Epiphany: True Stories of Sudden Insight to Inspire, Encourage and Transform, Expanded Edition

What if one moment of insight could change your life?

Epiphany brings together more than 50 remarkable true stories of the sudden realizations, breakthroughs, and defining moments that changed people's lives forever in positive ways they never imagined possible.

Through intimate one-on-one interviews, you hear, in their own words, from people from every walk of life, including thought leaders, business leaders, and artists like Maya Angelou, Desmond Tutu, Esther Perel, Clive Davis, Barry Manilow, and Ali MacGraw, as well as extraordinary everyday people. They share their greatest moments of realization, when everything changed.

Some discovered their purpose and calling. Some found possibility after devastating setbacks. Others awakened to a new direction or relationship, or experienced a miraculous healing.

Their stories don't just reveal what changed their lives. They will change the way you recognize—and act on—the moments of insight in your own life.

With sections titled New Directions, Awakenings, Healings, Callings, Comings of Age, and Miracles, there's something in Epiphany for everyone. Inspiring, thought-provoking, and deeply human, Epiphany is filled with unforgettable stories of possibility, transformation, and change.

The Expanded Edition of Epiphany contains facts and research from Elise Ballard's work with epiphanies; exercises used in her workshops to help you spark an epiphany for yourself or utilize your epiphanies more fully; a readers' guide for individuals and book club discussions; and links to videos of many of the interviews.

Elise Ballard is the host and creator of the online community and website, Epiphany Channel, and the author of Epiphany: True Stories of Sudden Insight to Inspire, Encourage and Transform (Random House/Crown Publishing), a collection of over 50 interviews with amazing people from all walks of life recounting the stories of their greatest epiphanies. She started her career in entertainment working as an actress and moved into independent filmmaking and producing in Los Angeles as a partner in a production company who had films distributed by Lions Gate and Monarch Entertainment. Her directorial debut, Lord of the Wiens: A Dachumentary, a movie about the annual Wiener Dog Races in Buda, TX, became a cult hit. She is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and the wildly popular website, Positively Positive, and she recently was invited to speak at a TED event where she delivered two talks - one for middle and high school kids and one for adults. Elise also had the privilege of being invited to attend and cover the 2011 Nobel Prizes, and she serves as one of the judges for the prestigious Humanitas Prize in Los Angeles, awarding writers for emphasizing and celebrating humanistic values in their work. She has created, directed and produced numerous projects including the YOU DVDs accompanying the YOU book series by world-renowned, bestselling authors, Drs. Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen. She currently is in development on several projects, including more for the Epiphany Channel, film and television versions of the Epiphany project, and future books for the Epiphany series. Many of her interviews that are in her book were also filmed and excerpts of them can be found on the EpiphanyChannel.com website as well as her two TED Talks. Her passion is hearing/writing/telling people's stories and she would love to hear about your epiphanies and/or feedback, too, which you can share at www.epiphanychannel.com.