You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.

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.

I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.

My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.

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

My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model.