Book · 2025 · Poetry
I Am Maria
My Reflections and Poems on Heartbreak, Healing, and Finding Your Way Home
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I'm hoping that this book can help people look at their own lives and their own journeys with more compassion.
Maria Shriver · The Rich Roll Podcast · Mar 2025 Listen at 49:19 What they say about it
- Themes of betrayal and independence“you talk about betrayal in the book”2
- Fear and exposure of publication“I'm terrified with this book”2
The best things said about it
It's a very different kind of book than I think I was expecting and probably others will be expecting from you.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Mar 2025 You talk about in the book this idea of independence like masking a loneliness.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Mar 2025 And you talk about betrayal in the book and this idea of of reframing betrayal not you know through the lens of like what somebody did to me.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Mar 2025 I'm terrified with this book I'm terrified well you're very exposed yeah but like what that's why it's so powerful because you're like I this is me.
Maria Shriver The Rich Roll Podcast · Mar 2025 I'm afraid of this book of putting it out into the world. I'm afraid of saying I felt shame, I'm afraid of saying I was confused.
Maria Shriver The Rich Roll Podcast · Mar 2025 Why people recommend it
I Am Maria by Maria Shriver is a reflective work in poetry format drawn from the author's own life experiences, focusing on self-compassion, healing, and personal growth. On The Rich Roll Podcast, Rich Roll introduced the forthcoming book, noting that it was a poetry book rather than a conventional memoir. Maria Shriver explained to Roll that she felt too young for a memoir and hoped the book would inspire readers to look at their own lives and past choices with greater compassion. Shriver also discussed themes of independence masking loneliness, reframing betrayal to include ways one has betrayed oneself, and viewing difficult events as opportunities for growth. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn Kelly brought up the book during a discussion reviewing Shriver's persona and recent career developments. Shriver reflected on her surprise at releasing a poetry book from the front lines of her life, and Roll explored the book's emphasis on listening to intuition and embracing life's evolving challenges.
Every mention
Maria Shriver so I'm hoping that this book can help people look at their own lives and their own Journeys with more compa… 5
“thank you so much for taking the time to read it and for seeing that I didn't want to do a memoir as I say in the book I feel like I'm too young for a memoir”
“so I'm hoping that this book can help people look at their own lives and their own Journeys with more compassion that they can allow things to come up”
“yeah I mean I I feel in a funny way look at if somebody told me five years ago that I'd be releasing a book about poetry from the front lines of my life”
“I'm terrified with this book I'm terrified well you're very exposed yeah but like what that's why it's so powerful because you're like I this is me”
“I'm afraid of This Book of putting it out into the world I'm afraid of saying I felt shame I'm afraid of saying I was confused”
Rich Roll I am Maria that's coming out it's a very different kind of book than I think I was expecting and probably o… 5
“I am Maria that's coming out it's a very different kind of book than I think I was expecting and probably others will be expecting from you”
“well you talk about in the book this idea of of Independence like masking a loneliness so in other words you know whether it's going into journalism or moving to California”
“and you talk about betrayal in the book and this idea of of reframing betrayal not you know through the lens of like what somebody did to me”
“and you talk in the book about like like you know all of these things happen you know for us as opportunities to like grow and evolve”
“there's a hopefulness that tracks with the way you end the book right um and so you know as we kind of begin to wind this down like what what is it that you want people to take away from the book”
Megyn Kelly Okay, so this is the book. It's called I am Maria. Maria Shrivever. 1
“Okay, so this is the book. It's called I am Maria. Maria Shrivever.”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“You can find it on in paperback or I am Maria. I am Maria. the niece, the cousin, the this and the that that you're like, I'm real.”