I was in so much emotional pain as a young girl that whatever distracted me from how I felt about myself was fine by me.
I was put in White City children's home when I was 15.
I've worked very hard on my self-esteem, and I know my value.
Being present with a person and just seeing them for who they are is something that is so rarely given to us, and I try to do that with everyone I meet.
If we remove all judgment and preconceived ideas of who a person is, the truth is, we are all blessed with the same emotions and desires.
I have met people on the subway who have told me the most profound stories, and I am convinced we all have something to teach each other if we just slow down long enough to hear the message.
People know what authentic communication feels like, so having someone else handle your social media/commenting doesn't feel honest to me.
Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.
Whitney Cummings is a very dear friend of mine, and she is a huge advocate for women.
Every episode of 'The Conversation' was created to be a platform for women, to connect women, and to allow women's voices to be heard as much as possible. That's why I launched that show on a television network and online simultaneously.
I try to make things that are not elitist.
Things are only as important as you make them out to be.
I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.
I will not sell anything ever again that I do not believe in. I'm not willing to do a job for pure financial gain. I've done that, and it wasn't worth it.
Female friendships have sustained me from my earliest days as a child.
I think that the friendship that women share is so powerful. In fact, there's nothing quite like it. People talk about mother-child bonds, but I would argue that female friendship bond is also in a league unto its own.
I'm really interested in older women, to be honest, because they have lived a life that I've not yet lived. So I really want to learn from them, and I think culturally we tend to dispose of women once they get to a certain age and they don't look a certain way.
You are the most important thing in your life. Put yourself at the center of your life.
Retouching is an incredible tool but can also create unrealistic expectations for women who don't understand that an image is not how the subject really looks. Even the subjects themselves can't live up to their retouched images.
