“Three Women” Author Lisa Taddeo Reveals What Women Really Want In Their Sex Lives

Over the past eight years, journalist Lisa Taddeo has driven across the country six times to immerse herself in the lives of three ordinary women from different regions and backgrounds to research Three Women, a revealing portrait of women and desire. The book is a groundbreaking portrait o...

On Its 50th Anniversary, How Special Olympics Has Ignited A Revolution For Inclusion And Unity

In the summer of 1968–wedged between the Vietnam War, urban violence, race riots, and political assassinations–the Special Olympics movement was born in Chicago on July 20. Over fifty years later, its message and power is needed now more urgently than ever. In 1968, only about 1000 at...

Why I Left My Dream Job For Life Anew

The sun is up, morning has broken, and I have nowhere to go. Nowhere to be. My calendar is empty for the first time in decades. The B-track whirrrrr of obligations, demands, responsibilities to others, and devotion to a mission I treated as my noblest calling, is echo-y silent. I’m not s...

Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper: Deep in the Great Smoky Mountains…

Those who tell the stories rule the world. — Hopi American Indian proverb I love striking up conversations with people from all walks of life, especially those who have walked down paths I know nothing about. I try to have these conversations as often as I can, because I am always s...

Stoneman Douglas Graduate Inspires You to Get Creative About Making a Difference

Jammal Lemy is a creative director, author, filmmaker, and fashion designer who uses art to impact the world and advocate against social injustice. After losing his best friend, Joaquin Oliver, in the February 2018 Parkland shooting, Lemy turned grief into action. He became the creative ...

Geena Davis Explains How Gender Equality in Media Will Create Social Change

Over the last decade, Academy-Award® winning actress Geena Davis has become a leading advocate for gender equality in the media and entertainment industry. In 2004, she founded The Institute on Gender in Media, the first and only research-based organization working within the industry to en...

Mixed Berry Cobbler

This Week's Conversation Starter: Ask each person at your table to share some of the little-known knowledge they've learned along life's path. Recipe:  GF No-Sugar-Added Summer Berry Cobbler   Ingredients 1 cup almond flour ½ cup tapioca flour 2 tablespoons cocon...

Why We Must Foster Self Love

When you know you’re the light of the world and you use your powerful mind for the highest good, you’re well on your way to living with Self-love. What’s the love we’re talking about? Not romantic love. Not a conditional love. Not a love that’s based on getting or approving. Thi...

Why Don’t We Celebrate the Everyday Heroes?

At our town’s July 4th celebration, I overheard two 6-year-olds having a discussion as they waited for the summer sky to turn dark enough for the fireworks display. “Why are there always fireworks on July 4?” one of them asked the other. “My dad said it’s because of the b...

Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper: What a Beautiful Life

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style. — Maya Angelou My friend Clay wrote me the other day to tell me about a book he’s reading. It’s called Seven Ages of Paris, and in it, the French w...