Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.

We all have our ways of handling fear and managing trying; jumping in or climbing down, a direct approach or a delay, joyful or miserable, a spirit of adventure, or God help me, get this thing over with.

It's not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities.

Every year, I appreciate life more because of the deeper understanding of what it took to get this far.

I left in Liverpool a lot of friends. I have a very good relationship with all of them.

Me and my friends, we wear jeans and no make-up. And people still love us.

So I really did stop and change what I saw I was about, and really try to put that principle into play as the center of everything - my friendships, my marriage, my career, my family, my way of being in the world. And that changed everything for me.

The English press, are so nosy, and the English seem to love that eavesdropping.