Cheryl Strayed: Brave Enough

Oprah's Super Soul

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The New York Times best-selling author Cheryl Strayed talks to Oprah about her book "Brave Enough," a collection of her own quotes, which Cheryl describes as a "mini instruction manual for the soul." Cheryl also says the book urges readers toward their own "incredible capacity for love, compassion and forgiveness." Cheryl's best-selling memoir, "Wild," which recounted her spiritual journey hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, was an Oprah's Book Club selection and was adapted into the critically acclaimed film starring Reese Witherspoon.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.5	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.1	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.1	now.
0:24.9	Pearl Straits, Best Selling Book Wild, Captivated Millions of Readers, and Inspired an Oscar-nominated
0:31.7	film.
0:32.7	Cheryl's memoir details her harrowing 1100 mile track on the Pacific Crest Trail. Her quest
0:40.0	to reclaim her shattered life after her mother's death resonated deeply with readers.
0:46.4	Four months after Wild was published, Cheryl released another bestseller called Tiny Beautiful
0:52.2	Things.
0:53.2	It's a compilation of the popular online advice columns she wrote under the pin name Sugar.
0:59.6	Cheryl's willingness to reveal her own struggles in order to help her readers won her a passionate
1:05.4	and devoted following.
1:07.6	Cheryl's powerful, deeply personal quotes are some of the most shared, tweeted, and
1:12.6	meamed on social media.
1:15.2	Cheryl calls quotes, many instruction manuals for the soul. They are the heart of her latest
1:20.7	bestseller, Brave Enough.
1:23.2	It was four years ago we were right here.
1:26.5	And I remember saying to you, you're going to have enough money to not...
1:31.2	Because you're like, oh, I just want to have my own office.
1:33.8	You don't need to know.
1:34.8	You don't need to know how far I was when I sat with you.
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