Ladan Zhavevhvand: From 56 years of addiction and homelessness to becoming an actress

Break your problems up into small steps to make them less overwhelming. While it can be appealing to hide from your problems and pretend that they don't exist, it's much better to face them head on if you can. Dealing with your problems, whether it is having a hard conversation or changing a problematic behavior, will serve you much better in the long run than making you problems bigger by ignoring them.