“Growing up under such scrutiny led me to feel insecure about my looks. When I was younger, I never loved being in a swimsuit because I picked apart the way I looked in them. It took me years to separate the opinions of others from my own.”
“We’re both human beings. It’s not all peachy and rosy. We don’t work to be in love, but sometimes we don’t get along. I think you’ve got to really like the person you are with, and he has to be the one you want to hang out with more than anybody else.”
“A sense of humor is more important than anything you see in the mirror, in fact I would advocate for looking at yourself less, especially given what kids are up against with social media today.”
“My parents made me feel like anything was possible, but that it was also okay if things weren’t going well. Eventually, though it might take days, months or years, things will settle.”
“You know it’s real when you are who you think you are.”
“I moved out of L.A., went into severe depression, started seeing a therapist and had to go on antidepressants for the first time in my life, It was scary and lonely. I can’t believe I cam back from that point.”
“When the demon starts to slither my way and say bad stuff about me I turn around and say, ‘Hey. Cool it, Amy is my friend. Don’t talk about her like that.’ Sticking up for ourselves in the same way we would one of our friends is a hard but satisfying thing to do. Sometimes it works.”
“My great hope for us as young women is to start being kinder to each ourselves, so that we can be kinder to each other. To stop shaming ourselves and other people.”
“Don’t work out because you think you ‘need’ to. Do it because your body deserves love, respect and healthy attention.”
“Never dull your shine for somebody else.”