In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want

Iyanla Vanzant

Jul 1999 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

“The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey

The #1 national bestseller from the host of the show Iyanla: Fix My Life on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) that answers the question: What’s love got to do with it in the meantime?

You know where you want to be, but you have no clue how to get there. You know exactly what you want in life, but what you want is nowhere in sight. Perhaps your vision is unclear, your purpose still undefined. On top of it all, your relationships, particularly your romantic relationships, are failing. If these scenarios feel familiar way down in the deepest part of your gut—then you, my dear, are smack dab in the middle of the meantime.

Every living being wants to experience the light of love. The problem is that our windows are dirty! The windows of our hearts and minds are streaked with past pains and hurts, past memories and disappointments. In this book, Iyanla Vanzant teaches us how to do our mental housekeeping so that we can clean the windows, floors, walls, closets, and corners of our minds. If we do a good job, our spirits will shine bringing in the light of true love and happiness.

Ratings and reviews

I find this book to be most compelling and honest with a touch of love we all could use. I was able to use what was written to pull me out of the depths of despair. Being married to a man I loved madly, and suffering the abuse he handed me then going through a divorce I didn't want; Iyanla carried me into a new realm of self. I understand what I did in my relationship and take full responsibility for the demise. I know about boundaries and how I need to keep cleaning my house. I am now on the second floor, half way up the staircase to the third! Thank you for the gift. Lee Iman

Helped me heal and throw out the old baggage in my life! 15 years later, I have finally met and kept the love of my life and am teaching my children to distinguish the deceptions of life and love!

My girlfriend recommended this book to me. I have just come through a breakdown. I have read the Basement first and I have read to page 264, which meant reading the Basement again. This is the book for anyone that has been through fail relationship and just finding yourself. This is a must have!!!! Thank you so much Miss Vanzant!!! This has saved my life.

About the author

Iyanla Vanzant is one of the country’s most celebrated writers and public speakers, and she’s among the most influential, socially engaged, and acclaimed spiritual life coaches of our time. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seventeen books which have been translated into twenty-three languages, and the host and executive producer of the award-winning breakout hit Iyanla: Fix My Life, the #1 reality show on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. As Founder of Inner Visions World Wide, Iyanla is actively engaged in personal development courses and on-going training programs for spiritual life coaches, and ordained ministers at Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development.