Quotes from Amanda de Cadenet

I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.'

I love all Goop products, but I'll always have the Revitalizing Day Moisturizer on my desk at work or in my handbag.

You can lose who you are so easily when you're being so many things to so many different people.

I've been privileged to be able to be a part of some of my girlfriends' lives at their breaking points.

There are women who are just extraordinary, who are smart and brilliant, sensual women in their 70s and even 80s!

I was about 15 years old, and I needed a job, and somebody I know - I don't even know who it was - said that there was a television show that needed a presenter and that I should go and audition for it, so I did. That was a show called 'The Word,' and I got that job.

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.

Glenda Bailey is a woman after my own heart who believes that climbing the career ladder can be overrated, to say the least. After all, why not just go for what you want now?

As a kid, I trained to be an Olympic gymnast. My schedule was rigorous. Four hours a day, Monday through Saturday, I was at the gym. My body was like a boy's, narrow hips, flat-chested, wide shoulders. When I was 12, I badly injured my ankle and was forced to stop training immediately.

Persuasiveness takes finesse; it takes an understanding of human psychology. And intention is everything.

Learning how to have 'healthy' attachments sounds easy, but in fact, for someone like me who had damaged early relationships, it's like learning to be fluent in Chinese.

My kids see feminism in action every day, and leading by imperfect example is how I'm raising them.

I believe I was a codependent out of the womb and have been struggling to free myself from its vice-like grip for many, many years.

I'm really interested in older women, to be honest, because they have lived a life that I've not yet lived. So I really want to learn from them, and I think culturally we tend to dispose of women once they get to a certain age and they don't look a certain way.

I've always known if anything killed me, it would be boys. From the time I was a teenager into my thirties, I loved only the ones who were bad news.

Being present with a person and just seeing them for who they are is something that is so rarely given to us, and I try to do that with everyone I meet.

Sitting down with the insightful Gabourey Sidibe was a wonderful experience.

I have autoimmune disease, thyroid problems, and I've been diagnosed pre-diabetic.

While Jane Fonda has no shortage of knowledge to share, I was particularly moved and fascinated by her recovery from bulimia, which she battled with for over 25 years.

People know what authentic communication feels like, so having someone else handle your social media/commenting doesn't feel honest to me.

By age 19, I was married to a high-profile, much older musician and was mother to a baby girl. Since then, I've been divorced, been a cheater, been cheated on, gotten happily remarried, and raised a couple of great kids.

I was a workaholic, I had food issues, and I had body issues. I was in a lot of pain. My parents didn't recognise what was going on.

I had lived with abuse for many years, but the worst abuse has been at my own hands and the appalling situations I have tolerated.