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Amy Griffin

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554 total appearances

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The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

I get that from an incredible father who is fierce and a hardworking and an incredible businessman. And I get it from my mother, who is also like my sister, the most loving, wonderful person on the planet.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

Well, Oprah, days after I had my first psychedelic-assisted therapy session, John was standing in the room with me when I was in the bathtub, And I threw a bar of soap because I was 42 and I recognize, and I finally, I describe it as putting a puzzle above my head, the fuses. It was like the pieces snapped together, the entire, the corners, all of it came together in one place.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

Well, Oprah, days after I had my first psychedelic-assisted therapy session, John was standing in the room with me when I was in the bathtub, And I threw a bar of soap because I was 42 and I recognize, and I finally, I describe it as putting a puzzle above my head, the fuses. It was like the pieces snapped together, the entire, the corners, all of it came together in one place.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

Well, Oprah, days after I had my first psychedelic-assisted therapy session, John was standing in the room with me when I was in the bathtub, And I threw a bar of soap because I was 42 and I recognize, and I finally, I describe it as putting a puzzle above my head, the fuses. It was like the pieces snapped together, the entire, the corners, all of it came together in one place.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

And I threw the bar of soap, hurled it across the room because I said, I understand how he got to me. And he said to me, He used the intrinsic part of me that I am a leader. He told me, he said, you are the leader of this school. And this person, this trust, the word trust is the idea of all of this, is that I trusted this person. This wasn't a stranger.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

And I threw the bar of soap, hurled it across the room because I said, I understand how he got to me. And he said to me, He used the intrinsic part of me that I am a leader. He told me, he said, you are the leader of this school. And this person, this trust, the word trust is the idea of all of this, is that I trusted this person. This wasn't a stranger.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

And I threw the bar of soap, hurled it across the room because I said, I understand how he got to me. And he said to me, He used the intrinsic part of me that I am a leader. He told me, he said, you are the leader of this school. And this person, this trust, the word trust is the idea of all of this, is that I trusted this person. This wasn't a stranger.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

This was someone I trusted inherently and someone who was also supposed to be shepherding me. To become the best person that I can version myself.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

This was someone I trusted inherently and someone who was also supposed to be shepherding me. To become the best person that I can version myself.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

This was someone I trusted inherently and someone who was also supposed to be shepherding me. To become the best person that I can version myself.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

One of the things that's been really hard for me was in the telling, in this process, in the third part of the book, which is, you know, I say the second part is a crime novel that I go through and it goes up and down all over the place, but the third part's in the telling.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

One of the things that's been really hard for me was in the telling, in this process, in the third part of the book, which is, you know, I say the second part is a crime novel that I go through and it goes up and down all over the place, but the third part's in the telling.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

One of the things that's been really hard for me was in the telling, in this process, in the third part of the book, which is, you know, I say the second part is a crime novel that I go through and it goes up and down all over the place, but the third part's in the telling.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

And I think it's really interesting as an observation that in many of the adults and family members and friends, when I went to tell them, their reaction was, was more of why, how, in the adult brain, they wanted answers because they wanted to help me. But one of the most beautiful parts of all of this realization for me goes back to my daughters. And that when I did go to tell my girls,

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

And I think it's really interesting as an observation that in many of the adults and family members and friends, when I went to tell them, their reaction was, was more of why, how, in the adult brain, they wanted answers because they wanted to help me. But one of the most beautiful parts of all of this realization for me goes back to my daughters. And that when I did go to tell my girls,

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

And I think it's really interesting as an observation that in many of the adults and family members and friends, when I went to tell them, their reaction was, was more of why, how, in the adult brain, they wanted answers because they wanted to help me. But one of the most beautiful parts of all of this realization for me goes back to my daughters. And that when I did go to tell my girls,

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

They didn't say, why, how, why did we not know earlier? Instead, they said, we see you. They just said, we see you. We understand. We now know why you tried to be perfect. They validated me in the mind of a child. And I can see that connection now between how the adult brain and any adult can want an answer in one way and how children can just be present in the moment.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

They didn't say, why, how, why did we not know earlier? Instead, they said, we see you. They just said, we see you. We understand. We now know why you tried to be perfect. They validated me in the mind of a child. And I can see that connection now between how the adult brain and any adult can want an answer in one way and how children can just be present in the moment.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

They didn't say, why, how, why did we not know earlier? Instead, they said, we see you. They just said, we see you. We understand. We now know why you tried to be perfect. They validated me in the mind of a child. And I can see that connection now between how the adult brain and any adult can want an answer in one way and how children can just be present in the moment.

The Oprah Podcast
Amy Griffin: “The Tell” | Oprah’s Book Club

Then you believed him. And that inherently I wouldn't be loved. And to be told as a child that you will not be loved... Isn't that the basis of what we all want? Yeah, that's what everybody's striving for.