In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.

Magazines, books, novels, TV, internet, movies - all of those things is what creates our consciousness.

Aging is a staircase - the upward ascension of the human spirit, bringing us into wisdom, wholeness and authenticity. As you may know, the entire world operates on a universal law: entropy, the second law of thermodynamics. Entropy means that everything in the world, everything, is in a state of decline and decay, the arch. There's only one exception to this universal law, and that is the human spirit, which can continue to evolve upwards.

You're more powerful when talking from your soul.

"Strong" to people means "real." It means you believe that's a person who exists, as opposed to some two-dimensional depiction of women.

Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.

You think you're being broken but you're really being broken open...and that's where the healing happens, in those broken places...if you'll allow it.