Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs And Maria—who writes in her book about her “trips to various therapists, healers, shamans, and psychics” as well as a brief stay in a convent on her road to healing—has similarly expressed how she wanted to be able to move forward, including by rebuilding a friendship with Arnold.”I think Arnold and I have a great relationship now, and I think there will always be a love there,” the 69-year-old said on the March 25 episode of The Oprah Podcast. “As you said, I met him when I was 21 years old. He’s the father of my children. We’re grandparents together. I don’t want to have hate, I don’t want to have anger in my body towards another person. I don’t want that in my life at all.”And she doesn’t want that for her children either.“I didn’t want my kids to have separate birthday parties,” Maria added. “I didn’t want them to stress about when they were going to get married, stress about when they would have a child. I didn’t want what happened between their dad and me to ruin their lives. It already causes a rupture in their life, right? But I wanted to model for them a new way forward. I hope they don’t get divorced because I believe in marriage, but I want them to know that you can do it well. It takes time.”Through time, she’s been able to find forgiveness—both for her husband and for how hard she was on herself. As Maria—who’s talked about how poetry also helped in her healing process—wrote in an excerpt of her book shared on Oprah Winfrey’s podcast, “If I forgive me / I can forgive him / I can forgive her / And so it is / All is forgiven / We are all free to go.”To learn more about the Schwarzenegger-Shriver family, keep reading.
