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Mar 2022
28m 22s

Frank Bruni – The Beauty of Dusk

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Oprah sits down with New York Times journalist and best-selling author, FrankBruni, about his book The Beauty of Dusk.Frank shares his experience after waking up one morning blind in his right eye due to a stroke. He explains the insights, the vulnerability and mindfulness practices he applied through the diagnosis and states that, "We all have a choice to focus on what we’ve lost or on what remains.”

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