GABY Roslin’s fresh from the gym as she sits chatting in a cafe near her home. Her career spans nearly 24 years including The Big Breakfast with Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans, a 10-year stint fronting Children In Need, and co-hosting her own chat show with Terry Wogan in 2003. Her latest show Celebrity Fantasy Homes, on UKTV Home, sees Gaby accompany celebrities looking for their dream homes. They include dancer Camilla Dallerup, from BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, ex-Eastender Michelle Collins, interior designer Kelly Hoppen and singer Toyah Wilcox. Gaby describes it as “part property, part chat show, and part therapy”. “They tell me things that are intimate and surprising,” she says. The 46-year-old mother of two has faced her own challenging times. In her 30s she had to deal with her mother dying of cancer and the break-up of her marriage. To cope – she had a daughter, Libbi-Jack, now nine, to bring up – she admitted that she became a “workaholic”. Nowadays, she’s happily settled with her partner, David Osman, 46, and they have a daughter, Amelie, three. “I know who I am these day and I’m much calmer and more confident than I used to be. The combination of presenting – which is my passion – and looking after my family suits me. I’d never want to stop working.” And she says she no longer feels the need to apologise for her “naturally sunny disposition.” “People used to say to me, ‘surely, you can’t always be that happy – it must be just a front?’ But actually I honestly am the same person you see on screen. And I’m truly a great believer in optimistic, positive thinking.” A recent tragedy – the death of one of her best friends, Rachel, from a cancerous brain tumour – has reinforced the need for that positive approach. “My mum was 62 when she died, and that seemed a ridiculously young age to die, but Rachel was only 42 and that seems so wrong and unfair,” she says. “All these things underline the realisation that life is short and you have to be grateful for health and happiness and not dwell on trivia,” she says. She’s competing in an age-conscious, appearance-obsessed industry, but any temptation to indulge in Botox and fillers was dispelled by the words of her late friend. “When Rachel was going through chemotherapy she said to me, 'I have got poison in my head killing me so why would anybody want to inject poison into their face? Why does anyone want to hide the fact that they are still alive and that they've lived?’ “It really brought it home to me that I don’t want to do that. I’ve gone through a lot of laughter and a lot of tears, and that’s me. I think everyone looking exactly the same and just as though they’ve got trapped in a wind tunnel is crazy and very sad.” Instead, Gaby relies on a healthy lifestyle. Regular Pilates classes minimise her lower back pain triggered by her pregnancies. An allergy to wheat means she excludes it from her diet, she rarely eats meat, and follows the Hay Diet, so doesn't combine protein and carbohydrates in the same meal. And she says: “Happiness is about working hard at a job you love and having a wonderful family.”