Christy Turlington Quotes

You can be a successful woman and also be vulnerable, and that's important to show people.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

I always say a tremendous amount of healing is in your own hands.

Support systems and support groups are so important because that's what makes you stronger.

I know how hard it is to live your life with your wounds exposed to heal other people

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

What people don't realize is that everybody needs support, one way or another.

I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves.

I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.

If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.

It's cool to express myself, but I've had to learn that doing interviews isn't completely therapy - spilling everything about yourself isn't healthy all the time. But I've been through things that have made me a stronger person, and if I can help some people, I will.

You can't be a victim and heal.

I love telling stories that allow people to be less afraid to tell theirs.

If it has something of substance and a platform that makes sense, I can share my story. You can get a little more into my life, and I can mesh my singing with things I love to do and writing for others and telling my story in hopes of helping someone. I'm all for it.

Self-compassion is how we recover.

A wounded healer, I think, is a lot more powerful than a healer that has not been wounded. In 'Weaker Girl,' I was coming from a wounded healer's perspective.

You've got to express yourself in life, and it's better out than in. What you reveal, you heal.

I've been very honest with the press, even when I had work done on my face. A lot of people would cover that up. I want to be a voice for young women. I want to empower them. I've been through a lot, and I want to send them a relatable message.

I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.

Encouragement to all women is - let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let's see if we can't prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.

The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.

I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it's a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let's own who we are and use it as a strength.

There's a lot of pressure on young women. We need more honest women who are willing to talk about their struggles.

Speaking my truth. I think that's the number one thing, man. That's my 2018 mantra. Speak your truth, because you hold all that in, it's going to destroy you.