Simon Sinek describes a cold email that led him to meet Maria Shriver's son Patrick. Maria reflects on how divorce changed her approach to mothering and creating space where both parents can show love.
We met kind of by accident, right? You reached out to me out of the blue and said, my son Patrick is a young entrepreneur. If you're ever in la, would you like to meet him? And I said, of course. And I came to LA and I met Patrick and he and I had a lovely time. When I got back to New York, you sent me a lovely email saying thank you. And I wrote back and saying, if who Patrick is is any statement about what kind of mother you are, you must be an amazing human being because he's an amazing kid.
I'm doing a whole different kind of mothering today than I did when I had toddlers or teenagers or college age children. Right now I'm in a different place and space, I'm creating a different container than I did when my kids were growing up. How, if I'm divorced, how do I create a container where both of my kids parents can coexist, can exhibit love, can exhibit friendship, can make everybody feel at peace?
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