All the Joy You Can Stand: 101 Sacred Power Principles for Making Joy Real in Your Life - Softcover

Gandy, Debrena Jackson Jackson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0609807080 ISBN 13: 9780609807088

Publisher: Harmony/Rodale, 2001

Synopsis

Bestselling author, keynote speaker, success coach, and seminar leader Debrena Jackson Gandy has helped thousands of women access their inner power and live more joyfully and boldly. In her national bestseller, All the Joy You Can Stand: 101 Sacred Power Principles for Making Joy Real in Your Life, she reveals the steps that will help you undergo the transformation of a lifetime. This engaging, thought-provoking book shows you how to:

* Discover your sacred self and renew your spirit
* "Unblock" your joy and learn to "go with the Flow"
* Free your creative genius and make use of your natural gifts and talents
* Cultivate your intuition, self-expression, and boldness
* Be a Sensuous Woman, a Spiritual Gardener, and the Architect of Your Life

Filled with personal experiences and insightful stories from readers, friends, and seminar participants, this uplifting get-real guide is a must-read for women who want to develop their spiritual strength and tap into their divine potential. Discover how to have a life of joy, peace, power, and ease.

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Review:

Motivational speaker and author Debrena Jackson Gandy offers 101 "Sacred Power Principles" specifically written for African American women. Each principle is presented in a brief chapterette, making this an easy-to-digest, fast-paced read. Yet beneath her warm, girlfriend-to-girlfriend style of writing, Gandy packs a wallop of wisdom, which is why this works so well in small bites.

Most of the "Sacred Power Principles" revolve around the issues of internal self-care and self-love, arenas where black women still struggle, Gandy says. "We've been told to love ourselves and we know it's a good idea, but many of us haven't seen it modeled and it hasn't been 'exemplified' for us," she writes. "It exists as a good idea in our minds, but it is not yet a reality in our lives. Taught how to maintain and groom our bodies. Yes. Taught to love ourselves? No."

Although the spiritual and self-empowerment principles explored in this advice-laden book are ones we've all heard before, Gandy manages to use fresh metaphors and offer original suggestions. Her 101 chapters explore principles such as "Suspend judgment," "Claim your gremlins," "Know your ministry," "No more jerky moves," "Create intimacy with sister friends," and "Be bold, bodacious, and succulent (BBS)." --Gail Hudson

From the Back Cover:

"Sister Debrena shifts the reader's spiritual gears from conditioned time-lock living to better 'energy or life force' management that will enhance your 'joy' ratio. Oh, what joy will flood your soul after reading this book. Amen; or, for gender inclusion, 'awomen.' "
--Dr. Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, Essence columnist and author of The Best Kind of Loving
"Debrena Jackson Gandy possesses the secret of joy! Blessedly for us, she shares it in the spirit of sisterhood. All the Joy You Can Stand is a wonderful treasury that you won't want to keep to yourself."
--Stephanie Stokes Oliver, author of Daily Cornbread: 365 Secrets for a Healthy Mind, Body, and Spirit
"An excellent read for anyone on the path to peace of mind. Debrena has written a wonderful guidebook that will lift your spirit, comfort your heart, and improve your life."
--Dr. Grace Cornish,        author of 10 Bad Choices That Ruin Black Women's Lives

About this edition

• Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0609807080
• ISBN 13: 9780609807088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300