I grew up on antibiotics. Every ailment – sore throats, earaches, flus – warranted a trip to the doctor and in most cases some kind of prescription.
We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.
Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.
But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there is one universal element: the union of consciousness and movement, breath and awareness.
There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child’s universe.
In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more medications, hopeful dependence on the next prescription and ultimately a much longer drawn-out illness.
Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can’t abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.
My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!
I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on me – how could I discriminate between a cow and a fish?
Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life.
I’m proud that today, at 43 years old, I’ve come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.
I did some great work with my Calvin Klein ads on the motorcycle. It was really groundbreaking because people hadn’t seen a woman actually riding a motorcycle before.
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