3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski 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.
3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski My salary situation at ‘Morning Joe’ wasn’t right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I’d made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.
3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.
3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski I am not afraid to say my relationship with my man is important, even vital, to who I am as a person.
3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski I am up at 3:30, reading the op-ed pages and getting ready to be on the air by 6 A.M. on the set of ‘Morning Joe,’ and after three hours of TV and two hours on the radio, it is only 12 noon.
3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski I was fired at the pinnacle of my career, on my 39th birthday. And in the year that followed, I learned that there are many psychological phases of being ‘let go.’
3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski 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.
3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski On ‘Morning Joe’ I can say what I think, be my sometimes unorthodox self, have fun, yet be serious as well.
3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski I have mugs of hot water every morning because the studio is cold, and also because it makes my throat sound clearer.
3 December 2020 Mika Brzezinski I suffered from a mild case of postpartum depression after my second child and the physical challenge of maintaining an overnight shift at CBS, a marriage, and two in diapers made the symptoms worse and everyone in the house paid the price.
