Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change [Hardcover]

Stephanie Marohn (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2010

For millennia, woman have been without a strong leadership voice in human affairs. No more! Women are now in positions of power in every branch of government, business, and social organization. They are providing a new style of collaborative and visionary leadership, which is changing the way society functions.

Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change is an anthology that celebrates these values. It includes chapters by women leaders in diverse fields of human endeavor. These range from entertainment (Oprah Winfrey), business finance (Suze Orman), government (First Lady, Michelle Obama), sports (Venus and Serena Williams), social change and philanthropy (Angelina Jolie), and literature (Sue Monk Kidd).

In over forty inspiring chapters, Goddess Shift describes the shape of the new human family that is emerging from the leadership of these remarkable women, and the very different future they envision for the world we share.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Editor Stephanie Marohn is the author of several natural healing books, including Natural Medicine First Aid Remedies. Other contributors include Barbara Marx Hubbard, Sue Monk Kidd, Helen Mirren, Oprah Winfrey, Suze Orman.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 415 pages
• Publisher: Elite Books (May 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600700675
• ISBN-13: 978-1600700675
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, April 11, 2010

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Valorie Fanger - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change (Hardcover)

This book is packed with inspiring stories by women from a wide breadth of backgrounds. I particularly liked the sections by Oprah Winfrey, J.K. Rowling, and Rossa Forbes. Each of these women faced huge challenges with courage. The book is an excellent resource for women of all ages.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time..., June 1, 2010

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Emilie A. Gosline (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change (Hardcover)

I found this to be a rather light hearted book. It is not preachy at all, except to say that women can now be at a partnership level with men, as Riane Eisler points out.
It includes some behind-the-scenes ideas and biography from some of the world's movers and shakers who happen to be women. I especially enjoyed Jane Fonda's memories of what happened to her in Viet Nam and the whole section on Visionary Medicine.
Two of the pioneers who have inspired several of the 44 women in this anthology are Gloria Steinam and Marija Gimbutas. Hats off to them!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Celebrating Women, July 3, 2010

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Lauri C. Coates (MASCOUTAH, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goddess Shift: Women Leading for a Change (Hardcover)

Goddess Shift: Women Leading for
a Change
Editor: Stephanie Marohn
Publisher: Elite Books
ISBN: 978-1-60070-067-5

Women born in the new millenuim will have education, career and lifestyle options many of us could never have imagined, let alone have available to us. Tracing the feminist movement of the 70s, the changes thoughout the 1980s and 90s lead us to a reawakening of the nuturing power that women can have. Long before the image of God assumed the paternalistic attitude that is taught in most religions now, centuries of humans viewed the divine being or beings in a more nuturing, maternal manner, that of Goddess.

A stunning anthology of nonfiction articles, meditations, essays and reflections by many of the most recognizable and influential women of our time are brought together in this volume; Michelle Obama, Suze Orman, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelo and dozens more, women who are leaders in every facet of life and diverse fields of endeavor share with all women in the hopes of empowering us to reach our own individual heights of success and fulfillment. This is an anthology to treasure, to share with all the women you know and love, and to refer to again and again for encouragement, motivation and growth. A thoughtful and wonderful book to pass on to our girl children and grandchildren, this reader/reviewer will keep her copy and refer to it regularly.