Alexandra Stoddard

You can't be a resource for others unless you nourish yourself.

My mantra is: Let there be happiness in my soul, and let me share it with the world.

I get all dressed up in fuchsia, looking like a clown, and show pretty pictures to people.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.