We just fight our way through it. But you can't just get up and walk out without repeating the behavior over and over.

Motherhood is given the brush-off in our society. 'Oh, I'm just a mom,' you hear women say. 'Just' a mom? Please! Being a mom is everything. It's mentorship, it's inspirational, it's our hope for the future.

Change is never easy.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

I find that I'm not as worried anymore about what other people think. That's a comfortable place to be. And I'm starting to let go of the feeling that I need to push myself to do things I don't want to do - an impulse that has always been linked to the feeling that I'm not enough.

I've grown used to being lonely over the years, so I don't seek to change it. But aren't there many people who are lonely?

I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.