Trying to understand the fear I had of truly opening my heart - first, you have to be whole to do that. The fears, the voices in my mind saying, "Oh, you don't want to do that, you might get hurt, they might abandon you - "those are ghost voices from my mom and dad.

I finally got it: empower girls and everything changes.

You may be old, you may be in your third act, but you can still be vital and sexual and funny. Life isn't over.

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

The challenge is not to be perfect. It’s to be whole.

Whatever kind of workout you settle on, it should include the Big Three of exercise for health and fitness-aerobics, resistance exercises, and stretching.

Go for the burn! Sweat!