So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.

'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

A thankful outlook smoothes the rough edges off life.

The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn't know I would love motherhood as much as I do.

I was brought up Methodist, christened as a little baby and went to church every Sunday.

When my mother passed away I was 20.