Both Anneka's parents cut themselves off from their families leaving a void in Anneka's knowledge and understanding of what it means to have a family. So from the women in Hong Kong's Bottom's Up club to the Challenge Anneka team, Anneka describes a life spent in creating family around her.
Have you ever been hypnotised in the same room as Philip Schofield, with your best friend in the corner watching and pretending to be a secret agent? Guess who has? Anneka on therapies of all sorts and why we want to try them.
Anneka's Dad is still on the mantelpiece and her mum is under the ironing board. Anneka already knows what she wants to happen to her when she dies - and it's not your average plan. She discusses death, bereavement and funerals.
It's a disease that affects so many of us and caring for two parents with Alzheimer's has left Anneka with bittersweet memories of time spent in the parallel universes they inhabited.