Tori Spelling on Her Marriage: Dean McDermott and I Are 'Moving Forward'

New year, new Tori.

After a year of making heartbreaking headlines, Tori Spelling is learning the importance of a little “me time” – not only to better herself, but also to better her marriage of eight years with Dean McDermott.

“I’m trying to learn. That’s something I m working on. That will be my New Year’s resolution,” Spelling told reporters Saturday at the 4th Annual Santa’s Secret Workshop benefiting L.A. Family Housing. “It’s just something I need to make a priority for all of our happiness.”

This year has been difficult for the parents of four: Spelling, 41, and McDermott, 48, have shared their marriage struggles on Lifetime’s docu-series, True Tori, after the actor admitted to cheating on his wife.

“It’s been a big eye-opener that we definitely needed to look within and work on ourselves and our relationship, obviously,” Spelling said. “We are doing a lot of hard work. It’s important to us and each other as a couple and family. We’re doing therapy, and we’re doing a lot of work together and moving forward.”

With all the stress, Spelling endured a couple health scares. She was hospitalized in April due to migraines and then again in October for severe bronchitis and possible pneumonia.

Spelling said she’s now feeling “a lot better.”

“With four little ones, everyone is always sick, and being Mom, I never take time for myself until … I end up in the hospital like I did,” she explained. “That was a wake-up call to know that when Mom is down, the ship goes down. So I have to basically make sure that I take time for myself every now and then to make sure I’m healthy so I can be there for them.”

While McDermott engaged in a pretend snow fight with the kids (Liam, 7½, Stella, 6½, Hattie, 3, and Finn, 2) at the star-studded event in West Hollywood, Spelling admitted that she gets by with a little help from her fans.

“Daily on the street, I meet women that give me a hug and say, ‘I’ve been through this.’ Someone the other day was like, ‘My husband and I went through this, and 22 years later we’re stronger than ever,’ and I just started crying and gave her a hug and was like, ‘Thank you, that was really inspirational. You made my day,’ ” she said. “So it gives me hope.”