Top 30 Carre Otis Quotes

But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I’ve come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.

I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight.

I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women’s equality and liberation.

Just because you’re a different size doesn’t mean you’re sitting on the couch eating bonbons all day long watching TV.

While women across the globe have many differences – language, culture, environment – our similarities are undeniable, and the impact of abuse and oppression affects us all.

I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever.

But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there is one universal element: the union of consciousness and movement, breath and awareness.

My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.

My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable – I stepped out as a plus-sized model.

You have to find a balance with food in your life – you can’t take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one’s life and body seems to ail too many young people.

I bicycle 12,000-foot mountain passes, run, cross train, skate-ski, hike and mountain bike.

I was born in 1968, just eighteen months after my sister Chrisse and just one year after Dad passed the bar exam.

The pressure was if I didn’t get into that dress size someone else would – someone else would get the job.

I grew up on antibiotics. Every ailment – sore throats, earaches, flus – warranted a trip to the doctor and in most cases some kind of prescription.

I did some great work with my Calvin Klein ads on the motorcycle. It was really groundbreaking because people hadn’t seen a woman actually riding a motorcycle before.

My own path towards wellness has been a long and dynamic one. It’s taught me that healing from the inside out takes time and there can be great value in various sources of guidance.

Life is full of change and uncertainty. We know this. We experience it on a daily basis.

Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.

I’ve learned to surround myself with women who lift me up and leave me feeling nurtured rather than drained.

It not unusual for women with anorexia to suffer heart attacks.

When you become a parent, it’s not all about you anymore.

My days are jam-packed with carpools, classroom assistance, tending to chickens, dogs and seven acres of olive trees!

I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn’t have family to fall back on if I didn’t work. I didn’t have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.

Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.

Many women who have anorexia put their hearts in a compromised situation.

I am a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate.

I didn’t know what to do with calories.

I think that we can’t deny the public’s want for balancing out the images that are out there depicting women. Not all of us are 17 and a size two.

I’ve found that balance is key. I’m no longer an extremist in any one direction.