Meet Iyanla Vanzant: New, transformed and back on top
January 5, 2012
By Jordan Schatz
Reporter/News Writer
Limelight
On a rain-stricken evening in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Silver Spring, best-selling author, and inspirational speaker Iyanla Vanzant arrived at Metamorphosis Boutique for the signing of her latest book “Peace from Broken Peaces,” bearing gifts for her audience and wondering aloud how they can drive in such bad traffic on the Washington beltway.
This, of course, was the evolved Vanzant – the antithesis of Ronda Eva Harris, (her birth name) who grew up in a [...]
Iyanla Vanzant: A Rising Phoenix Coming Back after Death
April 5, 2011
Wendy Thompson
Editor-in-Chief
Iyanla Vanzant
Photos: Robert Romano/DC Spotlight Newspaper
…That day I realized, you’ve got to think about this differently…Your daughter dying ain’t about you. It’s about her and God. Your husband leaving ain’t about you. He changed his mind. Okay, so [what]. What is about you Iyanla? What is about you? And what I know is the gifts and work and the blessings that God has given me to do that I’ve done for the past 32 [...]