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.

Our next guest went from being flat broke to writing a memoir that sold millions and

then Reese Witherspoon was nominated for an Oscar for playing her in a movie. Now how

wild is that? I gotta say. And I still marvel when I think of Shrew Strait walking alone

through the Pacific Coast Mountains for three months. And I imagine myself doing it sometimes

when I'm walking my dogs. I'm about 200 feet from the house with the flashlight. And then

sometimes I cover the flashlight. And I pretend I'm on the Pacific Crest Trail. Then I look

around, I see the lights of the house and I realize I'm not. I don't know how she did that.

Her new best selling book is called I love this book so much. I've just bought this book

for everybody I know. I bought it for all of my girls from South Africa. I've given

it to everybody for Christmas. It's called Brave Enough. Brave Enough. And one of my favorite

quotes is on page 58 in case you have it. And this is what it says. I give this to all my

friends who are going through divorce, who are going through challenging times. But this

is my favorite quote from Cheryl. It says, you let time pass. That's the cure. You survive

the days, you float like a rabbit ghost through the weeks. You cry in your wallow and you

lament and you scratch your way back up through the months. And then one day you find yourself

alone on a bench in the sun and you close your eyes and you lean your head back and you

realize you're okay. That's Cheryl Strait from Brave Enough. Her session today is called

The Humble Journey to Greatness, Cheryl Strait.

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