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A step-by-step guide to finding (and fulfilling) your life's purpose. Start by answering twenty-eight questions that will change the way you see yourself.
Difficult leaders come in all genders, but female managers (though blessedly free of the oink factor) fall into their own particular traps. Suzy Welch points out the best ways around them. More...
Whether they're pushy, lazy, boss hating, self-promoting, or haven't done any actual work since 1973, Suzy Welch explains how to survive and thrive when faced with difficult colleagues. More...
Part boot camp, part therapy, part lovefest, novelist ZZ Packer's writing group meets once a month to keep its eight members going strong. More...
Life coach Martha Beck helps three real women find the power to discover their true passions. More...
From the famous idea factory IDEO, here are six steps proven to get your creativity flowing. More...
Life coach Martha Beck shares her four-step process to get your life back on track. Step one is getting still. More...
Re-entering the work force? Looking to take the next step? Jean Chatzky helps you find the right job for you! More...
Make your dreams of starting a business into reality. More...
Meet women who started over with their careers. More...
Create a business plan for yourself, and make your career your life's work. More...
What Oprah knows for sure about keeping in touch with what her spirit tells her. More...
Martha Beck's advice to help you get unstuck and live your dream! More...
Kathy Freston shares ten rules that will help you embrace life and love. More...
The debate over flextime at the office is explored from the point of view of a mother. More...
Suze Orman shares the financially responsible way to make a midlife career change. More...
Learn to create an Absolute Yes List with this workbook. More...
Personal finance expert and O, The Oprah Magazine columnist Suze Orman offers four tips on how best to plan for and get through a possible layoff. More...
Author Jim Shepard shares his fears, fantasies, intuitions, and insights into making a world out of words. More...
In this tough market, your credibility is all you've got. Use these dos and don'ts to create a resume that's both powerful and professional. More...
With the recession threatening more jobs than ever, it might be time to consider going down a new path with these alternate career choices. More...
Marcus Buckingham offers the key steps that will help you discover your strengths and lead you to your ideal career. More...
Marcus Buckingham is answering the big questions women ask about discovering their purpose and finding balance in work and in life. More...
You've been working hard as a lawyer, as a flight attendant, as an office manager, but now you realize, and perhaps you realized it long ago, that the job is depleting you. If you're feeling lost, follow Marcus Buckingham's tips to forming a strong life p More...
After you find your striving style by taking the "Who Am I Meant to Be?" quiz, see which careers work for you. More...
Personal growth expert Mike Robbins shares advice on how to live your year to the fullest with intentions, goals and action. More...
Spiritual teacher Deepak Chopra offers five questions to ask yourself in order to find purpose in your life. More...
Kathy Kinney and Cindy Ratzlaff, authors of Queen of Your Own Life, explain how to navigate through midlife when life's little detours keep getting in the way. More...
Pessimistic, grouchy, bored, blue? Chronic low-grade depression can feel so familiar you don't even know you've got it. But it's rampant among women and underdiagnosed. The good news is that with treatment you can be better than ever. More...
Every object tells a story, and behind every object is a person with a story to tell. Each month, O talks to a woman with an amazing story and a product we love. More...
Career coach Barbara Safani and resume expert Louise Fletcher tell you how to make the most of your contacts in the modern marketplace. More...
Forget the want ads. O is on a mission to help four deserving women land their dream jobs. With an all-star team of career coaches, fashion experts, hairstylists, and makeup artists, we get down to work. More...
Our experts suggest ways to rework your workday so it's better for you physically, emotionally, even spiritually - starting with breakfast. More...
Nine of the world's top women vintners on the joys of family vineyards, why cheap wine is often the tastiest and a great hangover cure. More...
Loving what you do isn't enough if your work environment doesn't love you back. Here's how to find workaday bliss--whether you've already found your dream job or you're still dreaming. More...
We asked the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation to adapt five career aptitude tests for you to try at home--no props or proctors necessary. More...
Suze Orman's advice on going back to school for the job of your dreams. More...
If you're trying to figure out what to do with your one and only life, Martha Beck offers a powerful technique for discovering your next move More...
Sometimes you find your true calling the second time around. Here's how five success stories made the leap. More...
Our experts show you how to make the perfect impression and score your dream job. More...
Martha Beck swears anyone can become a miracle worker. Skeptical? Give her 10 minutes, she says, and you'll start to see mysterious, marvelous, and totally inexplicable events all around. More...
These amazing women made a midlife career switch to follow their dreams and have a more meaningful life. Find out how they did it... More...
If you want more power at work, you may have to give up some at home. Anne Glusker offers a radical theory. More...
Donna Brazile offers advice on how to reach your goals - especially when others say you can't. More...
On Your OWN Show, ten unknowns compete for a star-making prize: a program on Oprah's new television network. We asked a few TV luminaries about the opportunity that changed their lives. More...
Four writers tell us how innovation and resourcefulness play a role in their own lives. More...
There's only one way to find out what's keeping you from getting what you really want. More...
Doors slammed in Suzanne Finnamore's face, but she still found success. More...
Meet seven women who turned their passion for food into a living. More...
Is it possible to climb the ladder - and still retain a happy, generous spirit? More...
Adventure isn't about risk or thrill seeking or proving your mettle. More...
It can take a long time to become yourself. More...
The thought-provoking poet David Whyte considers what we should be asking ourselves--especially when we least want to confront our own answers. More...
Teen Doula, Allie Sakowicz, provides comfort and supoprt to young moms More...
Martha Beck explains how to ignore the racket and understand how you really feel. More...
An eye-opening guide to your sixth sense. More...
Learn why sometimes your gut feeling is actually a mental glitch. More...
Five women share their personal stories when their gut feelings guided them towards the lives they live today. More...
In 1986 Susan King hit her head - hard - in a car accident. The result was more than a concussion. Afterward, when King looked at people, she saw images of events occurring in their lives and had flashes of insight about them. More...
Suze Orman's advice about striking out on your own. More...
Suze Orman's advice on what every would-be entrepreneur should have in place before taking the plunge. More...
Donna Brazile explains why there should be more women in power. More...
Two Brooklyn enrepreneurs bring some sweetness to a wounded land. More...
Stories from six people whose jobs make a difference in other people's lives. More...
They were five ordinary women armed with ice axes, oxygen, doubt, fear, and butterfly stomachs. Would they become the first all-female U.S. team to summit Mount Everest? More...
Women have a very bad habit of putting themselves on sale. But tough economic times mean there is little chance your employer will offer a sizable raise - no matter how terrific you are - unless you force the issue a bit. More...
What do you do when your hometown is dying - wheezing in the shadow of massive oil refineries spewing poison through parks and playgrounds around the clock? If you're Hilton Kelley, you get angry. Then you get smart - raising your voice, raising money, and raising awareness as one of the most effective, exciting activists of your generation. More...
What succes means to Donna Brazile More...
Conjuring a world of endless possibilities. Defying boundaries. Taking a leap. Meet 15 people with breakthrough ideas that are changing the world. More...
She's been a stand-up comic, a veejay, an actress, and a talk show host - and with her upcoming show on OWN, she's giving that last one a whole new spin. Now the mother of four opens up to Oprah about life after divorce, what turning 50 will mean to her, and how great it feels to have to wait for a table. More...
Oprah on fulfilling her calling as a teacher More...
Whether you're an aspiring acrobat, an emerging jewelry designer, or a budding environmentalist, there comes a point when you require a special kind of strategy to jet propel yourself to the next level. More...
It starts with a desire to chase what moves you most—and after that, it's about figuring out what you're great at, what it takes to keep you moving forward, and exactly what you need to succeed. Grab a pen and get ready to rediscover yourself. More...
Here's what you need to know to land an interview and an offer in the 21st century. More...
Three little questions to help you find your true calling. More...
The following quiz is designed to identify the type of incentive you most respond to. For each question, choose the answer that best reflects your true feelings. The only way to fail this assignment is to give less than honest answers. More...
Your passion—bolstered by strengths, fueled by motivation—is crystallizing into a plan. Now what? Barbara Sher explains why it's time to throw an idea party. More...
How eight people went from dreaming to doing. More...
The political strategist explains how detours and shortcomings can get you where you want to go. More...
Emily Kerr connects coffee connoisseurs with small-scale organic farmers in the Dominican Republic. The result? A brew that makes everyone's lives a little richer. More...
How she's learning from her new show. More...
Quotations that will inspire change. More...
Three practical ways to begin unmasking yourself and experiencing the full range of your emotions More...
The advice you needed to hear to help you move on More...
Want to surf a wave, start a business, speak Chinese? Meet six women who prove you’re never too young or too old. More...
An old dream, a new passion--going after it may take nerves of steel, but the reward is a pearl beyond price More...
What brought her to flamenco? A gut desire to bust loose, stomp, sway, and strut. Sarah Bird goes on a 12-day vacation from her life. More...
The ability to run backward extremely fast while a man steadies your waist is only one benefit of ballroom dancing, says Janet Carlson Freed. More...
Martha Beck helps you map out the journey of your lifetime. More...
When Susan Richardson's dream career hit a roadblock, she didn't agonize over what could have been. Instead, the now-58-year-old from Andover, Massachusetts, forged ahead over new terrain. More...
Forty years ago this month, Congress passed Title IX - the law prohibiting gender discrimination in education - and started leveling America's playing fields. More...
What do you fantasize about accomplishing someday? More...
17 of the most inspiring quotes that keep you doing what you love. More...
Insight doesn't have to come in a magical flash. Columnist Leigh Newman shares the everyday moments that let us make that leap into an unforgettable realization. More...
What's a Manhattan society girl to do when she finds herself living on acres of desiccated, left-for-dead earth in the Southwest? If she's Valer Austin, she rolls up her sleeves and does the miraculous...bringing it all back to lush, thriving life. More...
Sometimes, irrational and even nonsensical actions add a dose of delight. Here's how to create some for the people you love, and for yourself. More...
And we mean anybody! Leigh Newman names the nine tiny ambitions we can all make real, no striving, stressing or mad dash to the finish needed. More...
Some of our favorite author's best pieces of advice to inspire you to keep writing. More...
Deepak Chopra shows you how to free your mind from its most discouraging thoughts. More...
After losing her left leg from the knee down in a train accident, former college track star April Holmes found a new dream: to compete in the Paralympics. More...
Oprah talks about Iyanla Vanzant's new show for OWN. More...
Martha Beck shares her best words of wisdom,which could change lives if only people bothered to give them a try. More...
All the wisdom you need to do almost everything better...and while you're at it, feel happier, healthier, more chic, less stressed, and ready to take on the world. More...
Hanna Rosin, the author of The End of Men, a fascinating book about the 21st-century rise of women, tells us what we need to know in order to thrive professionally. More...
The former star of Ugly Betty (who can be seen in the new drama End of Watch) reveals her love of solitude, mojitos, and dancing all night. More...
Oprah reveals the words of wisdom that have stuck with her throughout the years at the October 2012 O Magazine cover shoot. More...
15 successful people share their best pieces of advice. More...
The right advice can help you change things up, figure things out, and see things differently. Here's the most valuable counsel once you've reached a certain point in your life. More...
Why a month of compliments can make all the difference in cultivating the real you. More...
In a climate marked by endless talk and far too little action, there's reason for hope. O celebrates 12 not-so-typical elected officials with different agendas, diverse backgrounds, and a range of responsibilities, who share a remarkable ability: They actually get stuff done. More...
Self-appreciation is about more than celebrating your strengths. Taking care of yourself is just as important—and the first step is figuring out what drives you. More...
Columnist Leigh Newman weighs in on how to get tough and honest even when it would be so much easier not to. More...
How Austin's China Smith is helping to change the face of classical dance. More...
An engineer helps machines interface with humans (and tell a joke or two). More...
In her new book Archetypes, Caroline Myss has identified 10 common profiles that help you discover how you can best use your gifts. The first step? Discovering which of these best fits you. More...
Dominique Crenn--one of the country's most decorated female chefs--turns nature's bounty into edible works of art. More...
Holy female perspective, Batman! How comic book artist Becky Cloonan is shaking up the industry. More...
The award-winning Zimbabwean-born modern dancer and choreographer, whose daring new piece, Miriam, is touring the country this spring, describes how she translates ideas into movement. More...
You have a work life. You have a home life. And you have, in all probability, forgotten how to keep them separate. More...
An entrepreneur with a big idea transforms her community, feet first. More...
The British cookbook author—her Italian-themed volume Nigellissima is in stores now—discusses her love of efficiency and a good blue cheese. More...
Got a bad habit? Need to lose weight? Want to improve your relationships and be enduringly happy? Martha Beck has the perfect prescription: a little remedy she calls salve. More...
The legendary women's coach Pat Summitt now faces the toughest fight of her life—Alzheimer's disease. More...
Facebook's COO opens up about her boss (he's almost 15 years younger), her marriage (he does 50 percent of the housework), and how she gathered her courage to become a bold new voice for women. More...
In the extreme conditions of Everest's Base Camp, Luanne Freer, MD, cares for a neglected population. More...
After years of witnessing the waste left over from TV and film sets, Eva Radke has found a way to reclaim tons (and tons) of it. More...
Renowned adventurer Roz Savage helps you chart a course toward your future—whether you decide to go this way or that. More...
Bucking the typical beer-buff profile, 29-year-old Nicole Erny is the first woman and youngest person ever to achieve the title of Master Cicerone, certified beer expert. Cheers to that. More...
For Meryl Marsh, a business trip to the West Coast requires 90-pound gear bags of harnesses, ropes and cutting tools. More...
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