Shriver Media and Sounds True Present:
Hosted by Maria Shriver Journalist, author, and advocate
A Free, Five-Day Online Event
February 13–17, 2023
Shriver Media and Sounds True Present:
Hosted by Maria Shriver
Journalist, author, and advocate
Hosted by
Maria Shriver
Journalist, author,
and advocate
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Monday, February 13
Session 1
How to Create More Connection in 2023
Today, many people report feeling lonelier than ever. External forces like the COVID-19 pandemic, technology, and social media are pulling us away from each other with a strength that didn’t exist before. Fortunately, science reveals simple changes we can make starting today to increase our connection to others for a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life.
Laurie Santos, PhD
Professor at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast
Robert Waldinger, MD
Professor at Harvard Medical School and coauthor of The Good Life
Session 2
Human Skills for Enriching Your Relationships at Work
While many people are longing for more connection in their personal lives, visionary thinker Simon Sinek tells us that many are also longing for more fulfillment and meaning from the workplace. In this session, we dive into the human skills that Simon recommends bringing to the table to enrich our relationships with our colleagues and create a more fulfilling work environment.
Simon Sinek
Unshakable optimist and bestselling author of Start with WHY and other books
Tuesday, February 14
Session 1
It Starts with Y-O-U
Many of us would like to experience more love, kindness, and compassion from others. The secret? Start giving these things to ourselves. In this session, we discuss proven ways to heal and nourish the most important relationship we’ll ever have—the one with ourself—so that we can bring even more of our best to all of our relationships.
Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD
Professor, couples therapist, author, and host of the Reimagining Love podcast
Yung Pueblo
New York Times bestselling author of Lighter and other books
Session 2
Understanding Your Love and Apology Languages
As children, we learn how to operate in relationships by watching our parents or primary caregivers. How did they express affection? How did they deal with conflict? How did they apologize when things went wrong? In this session, we explore how these patterns of behavior show up for us now as adults, and how to use this information to strengthen our relationships at home and work.
Gary Chapman, PhD
Bestselling author of The 5 Love Languages™ book series, speaker, and counselor
Session 3
Cultivating Self-Love from an LGBTQIA+ Perspective
In this session, Justin Michael Williams discusses the journey to self-love for those in the LGBTQIA+ community. He shares his personal story of becoming an overachiever to protect himself from the shame and judgment of others, and how he finally learned to shine warm, healing light on the darkest parts of himself to achieve radical self-love and expression.
Justin Michael Williams
Author, transformational speaker, and Grammy®-nominated recording artist
Wednesday, February 15
Session 1
It's Not Just About Sex: Fostering Intimacy with Friends, Family and Co-workers
Research shows that platonic friendships are essential for lasting happiness. So, what’s the best way to meet new people to expand our social circle, especially with so many people attached to their phones or working from home these days? In this session, we dive into how to connect with others, make new friends, and be a great friend at any point in one’s life.
Marisa G. Franco, PhD
Professor, speaker, and bestselling author of Platonic
Lori Gottlieb, MFT
Bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Session 2
How to Resolve Conflict and Establish Healthy Boundaries
As Terry Real says, when it comes to relationship ruptures, it’s not the rip, it’s the repair. In this session, we discuss the secrets to healthy boundaries and how to “fight right,” so that when conflict arises at home or at work, you’re able to resolve issues and create a deeper connection with the other person.
Terry Real
Therapist, bestselling author, and founder of the Relational Life Institute
Thursday, February 16
Session 1
The Scientific Formula for Lasting Love
What’s the secret to making love last? For the past 40 years, Drs. John and Julie Gottman, the cofounders of the Gottman Institute, have researched relationships. In this session, they share some of the characteristics that separate the love “masters” from the “disasters,” distilled into actionable insights we can implement starting today.
John Gottman, PhD
Cofounder of The Gottman Institute and Affective Software Inc.
Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD
Cofounder of The Gottman Institute and Affective Software Inc.
Session 2
Happily Ever After 2.0: New Ways of Coupling
Cultural norms teach us from a very young age that we should find “the One,” get married, and live happily ever after. But if this is truly the recipe for happiness, why is divorce at an all-time high? In this session, therapists and life partners Vanessa Bennett and John Kim help us explore why more and more people are shaking off old institutions, societal myths, and cultural pressures to redefine what a loving, happy partnership looks like for them.
Vanessa Bennett, LMFT
Bestselling coauthor of It's Not Me, It's You
John Kim, LMFT
Bestselling coauthor of It's Not Me, It's You
Friday, February 17
Session 1
Healing from Relationship Heartbreak
Heartbreak can be caused by many things, like the end of a romantic relationship, the death of a loved one or a pet, and even the loss of a job. And there’s a reason heartbreak feels so rotten—science tells us it can manifest in the body in a variety of ways that can have serious implications for our health. But, if we allow it to, heartbreak can also help us become more resilient, open, and loving as we continue to move through life.
Florence Williams
Science journalist and author
Justin Garcia, PhD
Executive director of the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University
Session 2
Healing from the Death of a Loved One
People experience grief differently both emotionally and physically. The path is a nonlinear one, and Ashley Judd knows this all too well. The recent, sudden loss of her beloved mother devastated her and has made her somewhat of an expert on this issue. In this session, Judd candidly shares her own healing journey in the hopes of helping others move through their grief in order to move forward in life.
Ashley Judd
Feminist, social justice humanitarian, writer, and actor
Closing Reading
As an inspiring send-off, join Yung Pueblo—whose writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves—for a reading from his new book, Lighter.
Yung Pueblo
New York Times bestselling author of Lighter and other books
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