Learn to let your intuition-gut instinct-tell you when the food, the relationship, the job isn't good for you (and conversely, when what you're doing is just right).

Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block yourself from living the life you were called to live. I promise you that if you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart. The people who truly love you want you to love yourself.

I know for sure that's what we're here to do: Keep the joy thing going for all seasons.

The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.

When I learn something, when I know something, when I find something. I always want to share it. Because life is better when you share it.

Committing to a lifetime of wellness is not a luxury-it's a necessity. You'll never have enough time; you have to make the time.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.