You can turn just about any simple act into a practice of mindfulness, and it will nurture and nourish you; it will start your day off in a positive way.

I'm not that old, and I haven't lived a life so far from the ordinary, really.

Each second is a second you can make a new choice, a better choice, a healthy choice, a present choice.

We do have the ability to shift our paradigms - by shifting our belief systems, by working on ourselves, by looking very closely at how we show up in the world. It's why I'm into health and wellness. It's why my partner and I are very focused on creating a life that is about being connected; it's about being present. Because my life was probably so much in the past. I was so fearful. I was so fearful of the future because I was so scared of my past. So if you can work towards being present, then you can shift.

Sometimes you can't see your way out. The "dark night of the soul" - it's a reality for many, many people.

When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short; there's no history to fall back on.

Lets try to come to a place of compassion about mental illness, in all its forms, and help each other find healing.