No matter what you’re feeling, the only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply to love yourself for it. If you think you’re stupid, then love yourself for feeling that way. It’s a paradox, but it works. To heal, you must be the first one to shine the light of compassion on any areas within you that you feel are unacceptable.

As a physician who knows the importance of body image to our overall health, I wanted to have a way to inspire women to love their bodies no matter what size or shape they are. This is possible!!! And I know EXACTLY how to do this because I've done it myself and I've helped thousands of others to do the same thing. It's women's health at its most fundamental level!

If we lived in a culture that valued women's autonomy and in which men and women practiced cooperative birth control, the abortion issue would be moot.

My message is "Getting older is inevitable. Aging and deterioration are optional."

Celebrate every relationship you've ever had. For better or worse, your relationships are your best teachers.

The more you move toward what makes you feel good, and move away from those things which bring you distress and pain, the healthier you will be.

Be joyful and experience pleasurable lives.