Huffington Magazine Issue 46 | Page 35

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: VINCENT DEWITT-POOL/GETTY IMAGES; VICTORIA WILL/INVISION/AP; DONNA SVENNEVIK/DISNEY-ABC VIA GETTY IMAGES; JOHN SHEARER/INVISION FOR DAVID LYNCH FOUNDATION/AP Voices QUOTED “If I’m ever feeling tense or stressed or like I’m about to have a meltdown, I’ll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.” —Michelle Obama HUFFINGTON 04.28.13 “If I have something that I’m dealing with that’s causing me a lot of stress, my mind goes to architecture. I walk around the yard and start thinking about what I need to do to the house structurally.” — Brad Pitt to Parade in 2009 to Marie Claire in 2008 “The things in life that used to almost kill you, stress you, depress you, make you sad, make you afraid — they have less and less power. It’s like you’re building up a flak jacket of protection.” —David Lynch told The New York Times about his Transcendental Meditation practice “Stress is something that’s created in the mind, basically. It’s how we look at things. Our greatest defense against stress is the ability to change our minds; to change our thinking.” — Goldie Hawn told Katie Couric on a recent episode of her talk show, Katie