Once you take care of yourself, you become the example, and then everybody around you can change. Mariel Hemingway More Quotes by Mariel Hemingway More Quotes From Mariel Hemingway I really felt that I had to stay level, I had to control, I had to know what I was eating, I had to know what I was doing, I had to work out. All that stuff is very powerful and it really helps, but now I don't do it out of survival. At first, I was just trying to survive. I assumed at some point I'd be screwed otherwise. Mariel Hemingway work-outsurvivalpowerful Even with mental health as well as physical health, it's about taking responsibility and knowing that you're part of the solution always. Mariel Hemingway mental-healthknowingresponsibility Maybe in any art you have to be wholly you in the context of whatever you're doing. Mariel Hemingway art Well, I was passionately curious about what my body was doing, and when I got the lessons on how to meditate, it seemed really solid to me. It seemed real. Mariel Hemingway lessonsbodyreal We're taught to take care of people we love, but sometimes you can't. Mariel Hemingway taughtcarepeople The experience of getting my Kriya, which is the meditation process that I do, was very powerful for me - though, as I explain in the book, I was really suspect of that kind of thing. Mariel Hemingway powerfulmeditationbook There's nothing beautiful about somebody killing themselves. Mariel Hemingway killingbeautiful I don't have to go to church. The church is within me and the experience is my own. It's my life experience. Mariel Hemingway life-experiencemy-ownchurch You can turn just about any simple act into a practice of mindfulness, and it will nurture and nourish you; it will start your day off in a positive way. Mariel Hemingway simplemindfulnesspractice I think talent, especially in acting, is being wholly yourself within the context of yourself. Mariel Hemingway talentactingthinking For me, first, it's finding quiet in my life - and I do that through yoga and meditation. It's also been a matter of changing the way I eat, because I think what we eat can inform who we are; food is a chemical and a drug to a certain extent. Mariel Hemingway fdayogathinking Cancer came back into my life twice in order for me to understand something, and I guess I still wasn't getting it. And my husband wasn't getting it, either. Mariel Hemingway cancerhusbandorder The other thing is surrounding yourself with people that care for you. These are simple things, but they're powerful, and they've completely transformed who I am and how I perceive myself. Mariel Hemingway who-i-ampowerfulsimple I felt I had to share Idaho with my friend from New York because he'd shared New York with me, so I was going to share the beauty of nature with a man who went to museums and clubs late at night. But there was nothing to do where I lived at night. Mariel Hemingway new-yorkmennight What they were giving me seemed incredibly real to me, so I'd react to it in a very real way. That was frightening for me, especially because of the subject. Mariel Hemingway scaryrealgiving I enjoyed doing Lipstick, but it scared me. I was very nervous. I couldn't wait for it to be over. It was very real, and I was just a kid. Mariel Hemingway realwaitingkids I was taken by the romanticism of being thought of as an adult and living in a world that was completely new to me. I fell in love with acting then. Mariel Hemingway adultsactingtaken What I wasn't prepared for were the feelings of anxiety that it stirred in me. I wasn't prepared for the initial feeling of I don't want to have to do that again. I was scared. Mariel Hemingway anxietywantfeelings I think it’s the misperception of addiction and living life on the edge, as if it’s cool. Mariel Hemingway live-lifeaddictionthinking If you're an addict, if you drink and you're putting a depressant into your body, it's going to cause serious problems. Mariel Hemingway causesseriousbody
