Posts Tagged "oprah"

Changes to desireebanugo.com

Posted by on Aug 2, 2009 in General | 0 comments

For sometime now, I’ve been looking at how I can truly get across on a blog the issues and points that matter to me most. After working from home for a number of months and watching Oprah it struck me. This blog should be more about the one issue that I know well – Life Design. What is Life Design? To me it is when when an individual carefully and strategically designs and crafts their own dream life and lifestyle and actualises that plan. I’m a strong advocator of Life Design...

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Book Review: Do You! By Russell Simmons

Posted by on Sep 7, 2008 in General | 0 comments

I would have actually made this as a video review, but text is much quicker and I’m not looking that cute right now! LOL. I first heard about Do You! on Oprah’s show (I’m a massive fan!) and thought I must get hold of the book. If I remember correctly, the entire show featured successful celebrities and what they do to keep them in check. This was in the back end of last year. I hunted everywhere for the book, but like music releases (or perhaps worse) it can take forever for...

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The “O” effect

Posted by on Dec 31, 2007 in General | 0 comments

I never realised how much of an influence Oprah had on me until I noticed her weight gain. As a kid, I was always impressed by her because she was the first Black Lady of TV and was successful – something I wanted to be. She covered human interest stories with her chat show which I could relate to. Then as I got into my late teens, I noticed that her programme content shifted to wealthy homemakers and her audience were primarily Chanel and Gucci wearing, highly coiffured white women. That...

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