I think so many people give us ideas of what we are. I think as women especially, because we're sensitive by nature, we're more vulnerable, we absorb other people's ideas about what we're supposed to think or who we're supposed to be and how we're supposed to act.

I use omega-3 oil. I love light oil on my skin. It's one of my favorite feelings in the world.

Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me.

I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter.

On daughter Apple's accent: She says Mummy instead of Mommy, I don't mind that. I will if she starts saying basil and pasta the English way, as that really drives me nuts.

My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me.

One evening when I had my wood-burning stove going I realized I hadn't thought of dessert.