So my mom really taught me to be fearless and I love her! She's just so much fun! She is completely the reason why I am a personality and a success to myself today.

Like, in Asian culture, you have to be down with the family. You have to be down with all the crazy traditional or non-traditional things we do.

She's there for life, but even though it's hard to date with my mom around, I'm so thankful for it because the person who can't take Mama Mai is not the person to take me.

Feeling good about your body and feeling sexy comes from within, not from a number on the scale.

On my show 'The Real,' we often encourage women to fight against body-shaming and own the skin that they're in.

I was a cardio bunny and spent hours in the gym a day working up a sweat.

People say money changes people. So does ego and so does social media. And so does the press. I think that all of that mixed in between - you really gotta keep yourself grounded.

I embrace both my Vietnamese and American sides, 100 percent.

There are several different traits that make up a person's identity. For me, being Vietnamese American is the entirety of who I am.

Embracing my origin has made me the confident and grateful person I am.

There's a difference between a job and purpose. If I did my job without purpose, I wouldn't have the intention to put things out there that should be heard. But I have a purpose.

You hear all the time that money can change people. Well, divorce can really change people.

I was married to someone who had more money than me, but because I was the stronger earner and we lived in California - a shocking thing slapped me in the face when we divorced and I had to end up paying him my earnings.

My family would try and trick us and I would come to a party and she would be there. When I tell you the 'Love & Hip Hop' scene is nothing compared to what was happening with me and mom... throwing things at each other, the cursing, the words.

Jobs give people a sense of independence, security and self-confidence.

For those of us that wake up every day and go to our jobs, we know our worth because we know the value we add to the world.

We all have experiences and memories from miniature golf. I had my first kiss at hole nine at Golfland.

I think when you get to that point in your life where you're the first to laugh at yourself, you're at the best place of your life.

I used to be a not-healthy 130 lb. girl, all in my stomach, all in my arms so I lost the weight and I stayed there then I became a control freak about the way I was eating and it just became the norm.

My goal is to develop curves on my body.

I know one of the blessings of being a mother is getting hips and I'm not going to have that because I chose not to have kids, so I believe God is going to give me some hips if I work for it.

Some people are really, really attracted to looks first, or money, or things like that.

I'm a sapiosexual, you know.

I like talking about it, I like talking about world change. I like talking about things that you want to do in your community.

There's a tiny vial of turmeric I like to add to my tea and my facial cleanser. It revitalizes and detoxifies - it does everything.

I definitely watch reality shows where I'm not learning something better in the end.

My favorite thing about beauty and fashion in all seasons is that it's a way to reinvent ourselves.

While many of us use beauty products every single day, we fail to recognize how much waste this can actually create if the empty bottles aren't recycled.

My favorite memory was tubing with Mama Mai. We had never done it before, and we told the guy driving to go as fast as the boat could take us.

I really love, honestly, just being with your best girlfriends.

In L.A. there's diet trends, there's the new nip and tuck people are doing, the new person who is in town you never saw before.

My Aunt Linh had to reimagine her life after she was diagnosed with RMS, especially when she was faced with certain challenges related to her fashion and beauty routines.

Now that I think about it, my 40th birthday was the most anxiety I've ever had, and my wedding was also the second time I've had that much anxiety. So I'm starting to realize that I can't be throwing these big bash parties because I need to own that I get anxiety with a lot of people diverting their attention to me.

Spring is all about looser garments.

I was low-key abusing myself. The idea of being skinny became something that was most appealing to me. Even if you watch 'The Real,' from season 1 to season 4, I was always 100 lbs. I started to really work hard to stay petite and to not gain weight and to stay sample size.

Anything that's shiny, you can mix together. I love rhinestones with sequins, or baubles with fun gold metallics.

Most women don't think to wear bold lip colors, which is just all the more reason to dig out those lipliners and lip colors and put them on.

No matter how expensive an item is or how good it looks, if it doesn't fit you properly, it's not going to deliver the same image that it should.

Your story, background, the music you listen to, the emotions you feel, your lifestyle, goals - all of this is your personal style.

I think we as women go too far with bags that are super-weighted and I have found that when you give yourself that room to stuff things in you will do it.

I was the person who had a 10 lb baby on my arm called my purse, and now that I have a crossover bag it's stupid. I realize I need my wallet, my phone and my lip gloss - that's it.

I recently learned that Lake Como is one of the most romantic places two people could go. That beautiful great lake is a majestic reminder that love is unconditional when you flow and nourish one another, constantly and unconditionally, like water.

I'm Asian. Anything Boba please.

I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.

You focus on the things that you can control, and that's what I'm doing.

Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually took that to heart.

And we should be a welcoming nation. Our identity is not based on race or ethnicity, it's based on a set of shared values. That's American citizenship.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

I was blessed to have a mother and father that recognized the value of education.

Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.