Great success also brought her unexpected challenges.

In an intimate interview on the latest episode of the podcast "Begin Again with Davina McCall," Australian singer, songwriter, and actress Natalie Imbruglia spoke candidly about the ups and downs of her four-decade career, including a period of sudden financial hardship, agoraphobia after a huge hit, and a 10-year journey to motherhood.

Speaking about the period after leaving the series "Neighbours" and moving to England, Imbruglia revealed how difficult it was when she ran out of money.

"For a few years I was very famous because of 'Neighbours' and... I was just getting piles of money in envelopes. The money disappeared. One time my dad called me and said, 'Can I just ask, when are you going to get a job?' I was living in someone's basement in Chelsea... and I talked to God a lot about whether I would ever be lucky again," she recalled.

The turning point came in 1997 with the huge worldwide hit "Torn", but the huge success also brought with it strong anxiety.

"There was a lot of pressure. And then came the agoraphobia. I was terrified to go outside," said the 51-year-old singer.

Imbrulja also spoke about wrong assumptions about her private life and the fact that she was alone during the thirties. She pointed out that it was not her conscious choice.

"I didn't choose some feminist path to not be with a man. I couldn't find a boyfriend. I tried for a long time. And then, as a woman, you run out of time," she said.

Her desire to become a mother led to a five-year journey through in vitro fertilization and numerous attempts to have a child. In the end, she had a son.

"I think it was at least five years, many, many attempts," Imbruglia said, adding that despite her initial fear of speaking publicly about motherhood, the joy it brought her "far outweighed the added stress."

Imbruglia also talked about her new album, "Algorithm," which was inspired by her struggle with her habit of spending too much time on her phone late at night.

"It sounds like it's about a sexy man, but it's actually about my phone," she joked, adding that she wanted to "open a conversation about mental health" through the album.