Denial can be a pathology or a survival mechanism - and sometimes it's both.

We don't need to be perfect. We're not supposed to be perfect; we're supposed to be complete. And you can't be complete if you're trying to be perfect.

The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year.

I'd like to think that I have integrity.

When I say women are the agents of change, I really should say women and girls.

I spent a good deal of time going back over my childhood, my midlife, to try to understand who I was. We're supposed to be complete and whole, and you can't be whole if you're trying to be perfect. Doing a life review helped me get over the disease to please.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.