One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: Working Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth

Written by Iyanla Vanzant

Narrated by Iyanla Vanzant

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

In One Day My Soul Just Opened Up, bestselling author and spiritual mentor Iyanla Vanzant invites you on a transformative 40-day journey toward spiritual strength and emotional renewal.

Drawing from her own life experience and powerful work as host of OWN’s Iyanla: Fix My Life, Vanzant offers daily reflections, journal prompts, affirmations, and meditations designed to guide you through challenges and deepen your connection with your divine self.

Each morning and evening entry encourages you to explore core themes like self-love, forgiveness, trust, and personal integrity. With heartfelt guidance and practical exercises, this book empowers you to uncover your hidden resilience, align with your true purpose, and embrace the essential truth that you are a creative, powerful being.

By the end of the program, your heart, mind, and spirit are open to a fuller expression of your unique identity—and equipped to make lasting change.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Mar 1, 1999
• ISBN: 9780743570664

Iyanla Vanzant

Iyanla Vanzant is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seventeen books that have been translated into twenty-three languages, and the host and executive producer of the award-winning 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 ongoing training programs for spiritual life coaches, and ordained ministers at Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development.  

Reviews for One Day My Soul Just Opened Up

[Leah · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Always great. I love all her books. Clear and empowering. Honest and vulnerable. Leaves you feeling not alone but still able to conquer the world. So much to walk away thinking about. Impactful and encouraging. Wouldn't be the same without her narrating. Totally worth a concentrated listen.

[Eleanor Moore · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is very inspiring and heartfelt . Definitely makes you want to keep listening

[Pamela Gadson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed the book and learned a lot. It help me to improve my life.
Thank you!?

[Olga de Juana · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This author aided my spiritual growth by making me more aware of my sometimes momentary, sometimes prolonged periods of spiritual shortcomings. It enhance the clarity of my spiritual awareness.

[aannttiiiittnnaa · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Looking for spiritual growth? This book will guide you well. In-depth sections on many spiritual stumbling blocks e.g. Trust/Truth/Forgiveness. Format is great, daily subject with concise synopsis/ thought for the day, affirmations and exercises based on daily reading. Gives encouragement to record personal reflections, a rewarding means of documenting progress. Can seem challenging to face many subjects hidden in long-lived denial, but worth the effort, a real life changer. I found myself that a strange yet very obvious synchronicity developed, between each daily topic and my day-to-day experiences.

[cleoxcat · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Iyanla connects with my soul.