Quotes from Kris Carr

I was asleep at the wheel before cancer shook me awake.

Whether you're reaching for one of your favorite cookbooks or just winging it, do your best to keep a well-stocked arsenal of healthy ingredients at your disposal. At the very least, you'll always be ready to whip up a green juice or smoothie.

When you bite off only what you can chew, you're going to disappoint people. Guess what? Not your problem. You're not doing anything wrong.

Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience.

If it has a shelf life longer than you, don't eat it.

You can't please everyone. When you're too focused on living up to other people's standards, you aren't spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it's all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems!

Processed foods cause inflammation, a source of most chronic illnesses as well as stress.

Are the people in your life inspiring you or tiring you?

'Cancer' is such a frightening word.

I knew when I was diagnosed with cancer the only thing I could control was what I ate, what I drank and what I would think.

If I let a blue mood run rampant, before I know it I'm obsessing about the color of the satin lining in my coffin - will it match my dress? That's when I feel like Alice in Cancerland falling down the rabbit hole and just have to stop.

We're so conditioned to believe that milk does a body good and that we need enormous amounts of protein or we'll wither away. Look around, we're not withering - we're fat.

The only time you can change someone is when they are in diapers.

Every time I see a cardinal, I know my grandmother is with me. This regal, red bird was Grandma's favorite.

I was not going to kick back and wait for the unknown. I was going to dive in and become a full-time healing junkie.

Sleep is the best time to repair, but it's hard to get a good night's rest when we don't dial the inner chatter down.

There's no need to wait for the bad things and bullshit to be over. Change now. Love now. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live, because they won't.

Honestly, self-care is not fluffy - it's something we should take seriously.

Change is a pesky notion. For many folks, the biggest challenge in changing their eating habits isn't money, time, or education; it's reframing their connection between food and love.

I kind of blossomed backwards. I got cancer, fell in love and have a magical life. I never imagined it would happen that way, but you just go with the flow, right?

Direct your mind where you want it to travel instead of always going for the ride.

I love to breathe. Oxygen is sexy!

Love is healing. Love is comforting. Love is holy. Food can be all those things, too.

I am so frickin' cool and delicious and pretty and witty and sharp! I love every inch of me! Who wouldn't?