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

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the Grapes of Wrath, his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.

Your goal should be to take your body and make it as healthy, strong, flexible and well-proportioned as you can.

Being by myself, that is to say, without a man - it's been a long time - is allowing me to know what it feels like - to live in my own skin, to remember what I miss and don't miss about a relationship.

It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.

Everyone should know that feeling of overcoming fear and mastering something. People who aren't taught that become soggy.