Iyanla Vanzant
Here is a selection of books from the author Iyanla Vanzant. We have chosen specific authors, that we feel at Spirituality Bookshop, warrant a section devoted only to their books.
With more than 8 million books in print, Iyanla Vanzant has truly established a dedicated fan base. Iyanla’s path to success took her through a multitude of life-changing experiences that shaped the profound insights she eagerly shares with others. A neglected, overweight, sexually abused child who was shuttled from one family to another, she became a teenage mother on welfare living in the projects of a major urban city. Vanzant took control of her life when she walked out of her second abusive marriage and entered Medgar Evers College in New York and then the City University of New York Law School. She moved to Philadelphia with her children and became a public defender for three years. Then she eventually became an ordained minister, who was committed to a message based on the principles of divine power and self-determination.
Iyanla combined her professional skills with her life’s lessons and embarked on a writing and speaking career. Her mass appeal is evident in her overwhelming success as an author. In the Meantime was a #1 New York Times bestseller, where it spent 20 weeks on the list, and she has had numerous other major bestsellers. As a nationally recognized speaker she has sold out such prestigious venues as New York’s Jacob Javits Convention Center, Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, Atlanta’s Civic Center, and the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. Vanzant is also familiar to the daytime TV audience from her role as a regular contributor on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
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Acts of Faith by Iyanla Vanzant
£8.69 GBP
Synopsis: In confronting discrimination, racism, rejection, and alienation, many people of color are turning toward a more spiritual approach to solving the problems that are unique to them. Here is a book of positive meditations that is sure to raise the consciousness of any reader. Acts of Faith is a thoughtful and inspirational book that explores…Read More
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Don’t Give It Away! by Iyanla Vanzant
£7.99 GBP
Synopsis: Today, Iyanla Vanzant is a bestselling author with her own business and a loving family. But it wasn’t so long ago that she was a teenager — a sixteen-year-old mother and high school dropout on welfare. Iyanla knows that a young woman’s journey can be lonely and hard. She remembers how difficult it is to put into words the way you feel…Read More
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Every Day I Pray by Iyanla Vanzant
£7.99 GBP
Synopsis: Over the years, bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant has received many letters from readers who want to know how to pray. Some are afraid they are praying wrong. Some want a formula. Some think their prayers are unworthy. Here, Iyanla shares the realizations that changed her experience with prayer once and for all: Every thought…Read More
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Faith in the Valley by Iyanla Vanzant
£9.49 GBP
Synopsis: In the companion book to her bestselling “Acts of Faith, ” Vanzant inspires black women to look seriously at their lives and to try to determine how their own behavior may be causing avoidable problems. Popular speaker and “spiritual life counselor” Vanzant presents inspiration and advice addressed primarily to African American women but of use to everyone…Read More
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In the Meantime by Iyanla Vanzant
£9.99 GBP
Synopsis: What is the meantime? According to author and inspirational speaker Iyanla Vanzant, being in the “meantime” means being in a state of limbo. “When you are not happy where you are and you are not quite sure if you want to leave or how to leave, you are in the meantime,” she explains. Rather than wallow in confusion, Vanzant…Read More
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Living Through the Meantime by Iyanla Vanzant
£8.99 GBP
Synopsis: Are you in the Meantime? Are you confused, angry, disappointed, frustrated, anxious, apprehensive, sorry for yourself, or generally wiped out? If so, my friend, you are in the meantime. Are you ready to put the pieces of your life together? Are you ready to begin the process of healing? Are you ready…Read More
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One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant
£9.99 GBP
Synopsis: Ordained minister and spiritual life counsellor Iyanla Vanzant doesn’t know the precise moment when her soul opened up “and the spirit of the divine entered her body.” But she will always remember the vital insight that opened the door to her soul and at once locked the door to her insanity: “If…Read More
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The Spirit of a Man by Iyanla Vanzant
£9.49 GBP
Synopsis: Recognising the obstacles set before Black men in the past and the powerful forces still at work against them, Iyanla Vanzant seeks to help both men and women nurture the strength and power they possess – that of their history, their souls, and their relationships with each other. Vanzant presents another spiritual interpretation of the African…Read More
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Tapping the Power Within by Iyanla Vanzant
£10.99 GBP
Synopsis: The revised and expanded 20th-anniversary edition of Iyanla Vanzant’s first published work offers a powerful path to self-empowerment through the revitalization of one’s spiritual and ancestral roots. Written with Iyanla’s signature healing stories, this classic guide to uniting…Read More
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Until Today! by Iyanla Vanzant
£10.99 GBP
Synopsis: This book of 365 daily devotionals supports the time-honored adage, “Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?” The charismatic spiritual leader Iyanla Vanzant knows how easy it is to stay stuck in “old sentiments, resentments, beliefs, decisions, agreements, judgments, and ideas that may have become habitual….Read More
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Up from Here by Iyanla Vanzant
£6.95 GBP
Synopsis: For men, and the women who love them, a guide to transformation and true power ” The world needs your light. The world needs your life. Every woman and child needs you also.” Few men are taught the true spiritual essence of masculinity. In Up from Here Iyanla Vanzant empowers men with the insight and skills they need to identify, name, and…Read More
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The Value in the Valley by Iyanla Vanzant
£9.95 GBP
Synopsis: Written especially for black women, this is a guide to dealing successfully with the challenges of everyday life and triumphing over adversity. It is written in a practical style and contains examples that should speak directly to the experiences of black women. Vanzant aims…Read More
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Yesterday, I Cried by Iyanla Vanzant
£9.99 GBP
Synopsis: Iyanla Vanzant knows plenty about dealing with just such “crap.” She has led a difficult life, full of periods of abuse and self-loathing, but she has managed to learn “the lessons beneath the tears” and move beyond her grief and into understanding. In Yesterday, I Cried, she passes these lessons along, continually stressing…Read More
