Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.

Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.

Mariska Hargitay

You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.

You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.

Just having someone make you laugh so hard that it hurts is so healing to me.

Just having someone make you laugh so hard that it hurts is so healing to me.

You survived the abuse, you’re going to survive the recovery.

You survived the abuse, you’re going to survive the recovery.

Being sexy is just one part of being a woman and an actress. But if the part calls for sexy...

Being sexy is just one part of being a woman and an actress. But if the part calls for sexy...

We're all connected. Helping another woman is helping yourself, your mother, your sister, your children.

We're all connected. Helping another woman is helping yourself, your mother, your sister, your children.

In life you have two choices. You can laugh or you can cry. You have to laugh, you have to.

In life you have two choices. You can laugh or you can cry. You have to laugh, you have to.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

To me, the definition of sexy - at any age - is strength and confidence.

To me, the definition of sexy - at any age - is strength and confidence.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

If I can play a little part in the world's healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.

If I can play a little part in the world's healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

The first step of letting go: To remove what obstructs your experience of wholeness and peace, you must first look at the obstruction.

The first step of letting go: To remove what obstructs your experience of wholeness and peace, you must first look at the obstruction.

We are all saying the same thing in different words.

We are all saying the same thing in different words.

Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.

Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.

There were seventy-five people in the lobby and only a seven-year-old girl was finding out what it felt like to sit on the Marble Floor

There were seventy-five people in the lobby and only a seven-year-old girl was finding out what it felt like to sit on the Marble Floor

But it's morning. Within my hands is another day. Another day to listen and love and walk and glory. I am here for another day.

But it's morning. Within my hands is another day. Another day to listen and love and walk and glory. I am here for another day.

No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves

No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves