Join Maria for an evening of reflections & poems on heartbreak, healing & finding your way home.
Please join us in celebrating Maria Shriver’s I Am Maria: My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home. A book like no other, I Am Maria blends Maria’s hard-earned wisdom with deeply personal poetry, reminding readers that strength, love, and hope await on the other side of our hardest days.
Maria will be joined in conversation with Hoda Kotb, and the evening will feature special meditation lead by Devi Brown, music and intimate discussions about life’s defining moments – the heartbreaks that shape us, the healing that transforms us and the journey back to ourselves.
Drawing from her own life experiences, I Am Maria tells the story of how Maria emerged from heartbreak and uncertainty – universal moments in every life lived fully – with renewed clarity and strength. The poems in this collection speak to timeless themes of love, loss, longing and healing, offering readers a comforting reminder that hope can be found even after the most difficult moments.
Maria’s legacy is built on social impact, deep empathy, and a profound understanding of human connection. Through her leadership, activism and media presence, she continues to inspire and uplift others. Now, with the release of I Am Maria, she offers these deeply personal poems as a guide for those navigating their own life journeys. Through her intimate reflections, Maria invites readers to shed self-criticism, embrace every part of themselves, and discover the profound healing that comes with forgiveness and self-compassion. The book encourages readers to rediscover poetry as a tool for self-exploration, paving the way to uncover a deeper version of themselves.
Maria Shriver is a mother and grandmother, a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer. She is the author of seven New York Times bestselling books, the former First Lady of California, an NBC News Special Anchor, founder of Shriver Media, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, co-founder of the brain health brand MOSH, and the publisher of The Open Field. When she’s not thinking or writing, she can be found hanging with her kids and grandkids.
Hoda Kotb has claimed her role as one of America’s foremost journalists, authors and entertainers. Most well known as the former co-anchor of NBC News’ TODAY and co-host of TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, she is also the host of the popular podcast, Making Space with Hoda Kotb. Kotb joined TODAY as a co-host of the fourth hour in 2008, alongside Kathie Lee Gifford, and recently departed following 17 successful years with the show. Kotb is the author of two adult New York Times bestselling books, including Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee. She graduated from Virginia Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism. She resides in the suburbs of New York City with her two daughters, Haley Joy and Hope Catherine.