Arianna Huffington

Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left.

America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.

There is nothing like becoming a mom to fill you with fear.

I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids!

The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface.

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.