DR. BARBARA DE ANGELIS is one of the most influential teachers of our time in the field of personal and spiritual transformation. A renowned author, speaker, and media personality, she has earned legendary status as one of the first people who helped popularize the self-help movement in the 1980s. xa0xa0xa0xa0 Dr. De Angelis has written 14 best-selling books that have sold over 10 million copies and been published in 25 languages, including four #1 New York Times bestsellers. She has starred in her own television shows on CNN, CBS, and PBS; and has been a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the TODAY show, and Good Morning America. xa0xa0xa0xa0 Dr. De Angelis is President of Shakti Communications, Inc., dedicated to bringing enlightened messages to the world through her work. She offers seminars, retreats, online courses, and training programs to all those longing to live a life of mastery, fulfillment, and freedom. She is delighted to be a resident ofSanta Barbara, California. Please visit: www.barbaradeangelis.com
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There are pivotal moments in the lives of all seekers when we realize that we’ve been traveling on our path of growth toward happiness and fulfillment, but, simply put, we want to go faster. How we have been living, working, and loving just isn’t enough or even acceptable anymore. We know we’re being called to something more significant and expanded—we can feel it. At these times what’s needed is not simply more change or an adjustment in our outer life, but profound transformation. We don’t just want to rearrange the pieces of ourselves so that they look better temporarily. We want nothing less than rebirth. We are ready for Soul Shifts.
Soul Shifts
is the groundbreaking new book from New York Times best-selling author and renowned transformational teacher
Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D.
Now, in her most powerful offering yet—and the culmination of her life’s work—Dr. De Angelis offers a practical handbook for awakening, and a brilliant revisioning of the journey of personal and spiritual transformation that will inspire and enlighten longtime seekers as well as new arrivals to the path of growth.
Soul Shifts
are radical, vibrational internal shifts that spontaneously and inevitably transform the way you relate to yourself, to others, and to the world. For transformation to be real and lasting, it must originate from the inside out, so that instead of trying to constantly micromanage everything, you operate from true mastery at the deepest level of who you are—the soul level. When you learn how to make these “Soul Shifts” on the inside, everything on the outside of your life shifts. Places where you’ve felt stuck or confused become illuminated with new clarity and understanding. Obstacles turn into possibilities, dead ends transform into doorways, and challenges convert into astonishing maps leading you to exciting new territories . . . all because you have made a Soul Shift. A masterful and moving teacher, Dr. De Angelis will offer you illuminating guidance and invaluable techniques for living a life of practical spirituality and making your own personal Soul Shifts. Written with Barbara De Angelis’s trademark eloquence, keen insight, and compassionate wisdom, Soul Shifts takes you on nothing less than a sacred inner journey to emotional and spiritual rebirth and lasting attainment. Reading it will leave you truly and authentically uplifted and transformed.
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Every Soul Shift she introduces feels like the greatest "Aha
I CANNOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! It's not just some personal growth book, it's as if Dr. De Angelis is sitting right next to me sharing deep spiritual wisdom in a way I never really understood before. Every Soul Shift she introduces feels like the greatest "Aha!" moment recognizing what she is showing me about myself and how I've viewed my relationships, myself and my purpose as a spiritual being. I have spent all my life going from one thing to the next trying to find happiness, joy and love. I've done the whole affirmation thing about telling myself I love myself and how I need to be happy with me before I can be happy outside, but Dr. De Angelis's books are NOT affirmations, they are actions. The greatest action I've made is opening up to receiving everything that is there outside and within me. My own wisdom, love, courage, and truth and realizing that in others as well. I'm seeing and feeling and knowing more than ever how connected I am to the divine and to every being on this planet!! My prayer is that EVERY person reading these reviews listens to that call in their hearts to receive this book and allow it to change their lives.
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This book is a life line and trusted guide to be read and read again many times!
As a wife and mother, and career woman, I am so grateful for the wisdom offered. It has given me a new outlook on life, places I felt stuck, the author offers new ways to look at and open to things that I was blind to. To open and settle into the wisdom in me. To look for that and trust it is there within me, is so empowering and comforting. At first I was thinking.. I don't have wisdom, maybe she means other people, but I kept on it and sure enough I found myself coming up with answers, simple solutions, resolutions to problems or situations rather than complaining or dreading things!
Some days I feel like I am just a chauffeur, cook and laundry service provider, doing the same things over and over, but now I look for the beauty in each moment, in each task, I look for the lessons offered by the universe, and I feel the gratitude for all that I have, all that i'm seeing and all that I can and do create, and it is so fulfilling. I can't believe I was missing so much all these years!
I have loved Dr. Barbara DeAngelis' previous books and this one has exceeded my expectations! I am so grateful to have come across it at just the right time in my life! If you are on the fence about ordering it I can't recommend it enough, you won't be disappointed!
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The truth is always simple, a manual for an authentic life! A must read.
The wisdom in this book is so practical and takes you on a journey inside yourself for a panoramic view. For years I would take these journeys outside myself to foreign lands, immerse myself in all that the cultures and people offered so I could experience a soul shift. I was a seeker and wanderer looking to see and know myself through the reflections of others. Soul Shifts offers this transporter within ourselves with clarity and truth. It is simple, with answers to questions that I never though I would find. With practical guidance how to change the things about myself that wanted desperately, but I didn't know how. This book is like a favorite cook book, you will return to it over and over because the meals are so delicious you want to make them all and share them. All the ingredients are just right. Happy Shifting.
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Calling all seekers!
I am so grateful for this book and all of the wisdom Barbara has shared in it -- an amazing offering from an amazing teacher! If you are sick and tired of suffering and repeating all of your life lessons, over and over again, and not sure why "things" haven't changed or why you haven't changed, this book is for you. I love what Barbara says about "remembering" who we are, remembering that we have all we need inside of us, as opposed to trying to get something from the outside. This book is a great antidote, and great gift for yourself or someone else -- it will shift your soul in so many ways.
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***UPDATED ***Fantastic Book For All Seekers!
It's been almost a year now since I purchased my hard cover version of Soul Shifts. Well actually, I ended up going back and purchasing many more copies over the year and gave them to family and friends as gifts. That is how much I enjoyed Barbara's book. I've read it twice now - - - once in the hardcover form, but also on my Kindle, so I have notes scattered all over the place! Today I'm THRILLED because the paperback was just released, so I'm here today on Amazon ordering yet MORE copies and using the paperback version as my own personal Soul Shifts journal. Thank you again Barbara for writing a book that is so needed in the world today. I can't recommend this book enough, in whatever format suits your needs!
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Soul Shift has been a highly anticipated read on my book list, and I was so thrilled and excited to receive my hardcover and Kindle edition last week. From the moment I opened the first chapter, I was pulled in. There is a practical and easily understood cadence in Barbara’s wisdom that is just captivating! From the stories she shares about her own spiritual exploration and awakening to the fantastic analogies that she uses to impart her teachings. It’s the kind of book that any reader will understand regardless of where you are on your own path of self-discovery. You could just be starting out, or many years into your practice. But wherever you find yourself, and regardless of the particular faith you follow, there are universal truths and wisdom waiting for you here in Soul Shifts.
Any time we are taking any type of journey, whether a hike or a vacation in a foreign country, the path can be made easier when you're accompanied by an experienced guide. In Soul Shifts, Barbara became that guide for me, helping me to navigate those places in my life where I get stuck. With her practical tools, I’ve started making immediate changes, whether that was in my job or in my relationships with friends, family and loved ones. There were so many times as I was reading the book where I stopped and said “oh yeah! I do that”. Places where she shined a light so bright on how I get stuck in anger or frustration. And then she proceeded to tell me exactly how to move out of that unproductive state. It was as if Barbara had written the book just for me!
If you ever desired to have that one book that would give you the steps you need to make immediate and lasting changes in your life, Soul Shifts is that book. It will be a constant companion in my Kindle library that I plan to reference again and again. If you’ve ever, even for a second, thought about looking for a teacher, or seeking a book to help you make changes in your life, Soul Shifts is that book. I can’t recommend it enough.
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It's been almost a year now since I purchased my hard cover version of Soul Shifts. Well actually, I ended up going back and purchasing many more copies over the year and gave them to family and friends as gifts. That is how much I enjoyed Barbara's book. I've read it twice now - - - once in the hardcover form, but also on my Kindle, so I have notes scattered all over the place! Today I'm THRILLED because the paperback was just released, so I'm here today on Amazon ordering yet MORE copies and using the paperback version as my own personal Soul Shifts journal. Thank you again Barbara for writing a book that is so needed in the world today. I can't recommend this book enough, in whatever format suits your needs!
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Soul Shift has been a highly anticipated read on my book list, and I was so thrilled and excited to receive my hardcover and Kindle edition last week. From the moment I opened the first chapter, I was pulled in. There is a practical and easily understood cadence in Barbara’s wisdom that is just captivating! From the stories she shares about her own spiritual exploration and awakening to the fantastic analogies that she uses to impart her teachings. It’s the kind of book that any reader will understand regardless of where you are on your own path of self-discovery. You could just be starting out, or many years into your practice. But wherever you find yourself, and regardless of the particular faith you follow, there are universal truths and wisdom waiting for you here in Soul Shifts.
Any time we are taking any type of journey, whether a hike or a vacation in a foreign country, the path can be made easier when you're accompanied by an experienced guide. In Soul Shifts, Barbara became that guide for me, helping me to navigate those places in my life where I get stuck. With her practical tools, I’ve started making immediate changes, whether that was in my job or in my relationships with friends, family and loved ones. There were so many times as I was reading the book where I stopped and said “oh yeah! I do that”. Places where she shined a light so bright on how I get stuck in anger or frustration. And then she proceeded to tell me exactly how to move out of that unproductive state. It was as if Barbara had written the book just for me!
If you ever desired to have that one book that would give you the steps you need to make immediate and lasting changes in your life, Soul Shifts is that book. It will be a constant companion in my Kindle library that I plan to reference again and again. If you’ve ever, even for a second, thought about looking for a teacher, or seeking a book to help you make changes in your life, Soul Shifts is that book. I can’t recommend it enough.
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I gave myself and my soul the best gift possible by purchasing this!!!
I’ve just finished listening to the Audio version of Soul Shifts by Dr. Barbara De Angelis. From the moment I began listening, I felt like I was taking the most incredible bath, filled with love, wisdom and truth. Her voice was so soothing and her words seemed to just melt my heart. I have always been a seeker, I just didn’t realize it until I began connecting with Barbara, one book after another. This audio book and it’s teachings, took the other amazing books I’ve read of hers and raised my awareness, my insight into myself, how I relate to others to a deeper level than I have ever felt before.
All my life I have been looking for a sense of peace. I see and feel, after listening to the author’s wisdom, a sense of peace I didn’t know was possible. I was looking outside of myself for this peace for decades and she has helped me see that by undertaking the spiritual journey that she so brilliantly guides us through, it was all within me the entire time.
Dr. De Angelis offers Gateways for transformation to walk through in such a practical a way I have not heard from other authors. She explains her offerings from a scientific and a down to earth spiritualistic perspective that are easy to understand.
Consciousness and energetic vibration were things I’d heard of but never could really understand before. And, in my lack of understanding, decided it was a concept which was not necessary in my peace seeking endeavors. As she walks through these concepts in a very understandable way, I now see that they are really the basis of transformation as a seeker and without them, transforming into the best person I can be cannot become a reality.
Dr. De Angelis, in her introduction shares that the book has two components, one is the informational content which we will hear and it will SOUND good to us. The other component she talked about was the vibrational content of the book which is something which will make us FEEL good. This second component is what kept me listening to the audio book until it was over, not wanting to walk away for later, but knowing I was so energetically connected to the author that I had to keep going until the very end.
Dr. De Angelis offers great metaphors throughout the book, wonderful real life examples and shares much of what she’s been teaching to her students over a number of years. She shared so many specific Soul Shifts to work on, I can see how just those in themselves are like beacons to lead ourselves out of the darkness when we find ourselves there.
I absolutely loved the topic of Burdens vs. Blessings. I was able to see through this discussion, ways I have held so many things in my life as a burden, not even realizing it on a conscious level. I’ve ordered my book and I cannot wait for it to arrive. I can tell that the book will be a workbook to take me deeper into the thought provoking questions she offers to her readers, as well as the various recalibration techniques that she offers for shifting.
This book was so much more than any other spirituality, self help or motivational book I’ve read. It felt like a life line to become the best me I can be. I will be buying this and offering to my sons and others I love so they too can feel and know that everything in our lives is really about the choices we make and how to make those choices from a place of consciousness and from being in our highest.
I strongly encourage you to buy this book, both hardcover and the audio version. They will be the best gifts you have ever given yourself. They will be the gift that keeps giving and giving and giving to you and to your loved ones as they will see, feel and know that you truly have shifted from this gift before their very eyes.
Offered with love. Thank you, Dr. Barbara De Angelis.
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To all the Moms out there, Love yourself,Love this book. Its a must read!
Another amazing book! I have read and listened to many of Dr Barbara DeAngelis' books...I am pretty sure all but one at this point. I am a single mom and needed so much to repair after my divorce. And all her work has continually helped me on my journey back to me...this book has taken an exceptional place now in my heart. I have read excerpts out loud to my children as I thought I want them to know of this too. I let the audible play while I am doing laundry and my kids are helping me. Its amazing how I want to relisten over and over to it. It has opened up so many more parts of me that I now feel have started to heal. I love it and will be giving this to all my friends and family for gifts. Thank you Dr Barbara De Angelis for this incredible book! And thank you for caring to share with all of humanity. May love follow you everywhere you go. :)
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Spiritual solution to soul identity
Barbara De Angelis at her brilliant best in writing Soul Shifts. No lengthy, mysterious page wandering to find the spiritual solution to soul identity.
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Life Changing!
Soul shifts is remarkable! It is touching my life in so many ways.
Dr. Barbara De Angelis is a master at taking complex soul topics and making them understandable, practical and accessible for all. This answers my most basic--yet meaningful--life questions including "Why am I here?" and "What is my soul's purpose?".
Barbara's wisdom helps me to navigate through this complex world and bring meaning to my life. I'm learning to share and receive love generously, simply by being in my heart space. Without question, this is Barbara's most AMAZING book ever, and I'm so excited to share it with everyone I know!