Amanda de Cadenet

My daughter gave me a whole new perspective.

I've never interviewed anyone where I set out to try to persuade them to reveal something. Instead, it's about creating a space that allows someone to be authentic without judgment on my part.

People know what authentic communication feels like, so having someone else handle your social media/commenting doesn't feel honest to me.

I go to the Korean spa when the kids go to bed. It's like I turn my brain off.

If there was anyone primed to raise their kids feminist, it was me. My parents treated me no differently from my brother. I was raised to believe I was capable of doing anything I set my mind to.

By age 19, I was married to a high-profile, much older musician and was mother to a baby girl. Since then, I've been divorced, been a cheater, been cheated on, gotten happily remarried, and raised a couple of great kids.

Freedom is... not to be bound by my wounds. And to be able to eat cake every day.

I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.'

You can lose who you are so easily when you're being so many things to so many different people.

Only when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired do any of us do something different.

Persuasiveness is really just about getting your ideas across without being forceful. It's a skill that can be learned and is useful for anyone who works in a team environment.

Being present with a person and just seeing them for who they are is something that is so rarely given to us, and I try to do that with everyone I meet.