9 Ways These Super-Successful Women Are Giving Themselves A Break

This panel discussion, moderated by Jessica Mendoza—one of the only women in the sport of baseball—touched on a spectrum of hot topics including body image, professionalism, self-care, self-acceptance, bullying, and the importance of women supporting other women. Here are some golden nuggets from the day:

"Whether it's on live TV or going into a meeting, you are there for a reason. You are there because you deserve to be in that moment at that time, and at that time the doubt has to go. You need to somehow force it into your brain 'I am badass, and I deserve to be here.'" —Gigi Hadid

"There is also so much stigma for women around mental health and around taking care of ourselves and around basically the ideal that we've created of the 24-hour woman. The woman who can get up, do her job, be the kind of present girlfriend you're talking about, be a parent, look good doing it. And the fact is that it's too much pressure for anybody. It's too much pressure when you are also dealing with the basics and the challenges of life, and we are all going to have a moment in our lives where we crash and we need help." —Lena Dunham

"I've meditated since I was 9. That was one of the great gifts my parents gave me. It's really lucky my mom got me into Transcendental Meditation when I was 9 because I was such an anxious child, so that's a place where I can always go that's just where you are whole...you return to the place where you are whole and you are perfect and there is nothing but your perfect beautiful limitless consciousness." —Lena Dunham

"It's kind of wild that each and every one of us is the only person in the world that is us...we are all 100 percent unique and there is no one else in the world like us and there's no one else in the world like you, so we are really different. And that's the coolest thing about existing on this planet." —Ruby Rose

Talking about how she has never taken a sick day, Gigi said it's because she struggles with "the guilt of not wanting to take care of yourself because you feel like you don't want it to reflect on your professionalism." —Gigi Hadid

"Women are so strong, but I think strength—and this is something that she (my mom) is always reminding me of—is that the most important part of strength is being gentle. It's so important to be gentle with yourself and with other people." —Zoe Kravitz

"People will remember you more for the kind of person you are rather than what place you were on the podium. And I think that's something that really helped me, and when I realized that, I ended up doing better in my competitions because I put so much less pressure on myself." —Aly Raisman

"The irony is that all the things that everybody teased me about are what have gotten me so far in my career today...and it's important to be honest and do things like this and talk about how we are not perfect and how we have insecurities and are just like everybody else." —Ruby Rose

"I got really tired of being unhappy, and I think it really gets in the way of my art. You know when you are self-doubting so much it really gets in the way. And not that I am constantly feeling confident, but I had to find a way to sort of clear that energy away from me—for the most part or as often as I can—because it really gets in the way of being creative." —Zoe Kravitz