You have to learn how to listen to your emotions, letting your internal compass guide you. Your emotions let you know when you are on and off track.
Life? You can't manipulate it or bend it to your will. You have no choice but to roll with it.
The adoption process was not an easy one. The paperwork took nine months. It's a full-time thing!
I was a gay kid who didn't know I was a gay kid, which was really challenging because you think there is something wrong with you until you understand what it is.
Transformation in real life is extraordinarily incremental, and that's all I'm going to say.
There's still a tremendous amount of homophobia out there in the world, but it is what it is. I am who I am, and the people in my life are who they are, and they love us, hate us, for whatever reason. It is what it is.
I had a second-degree-blue-belt test, and I broke two boards with my right foot, and the next day I walked into school, and no one ever picked on me again. I suddenly believed in myself and respected myself. I had some inkling of my power, so the bullying stopped instantly.
I was an overweight kid, and I went through a period where, oh my God, they were making cow sounds at me when I walked down the hallway and just humiliating me. Kids can be mean.
There is a huge misconception that if you do something like hot yoga, you'll burn more calories, and the opposite is true. You want to heat your body from the inside out, not the outside in.
There is really no room in any healthy diet for trans fat, artificial sweeteners, and artificial colors in food.