Iyanla Vanzant
Author of In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want
About the Author
Iyanla Vanzant was born in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York in 1978 and earned a law degree from the City University of New York Law School at Queens College in 1988. She was a public defender in Philadelphia for three years. She is show more an author, inspirational speaker, and talk show host. She is the author of several books including Peace from Broken Pieces, Acts of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Color, Up from Here: Reclaiming the Male Spirit, and Yesterday, I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving. She is the host of Iyanla: Fix My Life. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Iyanla Vanzant
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth (1998) 701 copies, 5 reviews
Living Through the Meantime : Learning to Break the Patterns of the Past and Begin the Healing Process (2001) 129 copies
Every Day I Pray: Prayers for Awakening to the Grace of Inner Communion (2001) 118 copies, 2 reviews
Don't Give It Away! : A Workbook of Self-Awareness and Self-Affirmations for Young Women (1999) 114 copies, 1 review
The Spirit of a Man: A Vision of Transformation for Black Men and the Women Who Love Them (1996) 53 copies
Trust: Mastering the Four Essential Trusts: Trust in Self, Trust in God, Trust in Others, Trust in Life (2015) 50 copies
Up From Here: Reclaiming the Male Spirit: A Guide to Transforming Emotions into Power and Freedom (2002) 25 copies
Spiritual Hygiene: A Practical Path for Clean Living, Inner Authority, and Divine Freedom (2025) 10 copies
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up : Working Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth (1999) — Author & Reader — 6 copies
SEI QUE VOU SAIR DESSA - portuguese 4 copies
Living from Your Center: Guided Meditations for Creating Balance & Inner Strength (Inner Vision Series) (2004) 2 copies
The Four Essentials of Trust 1 copy
Iyanla Live!: Back to Basics 1 copy
Jusqu'à aujourd'hui! : dévotions quotidiennes pour la croissance spirituelle et la paix de l'esprit (2003) 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Vanzant, Iyanla
- Legal name
- Vanzant, Iyanla
- Other names
- Harris, Ronda Eva (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1953-09-13
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- Inspirational speaker
Yoruba priestess
attorney
counselor - Organizations
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Upper Marlboro, Maryland, US - Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
What is the lesson in abuse, neglect, abandonment, rejection? What is the lesson when you lose someone you really love? Just what are the lessons of life's hard times? Bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant has had an amazing and difficult life -- one of great challenges that unmasked her wonderful gifts and led to wisdom gained. In this simple book, she uses her own personal experiences to show how life's hardships can be re-languaged and re-visioned to become lessons that teach us as we grow, show more heal, and learn to love. The pain of the past does not have to be today's reality. Iyanla Vanzant is an example of how yesterday's tears become the seeds of today's hope, renewal, and strength. show less
Vanzant writes for black women, but her lessons apply to all to all women. In this book she unflinchingly tells her own story, from all-but-abandoned child to single mother to lawyer to successful writer and spiritual advisor. Reading about her struggle to learn to love herself I encountered many familiar feelings, and some unfamiliar because they'd been squashed down so deep. Vanzant's voice is formidable. I recommend this book for any woman who's getting less than she wants out of life and show more can't quite figure out why. show less
What is the lesson in abuse, neglect, abandonment, rejection? The author uses her own personal experiences to show how life's hardships can be relanguaged and revisioned to become lessons that teach us as we grow, heal, and learn to love.
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth by Iyanla Vanzant
Looking for spiritual growth? This book will guide you well. In-depth sections on many spiritual stumbling blocks e.g. Trust/Truth/Forgiveness. Format is great, daily subject with concise synopsis/ thought for the day, affirmations and exercises based on daily reading.
Gives encouragement to record personal reflections, a rewarding means of documenting progress. Can seem challenging to face many subjects hidden in long-lived denial, but worth the effort, a real life changer. I found myself show more that a strange yet very obvious synchronicity developed, between each daily topic and my day-to-day experiences. show less
Gives encouragement to record personal reflections, a rewarding means of documenting progress. Can seem challenging to face many subjects hidden in long-lived denial, but worth the effort, a real life changer. I found myself show more that a strange yet very obvious synchronicity developed, between each daily topic and my day-to-day experiences. show less
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