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

I am a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate.

I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women's equality and liberation.

Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people.

I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever.

Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.

But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.