One of the reasons I was so unhappy for years was because I never embraced my emotions and I was trying to stay in control.

I don't think there's going to be a day when I don't think about food or my body, but I'm living with it, and I wish I could tell young girls to find their safe place and stay with it.

When you start to beat yourself up, remind yourself of how worthy you are of love.

It helps to even look in the mirror - and it sounds so cheesy - but if you just look in the mirror and say, 'You are beautiful,' and 'You are worthy,' those things really help you.

He's not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure you know that you're his princess.

There's an element of trust that you don't find with people nowadays.

When I was four years old, I remember looking in the mirror and running my fingers over my stomach and thinking I was fat.