Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.

Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.

I can't be a wife. I'm not that sort of person. Wives have to compromise all the time.

I feel very lucky for that gift that I was given but it´s been quite tough to deal with sometimes too. When you are blessed with something like this and it brings emotions to people - to keep up to the magical standard that everybody wants it to be and the perfection - can be hard.

You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.

As I'm sure you may know, I'm planning to become a spaceflight participant and have been recently approved to begin my spaceflight training by the Russian space federation having passed the necessary medical and physical tests.

A journey into space is the greatest adventure I can imagine.