I am so excited to watch this show tomorrow! As a life coach my work entails having people overcome their fears and do those big things that they have always believed they were not capable of. What I love about this show is the after effects for these courageous women. Facing those big fears will bring so many other things into their lives that they just did not know were possible. How cool it is for them to have such an opportunity! Brave, courageous, honourable and willing to jump right in despite all the fears! Kudos to the team for making this segment! It'll change lives for sure. Living la vida fearless, Jan

Just ordered the book Fearless by Max Lucado too!

I was watching Oprah yesterday when I saw the preview for today's show. One of the women that was on the clip looks like a neonatologist that I had the pleasure of working with on a medical mission to Guyana this summer. I hope she is one of the same. I thought when I met her that she was a fearless woman but I have extra admiration and respect for her if she in fact has taken that leap of faith out of that airplane! I look forward to watching the show. If it isn't the same person - she certainly has a twin!!

I admire anyone who steps out of their box and challenges themselves and others. Looking forward to watching the show.

Jane is ME! Last Fall life hit me upside the head. My husband of 14 years left me for a woman 19 years younger than he. I was already having a hard time making ends meet when I lost my job and then my Dad was told he had pancreatic cancer. I drove across the United States in total shock to be with my Dad while he died. Inside of me I had already died. I lost 20 pounds because I couldn't stop shaking or crying and didn't want to eat. I am still struggling with myself. When I watch the ladies jump out of the plane and land I started crying with joy for them.

Good show today! I never used those terms of "stepping out of one's box", but I identify with it. I am a male, and yesterday I put on a dress and heels and went into a shoe store. It was an exhilerating experience, though not my first. I felt comfortable and actually loved it. Talk about being out of one's box! I consider myself to be trans-gendered and found today's show to be encouraging. I hope others did also.I even bought a pair of black pumps.

Christy

I'll be 47 soon, and have done alot in the past 24 months taking me out of a rut. I've had to get a hysterectomy and a hip replacement and I spent a month in a nursing home.

I would love to see a movie about at least one of these American women pioneers:Bess Coleman or Mae Jemison or Harriet Tubman or Oprah Winfrey.

There are so many heroines whose stories need to be dramatized to inspire!

I had to laugh when the women stripped and ran into the ocean....

I did this, along with my best friend (woman)... we were wanting

to do something really different. We went to the nude beach

in Miami, took off our clothes in the rest room then walked to

the sand, put down our blanket and sat there feeling really

stupid! Then after seeing so many people walking, sunning

and just enjoying their freedom... moms were feeding their

babies and children... So we said,, "Ok,, One two three here

we go... and ran into the water....

I was totally 'lovin it' although I'd not do it again.. but I was so

glad I did it... How we laughed on the ride to my house and

and to this day we 'laugh about it'.....

I'll have to admit "I've done alot of nutty things" in my days.

But the 'being naked on the beach' was the hardest thing for

me to do! And sorry to say "No cameras allowed" on this

beach!

Loved the show!

I am watching this as a stay-at-home Dad and freelance designer, wondering where the out of the box stuff is for the guys. My wife and I both college educated and my wife has the big corporate job. She is a "says what she means and means whats she says" kind of woman. I applaud that about her and love her for it.

Being a self-employed in this economy and turning 40 next year, I wonder what where my next client or project is going to come from. I have always been so defined by my career, but I don't know where that is going. I sometimes wonder what the hell am I doing anymore. I have never been one to pick up the phone and fight to get myself in the door. My world is filled with constant rejection and having done this now for 20 years something has to change.

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My name is Karen and I raised my son by myself and stepped out of my box by going to school full time and getting my degree in Respiratory and working full time I did it, I was great. I have always wanted to go sky diving but never have because could not afford it and could never find anyone to go with me. I am 45 years old and I have always wanted to step out of box do this. My family thinks I am crazy. So Opray this is what I would love to do. Thanks Opray.. Your show is awesome.

This show was wonderful! I found myself in tears watching those fearless women. It was such an encouragement. I have had to step out of my "box" a lot lately and watching others continues to give me the guts to press on. I find myself as a young woman gearing up for a move to Rwanda, Africa to work with children in education, which is really a big step out of the box. However that is not the biggest step ahead I am also marrying an amazing Rwandan man who has three lovely daughters. My life is going to be turned upside down. I am in for the journey of my life! I am so proud of these woman for reminding and empowering women with their ability to "step out of the box". Rock on Ladies!

i watched today's show and i was so proud of those women. when they went to jump out the plane i was so scared. it felt like i was right there with them. all i could think was omg i hope nothing goes wrong! then they landed and i started to cry like a baby. i was so proud, i thought i jumped out the plane. i can really relate to these women. i'm 26, and when i lost my job i thought all was lost. i became a stay at home mom and as oprah always says its the hardest job ever. i love my girls to death and woud give up my life for theirs without a thougth, but watching cartoons and living in a 5 and 2 year old life is not for me. i want to be a mother and be myself. i know that some people think thas impossible but i believe that anything is possible with GOD and faith. i want to feel empowered like those women. i have three girlfriends who are also young mothers like myself and sometimes we feel great about our lifes and sometimes we dont. so to see that mothers who are older than us have those days makes me feel normal. thank you oprah because in these hard times it refreshing to see something that i can sit down and watch and get great joy from it. and ali you are absolutely great for getting into that cheerleading uniform, i loved it!

I've never really written any comments about a show before but this was something that struck a chord with me. What a great opportunity Oprah has created to offer healing and inspiration through this program. Very brave of those women.

This was such a great show! Each one of those women represented so many of us. I sat watching them, relating to their stories, and feeling all their emotions. It gave me a "kick in the butt" to step out of my box!!

Love Love Love Ali!!! Please keep more of her coming on the show.

As for "stepping out of the box", I suggest swimming a white water rapid. I did this several years ago when I stepped out of my box and did a one week training to become a white water rafting guide. Swimming that rapid was part of the training. I was TERRIFIED and felt out of body while doing it. But I DID IT! One of the best weeks of my life!!

I feel like I am jumping out of a plane everyday. I live in a state of fear everyday. I cried during the whole piece. The women who did your show, woke me up today.

I have been living my entire life for others. I often think I have no dreams. I have no plans for my future. This is because I depended on the people in my life (that I take care of) to provide my happiness.

I am a 52 yr old women. I was laid off 3 months ago. The prospects for a job are not looking good. Before today, I had decided I would use this time to get to know who I am. I feel it is time to do things for myself. The show today, allowed me to see that I am going in the right direction.

My cup is empty, but not for long.

Thank you ladies for showing me how I can do it...

Debra

Huntington Beach, CA