Discovering and Living Your Passion ~ Oprah
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Every day, your life is speaking to you, telling you exactly where you should be going. Are you listening? Examine your life—you could be in for a great change!
Are You Listening to Your Life?
Life coach Cheryl Richardson is here to help you examine your own life. Let these success stories help you recognize the signs in your own life.
Lessons for Listening to Your Life
Lesson #1: Take Responsibility for Your Life.
Responsibility Exercises
Tyler Perry: Four years ago, he was an unsuccessful playwright and homeless—his life turned around when he forgave the past and took responsibility for his future.
Lesson #2: Live in the Moment.
What it Means to Live in the Moment
Sue Hendrickson: This female "Indiana Jones" says staying in the moment allowed her intuition to lead her to some of the most important discoveries in history!
Lesson #3: Follow Your Intuition.
How to Listen to Your Intuition
Eileen Fisher: She turned her last dollars into a fashion empire by following her heart and intuition!
KNOW YOURSELF > Discovering Your Passion > Where to Look for Signs
Can you open your heart and mind to listen? Learn to keep an open mind about where you'll get these messages. Our lives communicate with us in many ways; messages can come from many places:
Learn where to look for signs.
Learn to keep an open mind about where you'll get these messages—they can come from many places:
People. By paying close attention to conversations with friends, family members or coworkers, you may hear important information.
Journaling. Use your journal to dialogue with your "Wise Self" by asking a question, getting quiet, and then writing whatever comes to mind. This is a great way to train yourself to look inside for
answers first.
TV and Radio. By paying attention to what occurs around you, you might even find that information or next steps come to you in the most unusual ways. You may get an answer while watching a favorite TV program or tap into a specific memory or feeling while listening to the radio.
Dream Messages. Find out how to tap in to your dreams—they can give you insight into your life.
Start making and stop breaking your inner resolutions. Uncover the qualities you need to develop, such as courage, taking risks and setting boundaries!
Discovering Your Passion Features
Create a Life Map
Steps to Finding Your Passion
Finding Meaning and Purpose in Your Life
Are You Listening to Your Life?
Life-Changing Questions
What's Next for You?
Passion Assignment: Finding Encouragement
Passion Assignment: Interview Family and Friends
Passion Assignment: What Brings You Joy?
What Oprah Knows for Sure About Joy
Passion Assignment: 50 Things You Love
Deborah Norville's AHA! Moment
Wildly Improbable Goals
The Clue is in Your Funprint
Ask Yourself: What Should I Do with My Life?
How to Open Yourself to Your Life's Purpose
From the Oprah Show Lifestyle Makeovers: Are You Listening to Your Life?
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Living Your Passion
Brainstorm Your Passion!
Many people are not following their passion because they are creatively blocked or paralyzed by fear. A brainstorming session could help you get "unstuck!"
"You'd be amazed at how people help once you're willing to ask." — Oprah
Many people are not following their passion because they are creatively blocked, paralyzed by fear or don't have the money. Cheryl Richardson suggests holding a brainstorming session. It's one of the quickest ways to get unstuck—use the creativity of others!
How To Brainstorm
- Get a group of people together. Ask a couple friends, family members or coworkers to join you. You can even ask these people to bring someone you don't know to the group. This might introduce new and different ideas.
- State your passion and your goals. Tell the group why you feel stuck.
Open the session to idea. Remember, any and all ideas are welcome. Make sure you have assigned someone in the group to record all ideas so you can reference them later. - Take action! Make it your goal to explore one of the brainstorming ideas shortly after your meeting. You owe it to yourself, your brainstorming friends and your dreams!
Renee, Cynthia and Kristin are three different women with the same obstacle—they don't know how to start doing what they love. A brainstorming session with Cheryl and some friends gave them the energy and ideas to start pursuing their passions! Within 12 hours, the women in this group all took action! See the results of their brainstorming session.
Living Your Passion Features and Advice ~
Circle Power!?
Investing In Me, Inc.
The F Word: Failure
What Oprah Knows for Sure About Success
22 Achievements to Celebrate
Poll: What's Your Passion?
Steps to Pursuing Your Passion
Brainstorm Your Passion.
Create a Passion Support Group: Six Steps
Find Time to Pursue Your Passion.
Passion in Action
The Power of 'To Do' Lists
Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been Ambitious?
What to Do When You're Out of Work
How to Work from Home
Pursue Your Passion: Writing
What's Holding You Back? Eight Critical Choices
Working Spirit: Six Signs to Knowing It's Time to Move On
Adventurous Thinkers
Unusual Passions
Fun at Work
Moms with Careers: How Does She Do It
From the Oprah Show Lifestyle Makeovers: Pursuing Your Passion
Circle Power!
We're wired to connect and communicate. That's how we soothe ourselves; that's how we get things done. Band together, form a group—there is a circle for everyone!
"CIRCLE POWER" By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt
Join hands, everyone—this month we celebrate the power of circles. Because when women band together—whether it's for Scrabble or support, reading or righting wrongs, the greater good or the greater hilarity (or maybe all the above)—life just seems to get better. It's kind of a girl thing.
We now know that men and women respond to stress differently. Men tend to fight or flee; we're wired to connect and communicate. We phone friends. We form groups. That's how we soothe ourselves; that's how we get things done. For anyone who could use a hug, a shove, a good laugh, or a good cause, there's a circle. And if there isn't one yet, we say...
Start one. Create your own circle, and meet amazing women who already have:
The Real Health Clubs
Joining a group, any group, is a way to lift depression, boost your immune system, and maybe even help you get pregnant. Community not only lifts the soul but may also be beneficial to your health. Although the science can be squishy, with many contradictory results, a growing number of studies are showing that different kinds of socializing, from playing bingo to participating in support groups, can do a body good.
Get the scoop on how circles can keep you healthy. Be a Part of These Circles...
- The Scrabble Club.
- Brain Exchange.
- Women's Mountain Bike & Tea Society.
- Peace x Peace.
Sound like a bunch of children's games? Join some of the most innovative and extraordinary girl groups since Diana Ross and the Supremes.
From the November 2003 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.
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Meditation allows you to bring together your mind, body and spirit. Take five minutes out of your day to get in touch with yourself. Start with these four audio meditations.
Guided Meditation with Dr. Ornish
Along with eating the right food and getting enough exercise, he recommends meditation as a powerful way to stay healthy. Learn to relax.
Meditation Features and Advice:
Getting Started: Sharon Salzberg Answers Questions
Four Audio Meditations by Sharon Salzberg
The Power of Meditation: Oprah and Cheryl Richardson
Guided Meditation from Oprah
Meditate with Cheryl Richardson
Mindfulness Exercise with Martha Beck
Oprah's Journey By Herself
Meditation with Dean Ornish, M.D.
The Breathing Space Gallery
~ a collection of photographs contributed by people like you! Look through the entire gallery, go directly to a picture from this month's theme, or submit your own images!
Browse this photo gallery of children's artwork ~ See what happens when Breathing Space inspires a fifth grade class!
The Breathing Space Gallery on Oprah.com is inspired by the Breathing Space photographs in O, The Oprah Magazine
AHA! Moments
~ Stories of Women from "O, The Oprah Magazine"
Every month, O, The Oprah Magazine profiles women who are inspiring others, forging new paths, or beating the odds. Discover how these women are using their lives. Their stories might change your life.
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