Has anyone else been following Oprah’s Best Life Series this week? Since I’ve got school, I’ve been TiVoing it, and I just finished watching the last episode. Here’s a brief recap of the week:
Monday, “Your Weight”: Oprah discusses her recent weight gain and thyroid issues, her trainer Bob Greene makes an appearance
Tuesday, “Your Health”: Dr. Oz gives us his Ultimate Health Checklist and lots of other helpful information
Wednesday, “Your Spirit”: several spiritual leaders discuss living in a way that is open and honest to yourself
Thursday, “Your Money”: Suze Orman gives us her financial action plan for 2009 (and offers her book up as FREE download until January 15)
Friday, “Your Sex Life”: Dr. Laura Berman helps us get off on the right foot sexually
It’s interesting that the theme for the week is being honest - with yourself, your partner, your family . . . in general. This is not necessarily something that I struggle with, but it is something I try to be very conscious of in general. Right now I think about this in context with the big decisions I will be facing in the next couple of months (What internship should I take? In what direction do I want to start off my career?). Along with my internship comes moving (which means that I not only will face starting over in a new city with new people, but what does that mean for my relationship with my boyfriend, who is in school here and will not be coming with me?).
As I face these decisions, I’m really starting to shape who I am as an adult and what kind of person/friend/employee/etc. that I want to be. And with every decision, I ask myself “am I being honest with who I am and who I want to be?”.
As for Oprah - I always enjoy Dr. Oz (if for nothing more than a reminder of what I should be doing) and Suze Orman always makes me feel good because, for the most part, I already do all the things she says to do. I think that Dr. Berman is an interesting new character in Oprah’s line-up, and I’m curious to see how far this relationship goes. I thought the weakest day this week was the episode with the spiritual leaders, but it’s entirely possible that I feel that way because I have much more specific spiritual beliefs and desires, so all these general spiritual conversations leave me feeling unfulfilled. I’d personally rather talk about God, not a “power” or “universal truth” or whatever the popular terminology is at the moment (though I completely understand why Oprah is taking this route, and it’s her show, so she can present the material however she wants to).
All next week (January 12-16) Oprah will be having “webinars” with each of these speakers (Monday’s will be with Bob Green, Tuesday’s with Dr. Oz, etc.), and there’s actually a decent amount of content on Oprah.com regarding each of the episodes that occured this week. I think it’s great that Oprah’s beginning to really utilize her website to add additional value to her show.
Any one else been tuning in?
