last year of my life, that you can have it all – but you can’t have it all at the same time.’
‘You can have it all, but you can’t have it all at the same time’: The Bachelor’s Laura Byrne, who is pregnant with her second child, has dispelled the societal expectation that women can ‘have it all’ in their personal and professional lives
‘There has to be something that gives,’ she added. ‘And for me, work has been something that I’ve really struggled with over the last year.’
The reality star explained that despite running her Sydney jewellery store, ToniMay, and recording a regular podcast, she has prioritised her daughter for the past year.
As a result, her relationship with Matty has sometimes suffered.
‘There has to be something that gives’: Laura juggles motherhood with family life, balancing a jewellery business and popular podcast with raising her one-year-old daughter, Marlie-Mae
Her number one: The reality star explained that despite running her Sydney jewellery store, ToniMay, and recording a regular podcast, she has prioritised her daughter for the past year
‘And sometimes I feel like my relationship is the thing that takes the back-burner from time to time because Matt use to be my absolute number one priority,’ she said.
Laura recalled that prior to starting a family, she and her fiancé would spend ‘every single second of free time together’.
‘Now there’s Matt, there’s work, there’s Marlie, there’s physically being pregnant,’ she added.
‘Sometimes I feel like my relationship is the thing that takes the back-burner’: As a result, her relationship with ex-Bachelor Matty Johnson (left) has sometimes suffered
Tricky situation: Laura explained that women often pressure themselves to do everything in order to be seen as ‘successful’, and noted that it can result in feeling ‘burnt out’
Laura explained that women often pressure themselves to do everything in order to be seen as ‘successful’, and noted that it can result in feeling ‘burnt out’.
‘I just think that you don’t end up having it all, you end up doing it all,’ she observed.
‘And that’s not a place you want to necessarily be in either because you’re going to get f**king burnt out.’
‘Halfway to number two’: Laura’s honest reflection comes after she and Matty revealed last month they were expecting their second child together
Laura’s honest reflection comes after she and Matty revealed last month they were expecting their second child together.
The couple met and fell in love on The Bachelor in 2017, and got engaged while on holiday in Fiji in April last year.
They welcomed their daughter, Marlie-Mae, in June 2019.
Their story: The couple met and fell in love on The Bachelor in 2017, and got engaged while on holiday in Fiji in April last year. They welcomed their daughter, Marlie-Mae, in June 2019