From Maria Shriver’s groundbreaking multi-platform The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From The Brink in partnership with Center For American Progress comes an emotional film in partnership with HBO Documentary Films that will ignite a conversation in the nation about the story of our time, told through the life of one woman, Katrina Gilbert, whose daily struggles illuminate the challenges faced by 42 million women and the 28 million children who depend on them. PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE & TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT offers a deeply personal, unvarnished and moving story of Katrina Gilbert, a single mom of three, struggling to get ahead but constantly getting knocked back by a system that almost seems designed to see her fail. The documentary premieres Monday, March 17th at 9pm on HBO.  → Read More

Like most people, I have experienced my share of life transitions, some more jarring than others. One in particular stands out as the catalyst to which my idea to write Prince Not So Charming® came about. For many of us, we grow up believing one day we will find our prince and live happily ever after—but then dreams turn into reality, and we end up making rather unwise choices. In my case, despite my education and professional achievements, I did exactly that.  → Read More

Today in America, 42 million women and 28 million children who depend on them live in poverty or on its brink. When families live paycheck to paycheck, it takes a human and economic toll on all of us. Join The Shriver Report and the Center for American Progress and learn more about the vital and timely policy issues facing families teetering on the brink.  → Read More

Take Action Tuesday is a new weekly feature that highlights ways you can take action for a cause. With the help of our friends at MomsRising, each week we compile information you need to know – and what you can do to make a difference.  → Read More

My advice to any woman pursuing medicine now, is this: You will survive medical school, residency and fellowship but expect financial and physical limitations. Invest in your education but do not commit to paying for things based on your future potential earnings. Spend a lot of time reading about medicine for your patients, but spend enough time reading about finance for yourself.  → Read More

“Today’s parents are stretched out like never before. Dads are Stretch Armstrong — tugged in multiple directions at work and at home, and still somehow expected to keep that big smile and buff physique! Moms are no less stretched out. They’re Elastigirl!” CNN Reporter Josh Levs wrote on his blog. “It’s time for our country to follow suit — to stretch out its understandings of men and women and the policies that affect their lives. In a country that prides itself on family values, we can do a better job of valuing families — moms, children, and us dads as well. You can’t have family values without valuing fathers.”  → Read More

The key to leading a joy-filled life comes from finding inner peace. So says His Holiness the Dalai Lama. I had the chance to speak with His Holiness and introduce him to a large gathering at The Forum this past week here in Los Angeles.  → Read More

As a kid, I remember seeing the Virginia Slims commercials targeting women with the slogan, “You’ve come a long way, baby,” on the television of our home in rural Georgia. It was 1968, a time when cigarettes could still be pitched on TV and the women’s movement was in full swing on the way to passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972. Forty years ago, only 1 in 3 American workers was a woman; today, it’s 1 in 2. In many ways, American women have come a long way. If only this were true in the rest of the world.  → Read More