My family was always active, and our thing was family walks. Not walks around the block, but more like eight-mile hikes up mountains.

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.

I always start my day with a red-eye misto - two shots, extra hot, extra foam - from Starbucks.

The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my family's relationship with each other.

I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows.

Women face enough pressures and challenges in a workplace that is still depressingly biased against a female's success. Add to that, the fact that the very thing many women I know find most rewarding (having kids) is now frowned upon.