Quotes from Christina Anstead

Being a busy woman and busy mom, we can tend to neglect ourselves and push our thoughts to the back of our brains to deal with later. By taking care of yourself, you become mentally and physically healthier and show up happier for those around you.

I don't know if it's just me getting older, but things that used to bother me, or that I used to take personally, or maybe since going through a public divorce. I just like, really, it takes a lot to bother me nowadays.

I eat healthy salads and nut butters.

The day Tarek and I officially started dating, which was October 9, 2006, we moved in together.

90 percent of the time I follow my usual healthy eating routine, but if it's a date night or girls' night out I'll go for that slice of pretzel bread or dirty martini and not torture myself over it.

When I'm stressed, food is the last thing on my mind.

I want to show my children the importance of donating our time and energy to help those in need.

In terms of what I eat in a day, for breakfast, I love overnight oats, and I'm also a huge smoothie person.

I eat five small meals a day that usually consist of overnight oats for breakfast, a green juice for a snack, salad with a protein for lunch, granola bar as a snack and then a healthy dinner of chicken or salmon and veggies, tacos or vegan chili.

I don't eat fast food, I don't eat fried food, and I eat tons of fruits and vegetables.

After working on redesigning so many homes and using whatever furniture I could find, I am so excited to be designing my own collection of home furnishings that are stylish at a great price.

Ant is like a big kid and life feels so much more positive with him in it. He really helps ground me.

It's fun to see the house-hunting process, and what gets you a house on the water versus inland.

Things definitely get easier with time... I think that's true in most aspects of life.

My style has evolved a lot.

I'm an executive producer.

I'm really all about lighting, so basically every room in my house has a chandelier, at least all the main ones.

My kids love little things like board games.