I do not think anyone should feel pressured into doing it but I am the sucker who will stop on the street and sign up to direct debits.
Kate ThorntonThere are times when I feel over-rewarded for what I do for a living, especially when I compare what I can earn to what my brother earns as a firefighter.
Kate ThorntonThe most lucrative work I have done is presenting primetime TV shows. I do not know what other people earn but a six-figure salary is not uncommon.
Kate ThorntonI have a fall-back fund for the quiet months. I am a single working parent and it gets lonely when things are insecure.
Kate ThorntonWe all like to think that if we were the victims of domestic abuse we'd up and leave - but it's not always as easy or straightforward as that. Women stay with abusive partners for all kinds of reasons - they love them, they fear them, they have children with them, they believe they can change them or they simply have no where else to go.
Kate Thornton