Seven Soulful Secrets: For Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Mission [Paperback]

Stephanie Stokes Oliver (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 24, 2002

From the author of Daily Cornbread, Seven Soulful Secrets will motivate women to become not just better than they are but the best they can be.

In a tone that is as encouraging and comforting as your favorite quilt, veteran journalist and NiaOnline editor in chief Stephanie Stokes Oliver shows women of all ages how to get the most out of life by finding their purpose and minding their mission. In seven wonderfully crafted chapters, Stokes Oliver reveals her soulful secrets in a simple but potent acronym that spells PURPOSE.

•Purpose: plan, persevere, and follow your own personal mission

•Ultimacy: release your best, “ultimate” self

•Relaxation: reduce stress and incorporate daily self-care into your routine

•Positivity: claim the joy in your life and celebrate yourself

•Optimum health: make the commitment to self-improvement, health, and fitness

•Spirituality: develop and maintain a connection to God/Spirit

•Esteem: boost your self-esteem and create healthy relationships

At once a practical how-to book and a spiritual guide, Seven Soulful Secrets speaks directly to the African American women who embraced Daily Cornbread and to all women eager to live a life that is authentic, vibrant, and fulfilling.

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From the author of Daily Cornbread, Seven Soulful Secrets will motivate women to become not just better than they are but the best they can be.

In a tone that is as encouraging and comforting as your favorite quilt, veteran journalist and NiaOnline editor in chief Stephanie Stokes Oliver shows women of all ages how to get the most out of life by finding their purpose and minding their mission. In seven wonderfully crafted chapters, Stokes Oliver reveals her soulful secrets in a simple but potent acronym that spells PURPOSE.

?Purpose: plan, persevere, and follow your own personal mission

?Ultimacy: release your best, ?ultimate? self

?Relaxation: reduce stress and incorporate daily self-care into your routine

?Positivity: claim the joy in your life and celebrate yourself

?Optimum health: make the commitment to self-improvement, health, and fitness

?Spirituality: develop and maintain a connection to God/Spirit

?Esteem: boost your self-esteem and create healthy relationships

At once a practical how-to book and a spiritual guide, Seven Soulful Secrets speaks directly to the African American women who embraced Daily Cornbread and to all women eager to live a life that is authentic, vibrant, and fulfilling.

About the Author

STEPHANIE STOKES OLIVER is the president of SSO Communications and the editor in chief of the African American women’s Web site, NiaOnline. Oliver started her journalism career at Glamour and then moved to Essence, where she eventually became the editor of the magazine. She later left Essence to start Heart & Soul, where she was the founding editor in chief. She is the author of Daily Cornbread: 365 Secrets for a Healthy Mind, Body & Spirit. She lives in New Jersey.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (September 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767905822
• ISBN-13: 978-0767905824
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,345,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Magical Book For Finding One's Life Purpose, January 5, 2003

By 

LottaHoney "Lotta's Bookshelves" (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seven Soulful Secrets for Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Mission (Hardcover)

With the explosive arena of self-help and self-empowering books in the literary marketplace, Stephanie Stokes Oliver's Seven Soulful Secrets is a refreshing self-improvement guide for all women. The author communicates in a reader-friendly voice interspersed with examples of individuals' positive transformations, exercises to begin a new path of purpose and insightful questions to begin daily journals. There is much to interest everyone who wants to glean insights from the keen and sage wisdom contained within these pages.

This book has seven chapters detailing each letter of the word purpose. Purpose is an acronym for the words purpose, ultimacy, relaxation, positivity, optimum health, spirituality, and esteem.

Purpose is pursuing your soul's higher needs. Ultimacy is maintaining a kinship with your spirit in a uniquely ultimate way. Relaxation is explained with stress-prevention strategies and an award-winning rose petal footbath recipe. Positivity shows the shaping of joyful, uplifting, and affirmative self-talk to manifest positive energies within you and toward others. Optimum health is achieved by a commitment to physical and mental fitness. Spirituality is the basis for attaining and finding your life's purpose. Esteem knows your lovability and worth.

Words have wings, like birds, to fly through the sky of the mind. With Seven Soulful Secrets, you'll be soaring above the clouds with the confidence and knowledge to strengthen your life's mission. This is an inspiring and extremely enlightening book that I highly recommend.

Reviewed by
LottaHoney
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Magical Book for Finding One's Life Purpose, January 4, 2003

By 

LottaHoney "Lotta's Bookshelves" (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seven Soulful Secrets for Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Mission (Hardcover)

... With the explosive arena of self-help and self-empowering books in the literary marketplace, Stephanie Stokes Oliver's Seven Soulful Secrets is a refreshing self-improvement guide for all women. The author communicates in a reader-friendly voice interspersed with examples of individuals' positive transformations, exercises to begin a new path of purpose and insightful questions to begin daily journals. There is much to interest everyone who wants to glean insights from the keen and sage wisdom contained within these pages.

This book has seven chapters detailing each letter of the word purpose. Purpose is an acronym for the words purpose, ultimacy, relaxation, positivity, optimum health, spirituality, and esteem.

Purpose is pursuing your soul's higher needs. Ultimacy is maintaining a kinship with your spirit in a uniquely ultimate way. Relaxation is explained with stress-prevention strategies and an award-winning rose petal footbath recipe. Positivity shows the shaping of joyful, uplifting, and affirmative self-talk to manifest positive energies within you and toward others. Optimum health is achieved by a commitment to physical and mental fitness. Spirituality is the basis for attaining and finding your life's purpose. Esteem knows your lovability and worth.

Words have wings, like birds, to fly through the sky of the mind. With Seven Soulful Secrets, you'll be soaring above the clouds with the confidence and knowledge to strengthen your life's mission. This is an inspiring and extremely enlightening book that I highly recommend.

Reviewed by
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