Finding Your Authentic Self

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

From October 13, 1998: Public speaker, philanthropist and #1 New York Times best-selling author Sarah Ban Breathnach discusses her book Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self. She explains what she calls the three secret wounds that lead to inauthenticity: self-loathing, betrayal and marital indifference. Sarah talks about how knowing yourself is the key to joy, explains why we should keep a “discovery journal” and shares a self-love exercise.

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0:00.0	Hey podcast listeners, some of you may know that Oprah began having conversations about
0:06.3	the deeper meaning of life in the world around us even in the early days of the Oprah
0:10.2	show.
0:11.2	When you look inward, then you can begin to create another kind of power.
0:15.9	Because we know you love a super soul style discussion.
0:18.2	I went, ah, ah!
0:21.2	We opened up the vault of the Oprah Winfrey show to hand pick episodes that will enhance
0:25.8	the Super Soul Podcast Library.
0:28.3	Every experience in our lives is to teach us to learn to love.
0:33.5	Please enjoy this past episode of the Oprah Winfrey show on Super Soul Conversations.
0:38.9	Have a seat.
0:43.8	This show is going to be so interesting and I'm hoping that it will open you all up in ways
0:48.7	that you haven't.
0:49.7	For example, how many days have you felt grateful for your nice home and your healthy
0:54.3	children and your caring husband, but you still feel like a piece of the puzzle is missing.
0:59.6	You feel like there's a hole somewhere and you think to yourself, is this all there
1:03.8	is?
1:04.8	It's because your heart feels a longing for something more.
1:08.6	If you can relate to that, you're not alone because we couldn't believe how many women
1:13.4	share this silent struggle.
1:15.9	You're probably thinking you're the only one, but listen.
1:20.1	I'm a happy married woman and a mother of two children. I've been blessed with my health
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