I make the necessary "corrections" if I find myself leaning too far in one direction.

Nine times out of ten it's a minor shift in your focus and your attitude that makes the difference.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest as a young girl, whenever I felt emotionally overwhelmed, I would take a walk in the woods. Being in the stillness and grandeur of trees had always calmed me.

I make the necessary "corrections" if I find myself leaning too far in one direction.

I am giving myself permission to love - ALL of it.

I saw that all aspects of my life had been pulling me out of balance because I hadn't perceived them as part of a "whole," or the totality that was "me."

My grandmother was the daughter of pioneers, as was my grandfather, and they were farmers. And they worked the land, and there is a grounded value system that becomes inherent in knowing what's real and what's powerful. And understanding the material nature of not only man, but beasts and profit and all of those things that you fight for.