Packing a Punch

The premiere issue really does whallop you over the head with a lot of good things, which means for me a huge pile of stuff to get together. I kind of wonder how much time they took to put this issue together and if subsequent issues will be just as loaded with content. [...]

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True Happiness, Oprah Style

The first issue (and I presume every other issue) ends with a little Oprah-authored essay called “What I Know For Sure.”  She likes this phrase–I think being sure about things is a big deal for a lot of people.  It gives you a bit of extra confidence.
In this essay, Oprah talks about happiness, and that [...]

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Declutter!

Another article I felt strongly about in the premiere issue was “When Less Is Really More” by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. It’s basically a “get rid of the clutter in your life” article, and if you put it into a little bit of historical context, I believe this was published before all the big [...]

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Doing Your Life’s Calling

A lot of the premiere issue has to do with finding your passion and doing what you want with your life. There are a couple of examples of women who have gone from fancy job or being a mom who wants a part-time job, to doing something they love. I like reading articles [...]

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Doing a Restart

OK. A couple of things have happened in the last couple of months: I quit my day job to write full-time (following the dream, which is in issue 1, but Oprah’s not the reason I quit), and we re-upped the lease on the apartment, so we’ll be here another year. That doesn’t [...]

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Taking a Little Breathing Space

It’s probably not a good idea to start a project when you have a lot of freelance deadlines looming over you (for the record, I have a full-time job, and I do some freelance writing); however, I probably started this as a way to procrastinate, and boy, did it work!
I’ll be taking a break for [...]

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Buy Me!

If you run a business, getting the Oprah Seal of Approval can mean you hit the jackpot.  People go crazy and buy whatever she says, and sometimes I don’t understand how a regular person can spend money like Oprah can spend money.  Oprah can spend a lot of money–she earns a lot.  Me?  Not so [...]

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I’m Thinking About

One of the features that sets O apart from other magazines is the personal “workbook” sheet that has questions for you to ponder in creating your best life.  This is not the stuff I go for, but OK, I’ll do them.  I won’t like it though!
Something to Think About questions:
1. Am I satisfied with [...]

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Savin’ Money With Suze

One thing I do like about Oprah’s agony columns is that she’s got a financial one–personal finance whiz Suze Orman joins the gang to give advice about money, which is really an important topic. Women have all sorts of issues with money–if you’re a homemaker, you don’t have any income, so if your situation [...]

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Dr. Phil Brings It

Since the beginning, Dr. Phil has been a columnist in the magazine. It’s a self-help magazine, but sometimes you need experts to help with some specific problems or you need to read some specifics to help you. At any rate, what’s a woman’s magazine without an agony column?
For the purposes of this blog, [...]

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