Special: What's Holding You Back?

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Original Air Date 4-6-2000 Psychologist Dr. Linda S. Austin— author of What’s Holding You Back?: Eight Critical Choices For Women's Success—discusses the psychological “glass ceiling” that some women face in their lives and careers. She shares the role that fear plays in holding people back and explains how to overcome it. Dr. Austin also coaches women through making critical choices, like taking risks and learning to deal with difficult people. Plus, Oprah talks to Olympian luger Bonny Warner, who shares her success and how she accomplished her life goals.

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0:05.0	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
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0:16.0	the occasional ugly cry.
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0:24.6	The eye-opening life lessons.
0:27.6	Never allow them to take you somewhere else.
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0:40.2	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
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