Quotes from Iyanla Vanzant

the form of gossip, betrayal, and unwarranted judgment. Women are also more prone than men to compare themselves to one another.

A belief is the most contagious influence you possess. If you believe in circumstances, they can and will defeat you. If you believe in yourself, you are assured victory.

Although frustrated and angry, I was determined not to give up on forgiveness or myself.

What if forgiving my mother also means forgiving myself?

Do what brings you joy, and your purpose will unfold.

my freedom. And So It Is!

aggressive, or fine but the timing was just not right.

Surrender is a state of mind and being that opens the mind and heart to divine revelation.

Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother. Somehow, some way, Mother always finds out that you are lying. When she does, there is hell to pay!

longer than it was necessary or productive to do so.

forgive myself; and ask them for forgiveness. More important, I had to see the best in them, no matter what they chose for themselves.

thinking that I had done something

possibilities You have in store for me.Today

It is always so much easier to blame someone else rather than accepting responsibility for your experiences.

The story was no longer important to tell.

darkness, you bring in the light.

dislike in ourselves.

used the sordid details of my stories as an excuse to talk badly about men, judge them, mistrust them, expect little from them, and give of myself begrudgingly as I waited for the axe to fall on my neck.

there comes a point where a person's psycho-social history is of little or no consequence.

As we learn to heal the inner child and reconnect with the innocence and trusting nature of this authentic self, learning to trust others becomes a conscious act in response to experience rather than an unconscious reaction to unhealed wounds.

The negative ego reminds you of every slight, every hurt, and every mistake, as well as of the insufficiency of your responses in order to install and maintain a fear-based reality.

DREAMS THE CHILDREN HAVE FOR

A stable and nurturing childhood is essential for the healthy psycho-emotional and spiritual development of a human being. While we may understand what is supposed to happen to us physically, we must begin to better understand what happens to children mentally, emotionally and spiritually as a result of the families into which they are born.

I have a daily message, 'Stimumail,' which I use to stimulate the mind and heart. I have the opportunity to touch over 60,000 people I have never met. I also use Twitter and Facebook.