I live a very public life, but the truest part of my day starts long before the cameras turn on. I wake up at five every morning. I like my home calm and in order, so I never leave the house with the bed unmade or things out of place. That first hour is my quiet ritual. When I have time, I run a long bath and let my thoughts settle there before the rush begins. These small habits taught me that when my space is calm, my mind walks into the day already steady.
ONE is exactly what it feels like: a family. I am free to be myself, never pushed into anything that does not feel right. I am blessed with my on-screen partner – we joke that he is my “second love”.
Then I go to my second love: my gown shop. Clients, dresses, fittings, conversation – that is my morning.
After that I head to ONE TV, where makeup takes five minutes and I am live on air. ONE feels less like a building and more like a living room I share with the viewers. The crew knows me so well that I never have to pretend; they give me the freedom to show up exactly as I am. I am especially lucky with my on-screen partner, – our chemistry is real, our teasing is real, and he loves to joke that he is my “second love”.
Working with women every day showed me how strong we are when we stand side by side instead of across from each other. I believe in fixing another woman’s crown in silence, in sharing contacts and opportunities, in speaking well of each other in rooms where we are not present. I have no interest in cold competition; I prefer a room full of women who clap when another woman wins.
I spend more time at work than at home, so my job cannot be just a place where I clock in and out. For me, the studio and the shop need to feel safe, bright and honest, a place where I can laugh, create and breathe. The energy of the workplace spills into the rest of your life, so I guard mine carefully and choose for it to feel like support, not a mask.
My home is my pride and joy. I love housework, a polished space, the smell of food on the stove. On Sundays the house turns into a small feast hall – family and friends at my table, loud lunches in summer and winter, cards, jokes, stories. I discovered that caring for my home and feeding my people recharges me more than any red carpet.
My home is my pride and joy. I love housework, a polished space, the smell of food on the stove. On Sundays the house turns into a small feast hall – family and friends at my table, loud lunches in summer and winter, cards, jokes, stories. I discovered that caring for my home and feeding my people recharges me more than any red carpet.
Family sits just a few steps from my front door. My brother lives next door and we are very close. His wife, Amida, is more like a sister and best friend, and my niece Emma is one of my biggest joys. I lost both my parents, and that loss changed me deeply. My father passed eleven years ago, my mother a year and a half ago. They were positive people who loved a house full of friends and always said that the real aim in life is to be happy.
That sentence stayed with me and shaped the energy people now see on screen. Their absence reminds me daily that nothing is guaranteed, so choosing joy in simple moments is not a luxury for me, it is a decision.
When I speak about blessings, I always arrive at Dominic, my partner of thirty-one years. We are not married and we do not live together, yet our love is strong and very present. He is a musician, a composer and CEO of National Agency for Performing Arts so his life is hectic, just like mine, but we still make time for each other every day and each outing feels special. I call him my teddy bear — romantic, caring, gentle.
For me, the secret to our relationship is simple: love, respect, giving each other space and putting the other person first. This long story taught me that real love lives in daily choices: in respect, in patience, and in letting the other person breathe and grow.
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