Instead of trying to blend in and be like everyone else, be proud of and celebrate your unique differences and qualities. A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.

These problems are real, and you can't turn off real life. So I won't try. Instead, I'll give you a set of tools to help you deal with real life.

You can usually tell when a couple becomes centered on each other because they are forever breaking up and getting back together.

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.

You should see my baby pictures. My cheeks hung off my face like water balloons. You can imagine how often I was teased.

My focus has kind of been on teenagers, you know, and I think we've got a huge crisis right now in America, among our teens.

It's hard, but sometimes it is better to have no friends for a time than to have the wrong friends. The wrong group can lead you down all kinds of paths you really don't want to be on. And retracing your steps can be a long and hard journey