As we rise to meet the challenges that are a natural part of living, we awaken to our many undiscovered gifts, to our inner power and our purpose.
When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.
My Dad taught me that good health is all about living in gratitude.
I'm an L.A. girl who became a tough New York cop.
I was lucky enough to have a father who said, 'Don't quit.' So I just kept going.
I'm a size 8, and I feel proud of that, because it's healthy. I've never felt compelled to be a skinny actress.
I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.
If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.
I look at all the things life has allowed me to do, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.
A guy at ABC told me to change my name and get a nose job. I said 'You get a nose job.'
There's so much that you can get mad about. Out of self-preservation, I focus on being grateful.
Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.
By coming forward and sharing your story, you don't know the countless lives you change.
I realize that you have to show up for your life.
I think God runs the show. Completely. Life proves it every day: He runs the show.
Humor is about perspective, and hanging out with people who see life through a similar lens is so important.
Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.
When I read the script sometimes, it's like 'Christ! Enough!' I can't sleep at night sometimes. There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.