Iyanla Vanzant

IYANLA VANZANT is the award-winning host and executive producer of OWN’s Fear Not. From welfare mother to New York Times best-selling author, from the Brooklyn projects to Emmy Award winner, from broken pieces to peace, 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. Her body of work includes fifteen published books, six New York Times best-sellers, CDs, television, radio and stage performances. As founder of Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development, Vanzant is actively engaged in personal development courses and on-going training programs for spiritual life coaches, and ordained ministers. Today, she is the host and executive producer of the award-winning breakout hit Iyanla: Fix My Life, the number one reality show on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. It is here that Vanzant goes behind closed doors and deep inside people’s lives to reveal emotionally riveting experiences where she applies spiritual principles to help people gain inner peace and healing by learning to “do the work.” She is a living testament to the value in life’s valleys and the power of acts of faith. @iyanlavanzant