The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast What's Your Achilles' Heel?
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Feb 17, 2026 Wes Roberts, author of Protect Your Achilles Heel, is a behavioral expert who maps how character flaws and patterns undermine relationships. He talks about insecurity-driven attention-seeking, the difference between behavior and intention, why partners drift apart, and how selflessness creates lasting significance. Short, sharp, and thought-provoking.
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Decide Today What Really Matters
- Choose what is important and take action to align your life with those priorities today.
- Oprah challenges an audience member to decide to stop running and to let laundry go in order to spend time with her children.
The Aunt Who Fell Asleep On The Phone
- Michelle monopolizes conversations after staying home with children and even causes her aunt to fall asleep and snore on the phone.
- Audience members recount how constant child-focused talk makes adult interactions one-sided and exhausting.
Can't Say No Leads To Two Hour Calls
- Debra can't say no and ends up spending hours on phone surveys or buying things she doesn't want to avoid hurting others' feelings.
- Oprah and the audience laugh as Debra recounts a two-hour survey call and a salesman pushing a tie.
