From January 22, 2002: Oprah Winfrey and New York Times best-selling author, psychologist, and television host Dr. Phil McGraw discuss his book “Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out.” Dr. Phil helps guests with low self-esteem discover their real value and unlock their true potential. He reveals why we matter and explains the difference between our authentic selves and what he calls our “fictional selves.” Dr. Phil discusses how we can unlock certain skills, gifts, abilities and wisdom he says we were all born with in the core of who we are. Plus, Oprah shares the earliest life-defining moment that helped lead to discovering her authentic self.

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From September 26, 2007: New York Times best-selling author, rabbi, psychotherapist and Sandcastle Program founder M. Gary Neuman talks to families about how to help their children cope with divorce. He explains how divorce affects boys and girls differently, how to discuss divorce with children and the three rules in telling your children you’re getting divorced. Gary talks to the children of three families about the affect their parents’ divorce has had on them. He also helps initiate healing with the parents through love and connection.

From October 24, 1997: Oprah revisits five lessons she learned over the years about to how help families around the world learn to be happier. Some audience members say, “I love you” for the first time and Oprah shares ways to show love without having to say, “I love you.” She also reveals some of her favorite tips from family-focused books, 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, by Steven Covey, and Simple Abundance, by Sarah Ban Breathnach. Plus, Oprah talks with former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly and his wife, Jill, about the lessons they’ve learned from their son Hunter, who at the time was dying from Krabbe’s disease. After being given only three years to live, Hunter passed away in 2005 at the age of eight.

Original Air Date: October 9, 2007

Oprah Show correspondent Lisa Ling travels to India with a couple so desperate to have a baby that they've hired someone who lives more than 10,000 miles away to carry a baby for them. Oprah talks to this couple and later talks to Alexis Stewart, Martha Stewart's daughter, who says she spends $28,000 every month on fertility drugs.

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Original Air Date: October 19, 2007

It's the side of the story we rarely get to hear, straight from the source. Former mistresses confess they've been the "other woman." Then, betrayed wives reveal the moment they found out and how their lives changed forever.

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Original Air Date: September 25, 2007

It's the sex talk your parents never had. Open marriages, sex over 60, friends with benefits, erotica. What's really going on in America's bedrooms? Oprah explores America’s sex life and sheds light on the subject.

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Original Air Date: December 31, 1986

For some it’s overeating, for others it’s smoking, but other bad habits include nail-biting, overspending and hairpulling. Oprah interviews self-help authors Dr. Shad Helmstetter Ph.D and Bob Meehan and a panel of women to discuss their motivations for quitting their negative additions. Featured expert Bob Meehan passed away in 2021.

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Original Air Date: December 30, 1986

Imagine giving birth and having your joy suddenly turn to anxiety and depression, followed by frightening hallucinations and being committed to a mental hospital, because you are a danger to yourself and to your new baby. Oprah interviews author Carol Dix, Dr. Nana Stotland, and a panel of mothers that had postpartum depression to discuss the causes and treatment of the mental illness. Featured expert Carol Dix passed away in 2021.

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Original Air Date: December 26, 1986

No matter how rough the previous year was, the next can be full of unlimited success, happiness, and total joy. Oprah, a panel of self-help experts and audience members discuss how to process your feelings for a better life. Featured experts Dr. Wayne Dyer passed away in 2015, Shaki Gawain passed away in 2018 and Arnold Patent passed away in 2023.

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Original Air Date: December 24, 1986

They are people who often go unnoticed and unappreciated, but always put others before themselves. Oprah interviews a panel of American heroes to discuss their inspirational good deeds.

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Original Air Date: December 1, 2005

Oprah travels 7,000 miles to see how a modern-day saint helps thousands of young Ethiopian girls and Nate Berkus has a hope-filled tsunami follow-up. Featured Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Catherine Hamlin passed away in 2020.

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