The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.

Becoming a parent erased many of my negative childhood feelings and filled them in with something new.

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

Your body is not who you are. I don't think women should label themselves based on the way they look. What about defining yourself by a different kind of measurement? What about your heart, your soul, your compassion, your generosity, your strength and your power? There are so many other things to focus on besides your waistline.

Sixty-five percent of Americans don't have the conversation with their children. So you're sending off boys and girls off to college, off to high school, off to wherever they go, and nobody's had the conversation about how to conduct themselves. About a man telling his son how to be a man. How to respect a woman. How do you respect yourself?

I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom.

Our early dating life consisted of trying to figure out whether we were dating.