Phil McGraw
Phil McGraw
Phillip Calvin "Phil" McGraw, known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author, psychologist, and the host of the television show Dr. Phil, which debuted in 2002. McGraw first gained celebrity status with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s. In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $70 million for the previous 12 months, and ranked him the 15th highest earning celebrity in the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth1 September 1950
CountryUnited States of America
It is an honor to be invited to millions of viewers' homes in the U.S. and around the world. It is a privilege and not something I take lightly. I am excited to have this continued opportunity for so many years to come.
My dad used to say that the holidays are when you get a whole bunch of people that really aren't that close and don't know each other that well and overcrowd them into a small room for an extended period of time so they can make each other miserable.
Really, everybody sometimes will think about Christmas, Christmases past, like it was a Currier & Ives print, you know, the candle in the window, the snow on the sill, and isn't this wonderful? But the truth was Uncle Harry got drunk, the kids were fighting over the toys, there wasn't enough money, you overate.
Not everybody is some kind of media model.
Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of normal, actually.
As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are.
What I want people to do is what's healthy for them.
I don't care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program - that emotion will fade.
Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.
Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.
If you've gone into a marriage and you haven't been clear about how you're going to handle money, how you want to raise kids, who is going to work or stay home or what have you, then you've set yourself up for failure.
I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.
The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now.
It's great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won't; it's up to their grown kids to do it and enforce them.