What If Your Greatest Adversity Has a Purpose?

BUY THE BOOK! Ahead of All Parting by Barry Michels https://amzn.to/3TTMT8B Subscribe:    / @oprah   Psychotherapist and bestselling co-author of The Tools, Barry Michels, joins the podcast to discuss his extraordinary new memoir, Ahead of All Parting. This is a conversation for anyone searching for meaning in life’s most difficult moments and seeking to discover how transformation is possible in the face of extreme adversity. Barry has been diagnosed with a terminal brain disease, Lewy body dementia. Despite the inevitable pain and grief that come with a devastating health diagnosis, he now sees it as the path he was meant to walk—a path that has opened him up in ways he never thought possible, revealing the power of vulnerability, love, prayer and the written word. Drew Barrymore, one of Barry’s longtime clients, also joins the conversation to share the life-changing impact he’s had on her life. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:14 - Welcome Barry Michels, author of Ahead of All Parting 00:06:35 - Barry speaks on Lewy Body dementia 00:09:20 - Grief after hearing a diagnosis 00:12:18 - When did Barry notice something was off 00:14:14 - Getting a diagnosis 00:16:15 - Adversity has a purpose 00:19:45 - Not hiding after a diagnosis 00:20:25 - Welcome Drew Barrymore 00:23:00 - Drew Barrymore on going through challenges 00:25:50 - Drew Barrymore on watching Barry navigate his illness 00:27:20 - How the diagnosis changed Barry as a therapist 00:28:30 - Appreciating life 00:29:50 - Feeling guilt with a diagnosis 00:38:22: Welcome Alex, who was diagnosed with kidney failure 00:43:22 - Religion during a diagnosis 00:49:20 - Barry Michels on writing 00:54:00 - Barry Michels on seeing his mortality Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social:   / oprahpodcast     / oprahpodcast   https://www.instagram.com/oprah/?hl=en   / oprahwinfrey   Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfN... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...