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I am trying not to think about it. I have watched SO since the first season. I still miss Rana. But I could not imagine SO without Iyanla. This show has helped me to maintain my sanity and clarity throughout the past 3 years of suffering severe abuse, leaving a relationship, receiving my degree and raising my son who has autism. I learned so many priceless lessons, cried, laughed, cheered and built affection for each of the housemates that have blessed my tv screen. There has never been another show like SO and it is a crying shame for show business when programs like SO have a hard time staying on the air and sitcoms and reality shows that show the perverted side of life without offering healing and connection stay on for decades. I have been inspired to discover the purpose of my own life through this show. I am in my final year of graduate studies in school counseling/psychotherapy now and I have applied many of the life coaching skills that are used on this show, which include art therapy and cognitive exercises. I believe that what we learn we must share with others and the awareness that I learned about myself through P.J.'s tender insecurity to Rain's wise feistiness to Candy's definition of a true woman to Josie and her pain through relationships and single motherhood. Never has there been a forum for women to feel safe sharing and growing together without judgment and perpetual drama on television. When and if SO goes off the air, I will continue to search for the balance that we all seek and remember that it can not be done without assistance, true introspection and willingness to be honest. Then we can truly give ourselves what we need to reach our goals. It's never too late to start over and over and over... SO ROCKS!
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