"When I'm feeling down on myself or not feeling good about who I am, or maybe something happened and I'm feeling depressed, I eat to fill that void. Afterwards I'll beat myself up about it. I regret doing it, but I'll turn around and do it again."

"I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that."

"Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive."

"My parents are very competitive, so we are very competitive as kids. But it's a good kind of competition; it's not a jealousy. You always want to do your best, and if it can't be you, you want it to be your brother or your sister, you know what I mean?"

"Stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"True authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that the roots of genuine insight grow deep in the soil of quiet observation — an essential principle for the reflective life."