A lot of mums are torn between their work and missing out on important milestones in their children's lives.

Yeah, I love shopping and clothes but I don't live to shop.

I'm careful about what I eat, but I do allow myself cheat days.

I usually switch off my phone. I can't bear it; obviously I'm not a very social person like that.

Being in your 30s is about discovering yourself and your body and enjoying who you are.

My mum, who comes from Goa, wanted us to develop our minds when we were kids, so she used to turn the electricity off at weekends so we couldn't sit watching the telly.

Sometimes I'll put on a Zig Ziglar tape: he's a motivational speaker who is really funny and really American. I know I should do the things he says, but I'm too cynical.

I always try to be healthy - brown rice, brown pasta.

I have no medical knowledge whatsoever so playing a surgeon on 'Holby' has been a real eye opener!

I'm not one of those people who escapes to the countryside at weekends.

Time management is really important.

I've been taught always be nice to the lighting people - they're the people you make friends with straight away so that's what I do.

My family and I go every year to Lake Tahoe for Fourth of July. It is honestly my favorite place in the world to spend time with my family.

I can always forgive and forget if I care about someone.

For me, I will defend what's right - not who I am speaking with at the time or who I think will back me.

I know when my parents passed away, I wanted all the support I could get.

I do believe in bad energy and not wanting to be around negativity.

Shabbat dinner is something that we do once a month.

On the first season of 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,' I was constantly uncomfortable with my eyes. It became annoying filming the show and having to turn away every few seconds and put drops in my eye.

I always seem to love the shows with cops. I really want to play a cop - I want a badge and a gun. I'd love to do a guest spot on 'Breaking Bad' or 'Castle.' I think 'Once Upon a Time' is a great time. Fun stuff. I like to have fun with characters.

Reality television - it's your life, and you can't walk away from it. You're being exposed, and the audience is weighing in on your lives and your relationships with your friends and family.

I love acting. It's what I've done all my life, and to me, it's a lot easier than doing reality television because you get into a character, you remember your lines, and you go home and leave it all behind at the end of the day.

My life is like one little Calgon 'take me away' moment.

You always have to stand up for yourself.