and remedies that helped others to heal. Through Oprah’s struggle with her wound around her weight she has helped millions who suffer with a food addiction.
The myth of Chiron has become linked with the path of the shaman who must undergo ego death after ego death so that his/her role as teacher, healer, and sage is pure and unencumbered by the arrogance one can acquire through being seen as a god. The world worships Oprah Winfrey. What has kept her humble and in touch with humanity’s suffering is her own suffering. What liberates the wounded healer is the acceptance of the role he/she must play in the transformation of others. Yes, Oprah needs more balance in her life, more fun but she may also need to embrace the high purpose of this challenge. I submit that it would be possible for her to eat whatever she wanted and not gain weight if she was allowing herself to speak out even more to her daytime tv audience ( not just the internet or radio) on the importance of developing the inner life, stillness and meditation. As we know, women have more thyroid disorders than men (the thyroid is in the throat) and women are taught to stifle their authentic voice more often than men. Do you think there’s a connection?
Dr. Toni Galardi is a psychotherapist, author, public speaker, and is the advice columnist for Vision Magazine’s, “Ask the LifeQuake Doctor”. Her recent book, The LifeQuake Phenomenon, is available now through online bookstores and at her website: http://www.lifequake.net.
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