“I have what's known as a 'spirited' child. Mia has run me ragged since...” — Stephanie Land Quote

I have what's known as a 'spirited' child. Mia has run me ragged since she knew how to walk. She'd run across soccer fields as a toddler, never once looking back. I have learned how to navigate her strong nature while nurturing it as well. I raised her to think for herself. I raised her to question.

Remember The Nothing? It was a gigantic, black storm from 'The Neverending Story' that fed on fear and doubt and sadness and hate and uncertainty and didn't stop until everything was gone. That is what Trump feels like to me.

I, for the most part, subsist on very little, high-quality, dense-in-nutrition food.

As a mom raising two kids on my own, my life requires a certain kind of constant juggling that is hard to keep on track.

Instead of a woman who is starving herself to be a size 0, give me a healthy woman who is a size 8 or 10 any day.

When you're happy with yourself, you have to find another person who is happy with herself so you can share your happiness.

My daughter is going to get to grow up in a world where she never sees herself being an outcast or feeling like she doesn't fit in.

Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.

My mom is spiritual, and she always starves herself in the name of fasting. I don't like it. I always fight with her for not taking care of her health, and say that God has nothing to do with starving. But she knows how much I love her.