I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.

It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you

Not like I need an excuse to enjoy a Moscow mule, but this tray and six-mug set, handmade in Mexico with hammered recycled copper, makes cocktail hour extra special.

The choices we've made throughout our lives affect whatever happens to us in any given moment.

I have incredible stamina- the what-do-I-got-that-they-ain't-got kind of stamina.

If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.

I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.