Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression.

I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don't think that way. I still don't have a 'bliss' to follow. For people like me - I suspect that's most people - holding out for a 'dream' or a 'passion' is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That's hard enough... but it's enough.

I can cook; but not well. I figure I have six years until my children discover what their friends' mothers make for dinner.

Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

The courage to try something new makes me proud.