Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.

I believe the Oprah Winfrey show

was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.

I really never thought of it that way.

The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.

I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.

The moments that mattered.

The eye-opening life lessons.

Never allow them to take you somewhere else.

I'm bringing them back. It's time to open the vault. I personally

chosen these classic episodes to share with you again. Every single person you

ever will meet shares that common desire.

They want to know, do you see me?

Do you hear me?

Does what I say mean anything to you?

You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.

Today we've hand-picked some of the most insightful women we know for an unflinching look at the truth

about getting older. This is what 50 looks like. This is what 53 looks like.

I'm 60. I'm saying it like an anthem.

The most shocking thing about your body changing is waking up in the morning

and having those creases on your face from the sheet or the pillow case and it doesn't go away until

after lunch and I'm going, what is up with that? I read a sign once at someplace that said that inside every older person is a young person really surprised and my friends and I all of the front edge of the baby boomers are saying is this like a joke?

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