meet our Contributors

We asked: What makes you feel on top of the world?

STEPHANIE CLARKSON was a Daily Mail features writer, and now writes across many women’s titles and is a children’s author. She interviewed readers for We Bounced Back! on page 84.

✢ i feel on top of the world when…

I’m enjoying a bracing walk on a windswept beach with my family.

✢ For an instant confidence boost…

I spend an hour with my best friends, or re-read an amazingly complimentary email I got sent via my agent when I signed my latest book deal – it makes all the knockbacks worthwhile.

ANDREA CHILDS is a freelance writer who lives with her husband and two children. She writes about her experience on a women-only walking holiday on page 68.

✢ i feel on top of the world when… I go for a run on the South Downs with the sun shining and the wind in my hair.

✢ For an instant confidence boost…

I put on a bright lipstick. It makes me feel bold, composed and ready to face the world.

MARINA GASK started out at Just 17 and has been editor of Sugar, Top Sante and More!. She is married with two teenage sons. Marina wrote our piece about the four friends every midlife woman needs on page 94.

✢ i feel on top of the world when… I’m walking in the woods with my dog, Chilli. ✢ For an instant confidence boost…

I spend the day with Derek, my best friend since we sat next to each other in Geography, aged 14, at our South Manchester school. He makes me believe I can do almost anything.