Ricki Lake on Healing After Tragedy, Pursuing Meaningful Projects & Finding Love Again

It's been 2 years since tragedy struck Ricki Lake's life, but the pop culture icon has chosen to focus her efforts into healing and independent filmmaking. Ricki opens up on the anniversary of her husband's death, and talks to Maria about the heartbreak and the positive transformation that's followed. Ricki has channeled her drive for social change into passion projects that are altering the way society views birth, breastfeeding, childhood obesity, birth control and now medical cannabis. Weed The People is the newest documentary by Ricki and her creative partner, Abby Epstein, where they attempt to answer the question: "if weed is truly saving lives, why doesn't the government want people to access it?" Ricki and Maria talk all about the healing potential of medical marijuana, the laws that prohibit it and the entire filmmaking process of this inquisitive and powerful project. Purchase the film here: https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1313244&u=1981807&m=67934&urllink=&afftrack= --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support