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.

Today, Pastor Joel Olstein is considered the most watched inspirational figure in America,

millions tune into his weekly sermons and podcasts. He and his wife of 29 years, Victoria, co-past

her a congregation of thousands of the Lakewood Church in Houston and they pack stadiums around

the country and the world on their night of hope tours. Joel Olstein is also the author

of more than 20 books, including seven New York Times bestsellers.

I don't think anybody was more excited than I when I saw the cover of your new book, The

Power of I Am because I heard a sermon that you preached probably 2012 on the power of

I Am and that sermon literally changed how I spoke power into my own life. So I think

I remember telling you this story. I was shooting the butler. I had heard that sermon.

I was so exhausted. I was like trying, we've been shooting and shooting and shooting.

And I remembered hearing that sermon, your voice came into my head that whatever follows

I am will determine what your experience will be. Yeah. And so I literally thought,

okay, I'm going to just try that because I'm exhausted. And I started saying I am getting

my second win. I am going to feel so much better by midnight. I'm going to want to shoot

all night. I am. And I'm telling you I started to feel differently. And I couldn't believe

that it was that it happened so quickly. I know. It's an incredible principle. I don't

think we realize that, you know, like you said, what follows that I am we're inviting

into our life. You know, you say I am tired. I am frustrated. I am lonely. I think you're

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