United Kingdom, May 17 -- Mel B needs "brain breaks" where she takes time out on her own.

The Spice Girls singer - who has Phoenix, 26, Angel, 18, and Madison, 13, from previous relationships - is very content living on her farm in Yorkshire, North England, but knows it is important to look after her mental health by giving herself space to "breathe and feel", whether that is going on a solo holiday or simply retreating to a remote part of her estate where her kids and fiance Rory McPhee can't get hold of her easily.

She told Us Weekly magazine: "I make sure I have my brain breaks where I go to Thailand by myself. I go up to my farm without my phone so my kids or fiance can't contact me unless they come all the way up to [a different] f...