My own path towards wellness has been a long and dynamic one. It's taught me that healing from the inside out takes time and there can be great value in various sources of guidance.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.

Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.

I grew up on antibiotics. Every ailment - sore throats, earaches, flus - warranted a trip to the doctor and in most cases some kind of prescription.

Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.

I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight.

My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves.

Many women who have anorexia put their hearts in a compromised situation.

My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!

I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on me - how could I discriminate between a cow and a fish?

Nothing is more appealing than a handsome man who is also uncertain of himself.

Emotions are not good, bad, right, or wrong. The first step to changing our relationship to feelings is to be curious about them and the messages they send to us.

Be happy for what you have not for what you should have.

Change is not always easy, but with patience and perseverance, we can find the good in change.

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

I realize that my life is not the common ordinary person.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

It’s a waste of time to be bummed on something, considering the amount of time that we have in this world.

Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.

Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.