Oprah Winfrey: The Seeds

Oprah's Super Soul

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4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

When you pay attention to what feeds your energy, you move in the direction of the life for which you were intended. Trust that the Universe has a bigger, wider, deeper dreams for you than you could ever imagine for yourself. Think about the parable of the mustard seed: if you have faith, even if it’s as tiny as a mustard seed, you can move mountains. In this Super Soul podcast, Oprah sits down with such acclaimed teachers, writers and thought leaders as: Sue Monk Kidd, Tim Storey, Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Pastor A.R. Bernard, Barbara Brown Taylor, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jean Houston, Caroline Myss and Deepak Chopra to discuss the seeds of potential that sprouted in their own lives, leading to an evolution of consciousness. Similar seeds are waiting to sprout and awaken in each of you. Interviews with these talented writers, speakers and thought leaders are excerpted from Oprah’s Emmy Award-winning show Super Soul Sunday. You can also find this compilation and other insightful conversations, in Oprah’s best-selling book The Wisdom of Sundays.

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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.
0:16.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.0	now.
0:25.2	Chapter 1 The seeds Your life isn't about a big break. It's about taking one significant
0:32.6	life transforming step at a time.
0:37.6	August 14, 1978. It was a Monday. My first day working on a Baltimore talk show called
0:44.5	People Are Talking. It was also the last day I had a job. Up until then I'd been a news
0:51.0	anchor and reporter. I knew I was not my authentic self in those jobs and my bosses certainly
0:57.5	made no secret of their feelings. They told me I was the wrong color. I was the wrong size
1:02.9	that I showed too much emotion. I've always said that the best part about that experience
1:08.5	was meeting my best friend Gail, who was a production assistant at the same television
1:12.8	station. I could feel I was misplaced. Even though the six o'clock news was a time slot
1:18.5	most young journalist covered, I was never fully comfortable in that seat. And when I
1:23.8	look back at the tapes, I can still hear the pretend anchor voice I used on air. It
1:31.4	wasn't until I was unceremoniously demoted to co-host of People Are Talking that I experienced
1:37.8	the first spark of what it means to become fully alive.
1:43.2	During the show I interviewed Tom Carvelle, the Carvelle ice cream man, and the actor who
1:47.9	played Benny on all my children. Not exactly glamorous, but as we talked I felt lit up
1:54.5	from the inside like I had come home to myself. When the hour ended there was a sense of
2:01.7	knowing, resonating within my heart and radiating to the hairs on the back of my neck. My entire
2:08.8	body told me this was what I was supposed to do. As a reporter I had been exhausted all
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