My Easter Reflections

To me, Easter is all about rising. I’m not just talking about the way that Jesus rose from the dead, although in a way that’s my metaphor. I’m talking about the fact that today can be a moment when each of us chooses to rise in our own lives. Today is Easter Sunday. Somewhere al...

My Easter Reflections

Matthieu Ricard: ‘The World’s Happiest Man’

It is essential to wish for others’ happiness because the pursuit of selfish happiness is bound to fail. Every week in Maria’s newsletter publication The Sunday Paper, we honor individuals who are using their voices, their hearts and their minds to Move Humanity Forward. This wee...

The Power of Silence to Show Us Our True Selves, and the World

It is only by listening that we get to really know the other as well as ourselves. It is very easy to valorize silence. Who isn’t looking for eternal peace and quiet? But the fundamental challenge of it remains: Why do I want peace and quiet so desperately? What kind of silence are w...

One Woman’s Marathon Toward Healing Her PTSD

When I reflect on the past four years since that tragic day, I am reminded of immeasurable blessings mixed with unbearable pain. My story begins at a finish line. On a bright Patriot’s Day in 2013, I stood at the finish line of the Boston Marathon waiting for my husband. I was so ...

THE ALZHEIMER’S PROJECT

Executive produced by Maria Shriver alongside HBO’s Sheila Nevins, this Emmy award-winning, four-part documentary series on HBO, The Alzheimer’s Project, takes a close look at groundbreaking discoveries being made by the country’s leading scientists, as well as the effects of this debilita...

What Gets You Up in the Morning?

Purpose is a uniquely powerful source of fuel – and satisfaction. In the last several weeks, I had two radically different experiences spending extended time with leaders at two large, global companies. A long, alcohol-fueled dinner with the first group was a pure downer: dull, rote and...

An Omen From God

Time is our most precious resource, but very few of us use it as wisely as we could. We rush through our lives with our eyes on our phones, trying to get through one thing after another. We rush around trying to get somewhere that we think will make us happy. We rush around so much that in th...

An Omen From God

3 Ways to Stop Trying to Control What You Can’t Change

It’s important that we be at peace with ourselves and others before we can tap into the energy of passion that is required to move forward in life in a happy and fulfilling way. In Maria’s fourth New year’s resolution of 2017, she vowed to get out of the “ridiculous business”...