I keep wondering how to explain the experience of child abuse from the inside. I'm going to try to explain what my world was like when I was sexually abused. The thing you have to remember is that this was the thinking of a child.

I'm nutty for nutrition. I've become one of those people who can't stop talking about the connection between food and health. Now that I know how much changing what you eat can transform your life, I can't stop proselytizing.

I made the connection between food and weight, but feeling good or bad was a separate issue.

I thought being vegan was going to be some really horrible way of life that had no flavor.

There's no operation where you can have your anger cut out. But if you work on yourself, as you get better, you'll be more capable of seeing others as flawed human beings. That makes it easier to forgive.

I, quite frankly, am grateful for every day. I don't take anything for granted.

I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything.