BUY THE BOOK!Ahead of All Parting by Barry Michels⁠https://amzn.to/3TTMT8B⁠Psychotherapist and bestselling co-author of The Tools, Barry Michels, joins the podcast to discuss his extraordinary new memoir, Ahead of All Parting. This is a conversation for anyone searching for meaning in life’s most difficult moments and seeking to discover how transformation is possible in the face of extreme adversity. Barry has been diagnosed with a terminal brain disease, Lewy body dementia. Despite the inevitable pain and grief that come with a devastating health diagnosis, he now sees it as the path he was meant to walk—a path that has opened him up in ways he never thought possible, revealing the power of vulnerability, love, prayer and the written word. Drew Barrymore, one of Barry’s longtime clients, also joins the conversation to share the life-changing impact he’s had on her life.00:00:00 - Intro00:02:14 - Welcome Barry Michels, author of Ahead of All Parting00:06:35 - Barry speaks on Lewy Body dementia00:09:20 - Grief after hearing a diagnosis00:12:18 - When did Barry notice something was off00:14:14 - Getting a diagnosis00:16:15 - Adversity has a purpose00:19:45 - Not hiding after a diagnosis00:20:25 - Welcome Drew Barrymore00:23:00 - Drew Barrymore on going through challenges00:25:50 - Drew Barrymore on watching Barry navigate his illness00:27:20 - How the diagnosis changed Barry as a therapist 00:28:30 - Appreciating life00:29:50 - Feeling guilt with a diagnosis00:38:22: Welcome Alex, who was diagnosed with kidney failure00:43:22 - Religion during a diagnosis00:49:20 - Barry Michels on writing00:54:00 - Barry Michels on seeing his mortalityFollow Oprah Winfrey on Social: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/oprahpodcast/⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/oprah/?hl=en⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/⁠ Listen to the full podcast: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381