Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.

Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.

Well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me!

When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin.

I think it's because most of us talk one way and live another. There are a few people who truly, truly walk the talk.

I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.

Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA.