I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of

the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.

Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right

now.

Whether she's tweeting, writing a bestselling book or speaking to sold out crowds around

the world, media mogul, Ariana Huffington has always had a way with words. Born in 1950,

Ariana grew up in Athens in a humble, one-bedroom apartment. From the time she can remember, Ariana

says she felt drawn to the spiritual. She started praying as a toddler. By the time she was

13, she learned meditation from her mother. These practices would be the foundation of a life-long

spiritual journey.

In 1980, Ariana moved to New York and over the next three decades made a name for herself

as a bestselling author and a sought-after political commentator. In 2003, she ran for

governor of California as an independent. She ended up dropping out of that race, but it

was during her campaign that Ariana first tapped into the potential and power of the

digital world. It sparked an idea to create a progressive news blog, and thus launched

in 2005, The Huffington Post. While Ariana became a fixture on political talk shows in 24-7

news channels, her life was 24-7 as well. And it was that struggle, trying to balance

the competing demands of career, family, and personal well-being that served as the inspiration

for her latest book, Drive.

So good to see you. And you know why? Because finally, someone has said out loud what so many

of us have been thinking. We are killing ourselves. We are running ourselves into the ground.

We are in pursuit of wealth and power and fame in a way that we've never experienced

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