“Review your options carefully before you make any big decisions,” says Davenport. “What kind of break do you need and why? It is a good opportunity to consider where you are now and where you want to be.

Taking a career break will allow you to grow and gain new skills along the way. We often become wiser and braver when we travel.

We can fear taking a break because we feel we might get left behind or won’t get a job when we return. However what we can gain is a better insight into who we are and what we want to become.

A celebrity will be more financially stable, which takes that pressure off, but taking time to recharge, take stock of life and make plans for the future is always a good idea whatever career you are in.

Anyone can find themselves in the wrong career all too easily and an adult gap year offers the perfect opportunity to review a career and think carefully about what works / suits and what doesn’t. It’s easier to consider what you are good at, and what you enjoy, when you have some distance from work.

Career breaks can add more perspective and creativity to someone’s working life. One of our best assets in the workplace is self-awareness of strengths, weaknesses and emotions, and this develops with life experience.”

Meet the famous women taking career breaks: and why you should do it too