Oprah Winfrey and don Miguel Ruiz, New York Times bestselling author of "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom," discuss the profound power of the book in an all-new episode of "Super Soul Sunday," the Emmy(R) award-winning series designed to help viewers awaken to their best selves and discover a deeper connection to the world around them. The episode airs this Sunday, March 3 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
Originally introduced to Winfrey and her audience by
Ellen Degeneres in 1999, "The Four Agreements" would eventually be selected as one of Oprah's Favorite Things and soar to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list. During this candid interview, Ruiz shares how several surprising near-death experiences opened him to more profound levels of spiritual awareness. Plus, find out how avid readers have been impacted by the lessons of "The Four Agreements," which are: be impeccable with your word; don't take anything personally; don't make assumptions; and always do your best.
All new episodes of "Super Soul Sunday" will continue throughout March and April featuring conversations with today's acclaimed authors and thought leaders about life's big questions. Upcoming episodes will include Winfrey's mentor Dr.
Maya Angelou and one of TED's most-watched speakers Brené Brown. Viewers can join the global conversation online via Oprah.com, Facebook and Twitter using #SuperSoulSunday.
"Super Soul Sunday" is the multi-award winning daytime series that delivers a timely thought-provoking, eye-opening and inspiring block of programming designed to help viewers awaken to their best selves and discover a deeper connection to the world around them. Recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a Daytime Emmy(R) award in 2012, the Alliance of Women in Media Foundation at The Gracies(R) and the Religion Communicators Council with a Wilbur award in 2013, "Super Soul Sunday" features all-new conversations between
Oprah Winfrey and top thinkers, authors, visionaries and spiritual leaders. Exploring themes and issues including happiness, personal fulfillment, spirituality and conscious living, guests who have appeared include Nobel laureate
Elie Wiesel, Wayne Dyer, Gary Zukav, Debbie Ford, Mari
Anne Williamson, Ram Dass, Eckhart Tolle, Sarah Ban Breathnach, Daniel Pink, and Thich Nhat Hanh. Home to Oprah's Book Club 2.0, the series has helped surge book sales of best-selling author Cheryl Strayed and debut novelist Ayana Mathis. The series also presents
Rainn Wilson's collection of uplifting short films created under his SoulPancake banner. A truly unique television experience, this ground-breaking series has attracted one of the most loyal, active and engaged social communities in television. Every episode has ranked in the top ten most social shows in broadcast television and cable, spiking to number one more than twelve times (source: Bluefin Data). Produced by Harpo Studios,
Super Soul Sunday presents an array of perspectives on what it means to be alive in today's world.
A joint venture between Harpo, Inc. and Discovery Communications, OWN:
Oprah Winfrey Network is a multi-platform media company designed to entertain, inform and inspire people to live their best lives. OWN debuted on January 1, 2011 on what was the
Discovery Health Channel and is in approximately 80 million homes. The venture also includes the award-winning digital platform, Oprah.com.
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