Alana Stewart

Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're ...
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For anyone going through a divorce or any other painful challenge, the first and most important ...
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I've elected to age gracefully.

I don't worry about gaining weight. I'm fortunate in that I've never had to worry about ...
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One of the commitments I made to myself when I decided to write a book was ...
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All the violence in videos and movies, you can't tell me that that wouldn't influence a disturbed person.

A Texas girl who grew up in terrible poverty, I ended up leading a pretty glamorous life.

A lot of people would think I have led this easy kind of charmed life, or maybe even a fairytale in some ways. But it has been anything but that.

Being friends with anyone for 30 years is no easy task - people change, they drift apart, they move on.

Bitterness and resentment only hurt one person, and it's not the person we're resenting - it's us.

Divorce is never easy, but it's even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you.

For anyone going through a divorce or any other painful challenge, the first and most important recommendation I can make is to find some kind of spiritual and emotional support.

I don't mind being single. In fact, I like it.

I don't worry about gaining weight. I'm fortunate in that I've never had to worry about that. Some people eat when they are stressed. I don't eat enough.

I don't regret either of my marriages - not for a minute.

I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all.

I resisted writing a book for a long time because I didn't want to invade anyone else's privacy or hurt anyone or anger anyone.

I have a strong belief that there is a god or a higher power. I think that if you have a strong belief in that, then you won't feel alone in life and you will feel you can get through anything.

I sleep with my gun on my bedside table. I live alone, it is my protection and makes me feel safer.

I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.

It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions.

I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.

In my life, there have been people that I was convinced would be around forever, and yet, somehow they managed to drift away after a couple of years. Likewise there have been people who have begun as casual acquaintances but become more important with each passing year.

No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.

I've elected to age gracefully.

One of the commitments I made to myself when I decided to write a book was to be brutally honest, particularly about myself.

One hopes, of course, that a relationship grows and becomes a deep and wonderful marriage and friendship that lasts forever. But that's not always the case.

Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person.

Somewhere deep inside me was the will and determination not only to live, but to be a more present mother for my kids, instead of one who was emotionally unavailable because she was in so much pain, as my own mother was.

Young people don't really study the facts, they watch the skewed MSNBC and get a primarily liberal education.

Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.