I have always been with men who were type A, alpha males. I must exist because I'm with him, I'd think. But what made them what they were also often meant they were lacking empathy genes. And now I know I don't need an alpha male; I need somebody who's interesting. I'm not pretending that I'm 100 percent healed, so I might not know if a man is right for me right away, but it wouldn't take me seven years to figure it out. Maybe a month or two.

I don't want my wrinkles taken away - I don't want to look like everyone else.

Perfection is a toxic desire. We are not supposed to be perfect. The challenge is not to be perfect, it's to be whole.

A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother.

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.

The news is not gender-neutral, but it's usually reported as though it's gender-neutral.

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.