Aired: 10/11/2011
Oprah replays the interview with best-selling author Terry McMillan’s riveting on The Oprah Show. Oprah points out how anger can stand in the way of the life we were meant to live.
Today’s Question: What’s holding me back right now?
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Oprah’s Lifeclass Notes:
Anger is really a manifestation of fear…
Fear of losing the love of someone – rejection
Fear of being powerless or helpless, hopeless, vulnerable (maintain control) – fear of being unsafe
Fear of losing control – of self, others, how, when and where it will happen
Fear of not being seen as valuable, necessary
You can accept or reject the way you’re treated by other people but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex, but eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wound, you must stick your hand inside, pull out the core of the pain, the memory, and make peace with it
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