I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being 'let go.'

I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.

My family was always active, and our thing was family walks. Not walks around the block, but more like eight-mile hikes up mountains.

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

I am not afraid to say my relationship with my man is important, even vital, to who I am as a person.

Don't make your journey through life harder by placing rules on yourself like, 'I can't get married till I get promoted to your dream job.'

We have an almost desperate need for more women to run for office and for more women to really gut it out after they have kids and stay in their jobs and get to high positions in companies. We need women at the top more than ever. We need women's voices there because they are very different than men's voices and they bring a very valuable and necessary point of view to the table.