J2J Day 11: Does Your Love Life Need a New GPS?
Does your love life make you want to don your tennis shoes and bolt? Do you wish Elizabeth Gilbert had written a different sequel to Eat, Pray, Love ~ one that would give you the inside scoop on what she learned on her sojourn through Italy, India, and Indonesia? If so, I highly recommend Geneen … Read more
Brooke Mueller: Winning!
All that you send into the lives of others comes back into your own. Karma is a bitch with a bad attitude. She sometimes seems to go on a prolonged holiday in the Bahamas. When she comes back, she delivers justice. In the meantime, we’re wise to be patient and get our own acts together. Brooke Mueller, … Read more
Tyler Perry: “It’s going to be all right.”
I died as a child. – Tyler Perry Tyler Perry can’t bear to look at this photo of himself as a 6-year old boy. The abuse he experienced was so horrific that he learned early how to disassociate ~ to “leave myself” ~ by taking a mental trip to a happy day in the park. … Read more
J2J Day 10: Iyanla Vanzant on Oprah
I was on Oprah today. OK. Blink. You missed me. Several times. I was in the audience for almost all of Iyanla Vanzant’s twenty-two appearances on Oprah. I vividly recall the Maundy Thursday in 1998 when Oprah struggled to pronounce Iyanla’s name correctly prior to the start of taping. I was in the audience because I had … Read more
Beverly Johnson: Supermodel and DV Survivor
Supermodel Beverly Johnson, one of Oprah’s Legends in 2006, announced today on Oprah that her new mission is to become a voice for survivors of domestic violence: I am a victim of domestic violence. I just think we’ve become so desensitized towards women being beaten and abused and murdered that everybody just thinks it’s okay, and it’s not. … Read more
Do It Today: Oprah Blitz for Saving Promise
After [Oprah's] parents separated from each other and from her, she was left in the care of a grandmother who believed in the laying on of hands in all ways. – Maya Angelou, “Poetic Passage,” Even the Stars Look Lonesome Oprah Winfrey revealed on her show that her infamous food issues have their roots in … Read more
Blitz Oprah’s Producers: Color Me Butterfly and Saving Promise Grassroots Campaign
Oprah’s last season launches on September 13, 2010. I’m one of those ultimate viewers who has been watching since day one when her show was A.M. Chicago. My life shifted on Maundy Thursday, 1998 after the taping of her show with Iyanla Vanzant. I was hoping Oprah wouldn’t pick Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen … Read more
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Secrets to a Happy and Successful Life
We’re all on our own journey here. - Elizabeth Gilbert Life Is Like a Maze Do you sometimes feel like everybody else has the answers? Like everybody else got the Cliff Notes to Life 101?Join the club. Elizabeth Gilbert is one of us. She told the audience at Oprah’s magazine’s 10th anniversary celebration in New … Read more
Movie Review: Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love [the movie] is fairly faithful to the book. It brings the book to life with many scenes filmed where the actual adventure took place. The ashram is different, but the pizzeria in Naples is the Pizzeria da Michele, which Elizabeth Gilbert put on the map. The photography is magnificently dreamy and beautiful. I was … Read more
Oprah’s Issues with Food Are Rooted in Her Grandmother’s Whippings
I’ve been watching Oprah since day one ~ way back when she replaced Rob Weller as the host of A.M. Chicago ~ way before there was an international Oprah show or magazine or OWN. I was shocked to discover yesterday afternoon that her infamous eating disorder/food addiciton is rooted in being whipped by her … Read more
