"I think every woman who has a child struggles with that balance."
2fm's Louise McSharry has admitted that, like all mums, she sometimes finds it hard to take time to be a person outside of being a mum.
Louise, who hosts an evening music show on the RTÉ radio station, said that she is putting off expanding her career until her son, one-year-old Sam, is older.
"There are lots of things I’d like to do, I’d love to do talk radio at some stage, I’d like to write another book," she told
The Irish Independent.
"I’m pretty fairly occupied by Sam and my show, but when Sam goes to school and things settle down I can think about other things."
Guilt plays a role, she continued, but she believes mums have to do their own thing.
“It’s hard. And I think every woman who has a child struggles with that balance, whether they’re working or a stay-at-home mum; if you’re a stay-at-home mum the challenge can be finding time for yourself and grabbing back time to… be a human being.”
“You can feel guilty.
"Today I left the house at 8.30 and I won’t be home until 10.30 tonight so I will miss Sam but at the same time I love my work.
"You have to keep yourself in a balanced head space.”
She emphasised that she's "lucky" that she gets to spend time with her son during the days.
