TOWS Special: Finding Happiness

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Original Air Date: December 20, 1988 Three happiness experts share their secrets to living a joyful life. Featured guests include Dr. Paul Pearsall, a neuropsychologist and New York Times best-selling author of Super Joy; Robert Fulghum, a minister and author of New York Times best-seller All I Really Need To Know, I Learned in Kindergarten; and Wally “Famous” Amos, entrepreneur and author or The Power In You. The experts respond to audience members’ questions and answer some of life’s toughest questions: Is life unfair? Does everything happen for a reason? Do we have control over our lives? The three also discuss the importance of self-love, recognizing that love is a decision and how joy equals acceptance. Dr. Paul Pearsall passed away in 2007. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:06.4	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:07.8	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.2	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.2	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:18.0	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:21.0	The LOLs. The L-O-L's, the moments that matter, the eye-opening life lessons.
0:28.0	Never allow them to take you somewhere else. I'm bringing them back. It's time to open the vault. I personally
0:36.6	chosen these classic episodes to share with you again. Every single person you
0:41.8	ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.0	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.
0:57.0	Most of us get sad, depressed when things get too tough,
1:03.0	and it's considered a normal reaction.
1:05.0	Today we're going to talk about what's considered
1:07.6	the abnormal response to life's problems,
1:10.2	what my first guest calls super joy.
1:13.0	In fact, that's the title of Dr. Paul Piercall's book.
1:15.7	It's called super joy.
1:17.8	He says that modern psychology has really done us a disservice by encouraging us to adapt and handle stress to work hard, achieve our goals.
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