Yoga is vital because it keeps me in full awareness and connection with my breath.

Love is accepting your truest, most authentic expression of self, and allowing yourself to do the same with others.

If necessary, I cry. I pray. I rest. I'm fortunate to have quite a few strong, independent, loving, and unbiased women in my life that I can talk things through with.

I keep a gratitude log, which helps to remind me of all the blessings I experience daily.

Be gentle with everyone you meet; we all have experienced pain, hurt, anger, and rejection. Be kind to everyone's spirit; you have no idea what healing your light can afford.

Forgiveness isn't simply an option or a good idea; it is mandatory for our restorative process.

I love to paint. It's more of a hobby, but people love the paintings so much that I end up selling whatever I paint.

Raising awareness about the Deaf culture is a huge cause that I advocate. Because both of my parents are deaf, I am passionate about it in an entirely different way.

I have a spiritual practice which helps to keep me grounded and centered.

There's something scary, knowing that in Florida, someone can pick you up in a car and drive you to 50 states. Back home, it's like, 'Girl, you're 15 minutes away.'

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

The truth is, our parents are but part of the equation that forms us―because the only thing more powerful than fate is free will.

And I know I need to invite him over for dinner, because there's no question. This is serious.

He didn't know what books meant to her, that books were symbols of truth and meaning.

People who really have Ki don't feel it because everything happens naturally within them.

I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure.

Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.

Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity.