Louise Redknapp lost a "massive chunk of confidence" when she stopped performing.
The 50-year-old pop star - who was previously married to footballer Jamie Redknapp and has sons Charley, 20, 15-year-old Beau with him - shot to fame as part of Eternal in the 1990s, and took time out of the spotlight in the years that followed but felt a sense of "frustration" when others seemed unable to recognise what it all "really means" to her.