I first had a version of this at a Japanese monastery during a silent retreat-don't ask, it's a long story.

To be a woman in your forties, I think it's a fantastic decade.

I cannot function if there is a physical mess around me. If everything is falling apart, I go on a cleaning frenzy.

They love a brown rice stir-fry, but they also love their 'Coke of the week'...My daughter gravitates toward fresh fruit and raw nuts but will inhale a bag of hot Cheetos at the airport. It's all about balance.

When I had kids I sort of went into a hole for a few years and I think when I came out of that, I started to really become myself and know what works on me.

If you read something bad about yourself and it stings you, I've learned that somewhere that's a judgment I'm holding about myself, so I'll try to work through that.

I started boxing one day a week to experience aggression, which has been really interesting.