I have always tried to reflect on the past, but not to dwell on it. That has not always been easy. 2016 ended as a year that stirred deep emotions for many of us, and, in some cases, a feeling of powerlessness (a feeling, definitely not a fact). I don’t know about you, but it seems t...
The cold winds of change are upon us and so is cold-and-flu season. Have you ever noticed that when the seasons change, we start wishing we could change, too? While springtime and summer inspire creativity, fun and reinvention, fall and winter guide us to look inward as the days get sh...
The other day, I was sitting at lunch with my kids as they started to discuss the Texas shooting and started to wonder why the news had moved on from this story so quickly. My son said, “Wow, that Texas story was wild. Why aren’t more people talking about that? Isn’t it weird that ...
First responders have been in the news a lot lately: brave men and women who rush to those who need them in mass shootings, weather catastrophes, and war zones. Their courage is worthy of our support. But recently I’ve been wondering, who gets to be called a first responder, and why only t...
Years ago my daughter Sydney, like many teenagers, had her share of struggles with self-esteem. Compounding this struggle was the fact she had lost her hearing at an early age. It often made it difficult for her to communicate and served as fodder for the kind of teasing such challenges inci...
As I approach my birthday and a new year of life, I’ve been thinking about how blessed I am. I'm blessed to live in this country. Blessed to have my family and my friends. Blessed to be in conversation with a loving non-judgmental god. Blessed to have work that interests me. Blessed to ...
Best-selling author Dan Buettner has been leading National Geographic expeditions around the globe for 15 years. In 2000, Buettner and his team stumbled upon what he termed a mystery in Okinawa, Japan–their population had the longest, disability-free life expectancy in the world. Believin...
Maria Shriver, The Women's Alzheimer's Movement, and Lifetime Television hosted the first annual A Women's Health Summit: It Starts With the Brain on November 1, 2017, in New York City. Read the press release and watch video from the full summit here.
