Episode · Oprah's Super Soul · 2026-11-11

Oprah Winfrey & Debbie Ford: books mentioned on Oprah's Super Soul

Debbie Ford: The Shadow Belief

3 books · With Debbie Ford · Listen

This episode is a re-release; it originally aired on October 7, 2012. The late spiritual teacher, best-selling author and life coach Debbie Ford opens up publicly about her dark secret: At the time of this interview, she had been battling cancer for more than a decade.

Oprah Winfrey discussed The dark side of the light chasers by Debbie Ford, The Shadow Effect LP by Deepak Chopra and others, and Courage by Debbie Ford and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The dark side of the light chasers

    Debbie Ford · at 3:24 · mentioned 2 times

    The Dark Side of the Light Chasers by Debbie Ford is a transformative guide focused on shadow work, self-acceptance, and personal growth by confronting the hidden aspects of the human psyche.

    Discussed
    “I think it's so interesting that you, Debbie Ford, author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, would say that you were in denial”
    Where to get it
  2. The Shadow Effect LP

    Deepak Chopra; Marianne Williamson; Debbie Ford · at 13:06 · mentioned 2 times

    Discussed
    “I know in the shadow effect, both you, well, the three of you, you, Marianne, and Deepak, write about the, and Marianne so beautifully, years ago, talked about our deepest fear”
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  3. Courage

    Debbie Ford; Wayne W. Dyer · at 20:52 · mentioned 2 times

    Discussed
    “When you were asked to write a book on courage, when was that? That was about three and a half years ago. About three and a half years ago, before you went through this fire.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Why Good People Do Bad Things
“And I think that's why I write, why good people do bad things, because I've seen it happen to so many people in my business who just get so fluffed up by their egos”
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Passing Conversations with God, Book 1
“I was angry with God. It's like called Neil Donald Walsh. Really? Who wrote conversations with God. You were angry with God.”
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