Iyanla travels to Birmingham, Alabama to work with daughters Kim and Annette whose relationship with their mother Charlene is at a breaking point. As little girls, the sisters felt their mother traded being a good parent for relationships with men who were often controlling and even abusive to them. Years later, unresolved issues from their painful past thre ... Show More
Nov 2019
Iyanla: Fix My Secret Life As A Gay Pastor, Part 1
In an emotional three-episode podcast series, Iyanla travels to Louisville, Kentucky, to help two pastors whose true identities as gay men have been shrouded in years of lies, secrets and deception. The time has come for both to be true to themselves, while taking the very diffic ... Show More
33m 43s
Oct 2022
Not the Daughter She Wanted
<p>Her whole life, Putsata Reang (Put, for short) was accustomed to exceeding her parents expectations. She excelled in her career, paid for her parents to go on trips together and maintained a tight connection to her siblings and community.</p><p>Yet a fundamental part of Put – ... Show More
19m 28s
Mar 2022
Relationships with mothers
Our mothers are at the heart of who we are, whether they are in our lives or not, but this fundamental relationship can be very challenging, with wounds that can last a lifetime. Lucia, from Mexico, asks Buddhist nun Sister Dang Nghiem, how she can find peace with her mother even ... Show More
18m 32s
Mar 2020
An Overwhelmed Mom’s Deadly Mistake
<p>From October 1, 2008: Oprah talks to Brenda Slaby, a mom and assistant principal who accidentally left her 2-year-old daughter, Cecilia, in the backseat of her car while she was at work. Cecilia died of a heatstroke after being in the car for 8 hours in temperatures rising abo ... Show More
37m 12s
Nov 2021
Episode 13 - Maid of Steel - Amany Hamed
Its a hard-knock life! Amany talks to us about her struggles as a young woman as she maneuvers through marriage, abuse, motherhood and social structures that are stacked up against her. Amidst all this, Amany still has the optimism to see things through, and dream a life for her ... Show More
1h 43m
Jun 2022
How She Lost Her Marriage, Her House, Her Fortune: Iyanla Vanzant (Pt. 2)
<p>Original Air Date: 02/23/2011</p><p>Iyanla Vanzant is back to discuss her marriage, her dream home, her multimillion-dollar fortune and how it all vanished. She explains how she pulled herself back from the brink. Iyanla shares what she learned from her no-holds-barred convers ... Show More
35m 11s