[1] Gottlieb, born in Manhattan Beach, California, attended Chadwick School, and graduated with a BS from Colorado State University Pueblo and with an MA Ed from Pepperdine University.
Currently, she resides in Los Angeles with her husband, a television executive, her daughter, and son.
[2] She started blogging for Celsias.com in 2007,[3][4] GreenOptions.com,[5] National Lampoon and anonymously on Pissed Off Housewife, a blog that focused on daily life as a mother in Los Angeles, but coincided with the death of her best friend from AIDS.
The eponymously named site discusses daily life that relates to motherhood.
[13] As a frequent commentator on CNN and HLN Gottlieb was on The Daily Show after Dr Keith Ablow declared he was not a pedophile.