Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us.
My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.
I think that we can't deny the public's want for balancing out the images that are out there depicting women. Not all of us are 17 and a size two.
I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.
I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.
I was in a sushi bar and it dawned on me - how could I discriminate between a cow and a fish?
I feel like it's my responsibility to honestly cover a lot of subjects in part because I have two little girls and I really want them when they grow up to have a voice.
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.
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.
My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model.
My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!
There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.
I've learned to surround myself with women who lift me up and leave me feeling nurtured rather than drained.
When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.
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.
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.
Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young women's lives for the 2 decades I spent in the modeling industry was downright sobering.
You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.
I've found that balance is key. I'm no longer an extremist in any one direction.
I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever.
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