On May 16th, I placed my first essay in the Huffington Post which I titled, "Do as I say, not as I do." I'm a psychotherapist and marriage counselor with twenty years of experience, and the essay started off talking about my eight appearances on Oprah where I espoused the necessary ingredients for a happy marriage and a satisfying love life. After writing a few paragraphs, I revealed that I had kept a secret during those television sound bites. The secret was that, at the same time I was identified as a "relationship expert", my own marriage was crumbling. I was thoroughly surprised when I received hundreds of comments to my post. Some were so supportive that I was deeply moved. Some were so critical that I thought about disguising myself, at least, for a few weeks.
That being said, I guess I should have expected the headline "I Lied to Oprah" to be pasted above my piece, but I didn't. It certainly wasn't Oprah I'd been lying to. I honestly believed every word I said to her. It was myself I was lying to.
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