I've suffered from pretty dark depressing times, and it's probably - not probably - it is the reason why I chose to lead a healthy lifestyle. Mariel Hemingway More Quotes by Mariel Hemingway More Quotes From Mariel Hemingway Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important. Mariel Hemingway important time thinking In old interviews I was still worried about being judged. I think my life was about how can I keep myself in control. How can I just get through this and be okay? And, you know, you turn the corner. You realize that you're not imprisoned by your life or your circumstances or your genetics or anything. I really believe that we all have the ability to come out of our story. But you have to tell your story first in order to come out of it. Mariel Hemingway realizing believe thinking Having been through a tremendous amount of emotional pain, to process it properly, to be able to have it make sense and then move it through your body, your mind, your spirit, and be done with it, you really have to address it head-on. Being able to really have the courage enough to truly face it, to truly look at it, to truly feel it. Mariel Hemingway emotional pain moving Everybody needs a way out of that pain. Many people choose drugs and alcohol. Some people obsessively exercise or develop strange dietary habits, which is what I did. At least it got me toward a path of healthier living. Mariel Hemingway pain exercise people You have to have a little faith in people. Mariel Hemingway have-a-little-faith littles people I think that things like curses or whatever - those labels - come from belief systems, universal belief systems. So when you get a global consciousness of something, then that becomes a quote-unquote "truth" for everybody. You know, "This is what happens in the Kennedy family." "This is what happens with the Hemingways." And the more people believe in it, the more it kind of resuscitates the problem; it keeps bringing life to this idea that a curse exists that you can never get out from under. Mariel Hemingway believe people thinking If you don't step across the threshold of what you already know into the world of challenges, you never truly measure yourself. Mariel Hemingway challenges steps world People can sense you lying on the camera, they can smell it. They know when you're not telling the truth. Then it does become reality-show bullshit. Mariel Hemingway bullshit lying people A lot of exercise is mindless; you can have music or the radio on and not be aware. But if you're aware in anything you do - and it doesn't have to be yoga - it changes you. Being present changes you. Mariel Hemingway yoga exercise success Each second is a second you can make a new choice, a better choice, a healthy choice, a present choice. Mariel Hemingway healthy-choices healthy choices There's no doctor in a white coat that's going to save you, or a system or a pill - it's always going to be you and the choices that you make. Mariel Hemingway doctors choices white I do a lot of work with mental health and wellness, which I also believe has a lot to do with your lifestyle as well - what you're eating, how you're living, what you're thinking. How you live your life can affect your mental state. Mariel Hemingway live-your-life believe thinking There are so many things that we love. Whatever it is, there's a lot of really important things that affect how we live our lives, the simplicity of our life, so we love organizations that help make the planet cleaner and healthier, a place where you can be more connected. Mariel Hemingway simplicity important organization I think that growth and spiritual awareness come in slow increments. Sometimes you don't know it's happening. Mariel Hemingway growth spiritual thinking I use nothing but homeopathic remedies, for my girls as well. Mariel Hemingway homeopathy girl use I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened. Mariel Hemingway hawaii done book Living a simpler life has turned out to be one of the keys to being more awake and healthy. Mariel Hemingway awake healthy keys The 'Hemingway curse' was such a huge, awful thing for me to have to deal with. . . . The reality is, because there are genetic tendencies toward mental illness, you need to be aware of them. Mariel Hemingway awful reality needs I say to people, keep it simple. If you want to change your food, change your breakfast. Mariel Hemingway simple people breakfast We live in a society that is afraid of ways of being it doesn't understand. Mariel Hemingway way
