I think it's very easy to be cynical about any kind of 'New Age' stuff - especially stuff that's endorsed by Oprah. The trouble is that cynicism is most people's default position nowadays when confronted with just about anything, which doesn't really help at all.

Somebody gave me a copy of A New Earth a while back and, although I was hardly bowled over by it, there were some interesting bits and pieces in there. I was certainly a bit less cynical about it after I'd actually read it.

Personally, I'd rather people were reading 'Self-Help' books than relying on prescription drugs to solve their problems - although both are 'quick-fixes', I'd think that drugs would do more harm in the long-term.