She comes off as a heartless woman of steel to some, but Kelly Cutrone is actually a small town girl with a wealth of brutal knowledge laced with Zenful undertones. [Random Fact: She started out in the suburbs of Syracuse and got her degree in nursing!] For young women looking to “succeed” at their passions Kelly uses her notoriously candid voice to discuss topics like drugs, sex, business, religion and spirituality, relationships, societal expectations, motherhood and all the things that your momma’ never told you. Let’s be honest, becoming a woman is tough! Thankfully, Kelly willfully takes on the role of surrogate momma wolf and shines a light on the dodgy subjects that keep our minds awake at night.
Indulge in a couple hours of empowerment and humor, I recommend it.
My favorite quotes:
… choose to have a journey, instead of just a life.
The planet is here for our delight, but it is also here for us to change, to make it the best it can be. It’s not just about sleeping and fucking and getting the right dress. Lets hope not.
Eric was tall and skinny and Jewish and wore a mohawk and safety pins all over his clothes—which trust me, was super-hot at the time. He was so irreverently and swashbucklingly pirate-handsome that I couldn’t believe my good luck.
…finding your tribe, like following your dreams, isn’t always about what makes sense, it’s about what you soul needs. As much as we’re looking for what turns us on, we’re looking for people who do the same, whether creatively, emotionally, spiritually, or intellectually.
We have a saying in NY, when you’re the most happening person at the party, it’s time to leave.
…if you want to be extra-ordinary–you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you’re not extraordinary. Instead, you will prob become as ordinary as they expect you to be.
Being direct, funny, social and cute—the traits that had often helped me get by—were simply not enough when I was running the show.
If you don’t let what you don’t know stop you from doing your best in every situation, you will surprise yourself over and over in life, as I have.
I also learned that you can’t fake hard work, and that when you believe in something and truly go after it with all you have, amazing things will happen.
Because you can never be too good for the things that first made you successful.
When did spiritual become equated with nice?
Celebrate and cultivate the health, strength, beauty and ease of your physcial body. Be happy in your body. (Steps in Starting Your Own Religion – #12)
Astrologers believe that we don’t become adults until our first Saturn returns, which happens between ages 27 and 30.
