How Oprah Helped Me Today

​I have posted a must-watch podcast video (below) for anyone interested in GLP-1 medication, on a GLP-1, has a friend or loved one on a GLP-1, is a naysayer or skeptic about GLP-1s, doesn’t believe obesity is a chronic disease, thinks obesity is a sin or lack of faith, thinks it is all about willpower and diet culture, or is simply just curious what all the chatter about Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound is all about.

Even if none of that fits you, please educate yourself by watching this video anyway. You will be smarter on this topic and therefore more compassionate and understanding (and KIND).

Please watch this podcast. Watch it all the way to the end, whether you agree with it or not, because so much important stuff is said right up to the end. If you tune out, skip parts, or don’t finish it, you will have an incomplete picture of what this is all about.

Oprah is using her voice in a great way here, but this is not about Oprah. So if you don’t like her, that is so not the point of this - just watch it and appreciate her vulnerability, relatability, and her courage to share something so personal after decades of her suffering with obesity and being publicly shamed for it. Nobody has been “fat-shamed” more than Oprah has through the years. Nobody deserves that. I wonder if the stigma of obesity will end in my lifetime. I hope so.

Two profound things came out of this podcast for me personally, but I am going to write about those on a separate blog post soon. I need to put my thoughts together first.

Did I say to PLEASE WATCH THIS? Please.

And buy the book. I did, and so far it’s super helpful, encouraging and educational. The author is one of the most respected medical research professionals in the field. She has taught me a lot and I’m grateful for that!