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Confident, courageous, funny, and ridiculously talented – at 57, Amanda Keller has scaled the ladder to become one of the country’s most successful women in media. In between co-hosting WSFM’s top-rating breakfast show, and long-running TV program The Living Room on Ten, she’s also built a strong marriage (one that’s just shy of its 30-year anniversary) and conquered fertility struggles to raise two happy boys.

Suffice to say, this is one busy lady. So how does she find internal equilibrium amidst all of these commitments? Turns out, it’s pretty simple. She’s learned to say ‘no’.

“I’ve realised the value in terms of mental wellbeing of just being in my own home on the weekend with nothing to do,” the blonde beauty tells Good Health & Wellbeing. “No one coming over, no plans, no social events to get to… it’s just bliss.”

‘I’ve realised the value in terms of mental wellbeing of just being in

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