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White Hot Truth: Clarity for Keeping It Real on Your Spiritual Path - from One Seeker to Another
Like a wise girlfriend you can relate to, Danielle cheerleads seekers to take ownership of their spiritual wisdom and self-worth by having a good laugh (and maybe a good cry) at the ways they ve been trying to improve on their self-improvement. For those who love Brene Brown and Liz Gilbert s authentic inspiration, and Marianne Williamson s strong female spirit, White Hot Truth is an intimate and (hilariously) relatable account of self-help tales gone wrong, and very right. Rooted in compassion, feminism, and spiritual activism Danielle lays bare boundaries for spiritual people; the Discipleshit that happens when we give our power away; a Soul-perspective on suffering; over tolerance in relationships, sneaky self-loathing; spiritual glamour. And in her poetic and brazen way, she brings it home with the hottest truth of all: You are your own guru."
232 pages, Hardcover
First published May 16, 2017
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About the author
Danielle LaPorte
39 books599 followersDanielle LaPorte is a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 a group who, in Oprah Winfrey’s words, “is uniquely connecting the world together with a spiritual energy that matters.”
The former director of a future studies think tank in Washington, DC, where she managed a team creating global scenarios. She now speaks about the intelligence of the heart.
Her most recent book, "How To Be Loving…when your heart is breaking open and the world is waking up" is also an Audiobook + ebook, with a companion deck and journal. Danielle is also the author of The Fire Starter Sessions, The Desire Map, White Hot Truth, and producer of dozens of online programs for spiritual support.
Danielle is the creator of the Heart Centered Membership and the Heart Centered Leaders Program with 400+ leaders in 30 countries hosting conversation circles, retreats, and workshops in all kinds of communities and businesses.
Her podcast, WITH LOVE, DANIELLE, often ranks in iTunes’ top 10 for wellness. Most of her offerings—from the Heart Centered Membership to her online classes—are on a pay what you choose basis. Named one of the Top 100 Websites for Women by Forbes, millions of people a month visit DanielleLaPorte.com.
Marianne Williamson refers to Danielle “as a bright light.” V (formerly known as Eve Ensler) calls her “a force field of energy, wonder, humour, and love.”
Her charities of choice are Ally Global Foundation, helping survivors of human trafficking to rebuild their lives (@allyglobal), Trees Sisters’ reforestation projects (@treesisters_official), and VDay, a movement to end violence against women and girls (vdayorg).
She lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her on most places on social media @daniellelaporte.
#daniellelaporte #howtobeloving #heartcentered
The former director of a future studies think tank in Washington, DC, where she managed a team creating global scenarios. She now speaks about the intelligence of the heart.
Her most recent book, "How To Be Loving…when your heart is breaking open and the world is waking up" is also an Audiobook + ebook, with a companion deck and journal. Danielle is also the author of The Fire Starter Sessions, The Desire Map, White Hot Truth, and producer of dozens of online programs for spiritual support.
Danielle is the creator of the Heart Centered Membership and the Heart Centered Leaders Program with 400+ leaders in 30 countries hosting conversation circles, retreats, and workshops in all kinds of communities and businesses.
Her podcast, WITH LOVE, DANIELLE, often ranks in iTunes’ top 10 for wellness. Most of her offerings—from the Heart Centered Membership to her online classes—are on a pay what you choose basis. Named one of the Top 100 Websites for Women by Forbes, millions of people a month visit DanielleLaPorte.com.
Marianne Williamson refers to Danielle “as a bright light.” V (formerly known as Eve Ensler) calls her “a force field of energy, wonder, humour, and love.”
Her charities of choice are Ally Global Foundation, helping survivors of human trafficking to rebuild their lives (@allyglobal), Trees Sisters’ reforestation projects (@treesisters_official), and VDay, a movement to end violence against women and girls (vdayorg).
She lives in Vancouver, BC. You can find her on most places on social media @daniellelaporte.
#daniellelaporte #howtobeloving #heartcentered
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February 5, 2017
White Hot Truth is a huge source of comfort for me (and discomfort in all the right places.) Danielle LaPorte cuts right to the heart of what matters in your life — because she’s been through it all herself. This book empowered me speak my truth and treat my life like the sacred home it is. It’s fierce, funny and packed with truthbombs to help me come home to my soul.
March 12, 2017
Paradox - I read something in a genre that I am trying to get away from that is EXACTLY what I need to read as it tells me to get away from the genre in which the book is written.
Confused? I thought you might be. I struggle to put into words how I feel about self-help as a genre, as an industry and how it fits or doesn't, into my life. I've been a Danielle LaPorte "follower" since I first came across her four years or so ago. I've bought and worked through the Fire Starter Sessions and the Desire Map. I have downloaded her free audios, her wallpapers, etc. Her messages resonated with me every time, where other self-help has felt, well, less than helpful and certainly not in tune with my real "self".
I started this year off with a string of self-help books and programs. I detoxed for the first time (UGH), I tried to get up earlier, exercise more, pray, write...I spent money I didn't have and attempted to "manifest" freakin' SIX GRAND in order to afford a self-help program that would cost me an additional three weekends in New York. I felt guilty when I couldn't just charge the grand and change in the first payment to my credit card and trust the Universe to come up with the rest. Then, here comes White Hot Truth; I was given the opportunity to read it before it hits the shelves. I wish I had read this before buying the other books, paying the other money, and living with the self-imposed shame and guilt.
White Hot Truth hits my soul's nail on the head.
White Hot Truth doesn't deride anyone for their beliefs, their practices. She calls us to be more AWARE, to ASK, to ALIGN our practices / beliefs with what is TRUE in our souls. And I believe that everyone does indeed have their truth already alive in their beings. Society shapes our outsides and builds filters, blocks, and such to our truth. It is WORK to get back to it. But it is work worth doing. This book reinforces that idea, that the truth exists for us all, and offers some of the many ways you can do the work to get to yours.
I'll admit, I'm biased. So don't take my word for it, READ the book. I highly recommend you listen to the audio book as well because hearing it, at least for me, allows me to put down my filters and hear a little more clearly, via Danielle's tone / inflection / emphasis, what it is she's trying to convey.
Opening up to someone elses point of view does NOT take away from your beliefs, from your truth. This book isn't going to tell you you're wrong. It will ask that you question, go deeper, and see things from another perspective. Try it. It may be just what you needed. As it was for me.
Confused? I thought you might be. I struggle to put into words how I feel about self-help as a genre, as an industry and how it fits or doesn't, into my life. I've been a Danielle LaPorte "follower" since I first came across her four years or so ago. I've bought and worked through the Fire Starter Sessions and the Desire Map. I have downloaded her free audios, her wallpapers, etc. Her messages resonated with me every time, where other self-help has felt, well, less than helpful and certainly not in tune with my real "self".
I started this year off with a string of self-help books and programs. I detoxed for the first time (UGH), I tried to get up earlier, exercise more, pray, write...I spent money I didn't have and attempted to "manifest" freakin' SIX GRAND in order to afford a self-help program that would cost me an additional three weekends in New York. I felt guilty when I couldn't just charge the grand and change in the first payment to my credit card and trust the Universe to come up with the rest. Then, here comes White Hot Truth; I was given the opportunity to read it before it hits the shelves. I wish I had read this before buying the other books, paying the other money, and living with the self-imposed shame and guilt.
White Hot Truth hits my soul's nail on the head.
White Hot Truth doesn't deride anyone for their beliefs, their practices. She calls us to be more AWARE, to ASK, to ALIGN our practices / beliefs with what is TRUE in our souls. And I believe that everyone does indeed have their truth already alive in their beings. Society shapes our outsides and builds filters, blocks, and such to our truth. It is WORK to get back to it. But it is work worth doing. This book reinforces that idea, that the truth exists for us all, and offers some of the many ways you can do the work to get to yours.
I'll admit, I'm biased. So don't take my word for it, READ the book. I highly recommend you listen to the audio book as well because hearing it, at least for me, allows me to put down my filters and hear a little more clearly, via Danielle's tone / inflection / emphasis, what it is she's trying to convey.
Opening up to someone elses point of view does NOT take away from your beliefs, from your truth. This book isn't going to tell you you're wrong. It will ask that you question, go deeper, and see things from another perspective. Try it. It may be just what you needed. As it was for me.
March 19, 2017
For me, reading/listening to The White Hot Truth was like sitting by a campfire on the perfect summer night and experiencing one of those soul-deep and deliciously can't-get-enough intimate conversations with a really close friend. Her words feel like Divine downloads - soothing to my soul. In this book Danielle LaPorte shares some of her real life experiences and offers suggestions/advice on how to be the best and healthiest version of ourselves. Danielle is far from a preacher, she's a "seeker who writes about what she finds". I followed along in the book as I listened to Danielle's mesmerizing voice through the audio book version and jotted some notes/highlights along the way. I devoured this book in under a weeks time but now I want to go back and re-read it to really savour each sentence and soak it all in. I can see picking up this beautiful book and randomly turning to a page to receive just the right message I need for the day. As with all of the other Danielle LaPorte books that I own, this is an excellent addition to my collection that I will continue to turn to time and time again. Thank you, D, for the Soul balm and for continuing to "use your radiance to serve." #WhiteHotTruth #Devotion
March 22, 2017
"Joy is what happens when you make contact with your soul." Danielle LaPorte, White Hot Truth
I think that quote sums up the "why" of this book. Ms. LaPorte is an active processor of feelings, challenges, and musings through her poetry and blog. If you are a follower, you'll recognize an awful lot of this book from those. The beauty is that they are expanded upon. If you are new to Ms. LaPorte, my guess is you're called to this book because something on a soul level is recognizing the longing for something more in your life, the desire to strip down all the nonsense and get to the really juicy stuff.
From spirituality to sex (and many, many things in between), this book has a wealth of thought-provoking one line zingers. Ms. LaPorte has a product called #TruthBombs and this book is FILLED with epic truth bombs. She could (and probably will as a brilliant business person) create a 3rd and 4th deck from all the quotes people highlight from the book!
The book is raw and vulnerable (at times uncomfortably so), a peek into one woman's journey to healing post divorce (though much of her life is discussed, this subject comes up a lot). It's about transition, healing, rising above the pain/guilt/shame/grief that life exposes us to, making some sense of it, and move on a better version of ourselves.
I can see this book will be the next "Eat, Pray, Love", being passed from girlfriend to girlfriend, sister to sister, co-worker to co-worker with a knowing glance and a, "You need to read this."
I think that quote sums up the "why" of this book. Ms. LaPorte is an active processor of feelings, challenges, and musings through her poetry and blog. If you are a follower, you'll recognize an awful lot of this book from those. The beauty is that they are expanded upon. If you are new to Ms. LaPorte, my guess is you're called to this book because something on a soul level is recognizing the longing for something more in your life, the desire to strip down all the nonsense and get to the really juicy stuff.
From spirituality to sex (and many, many things in between), this book has a wealth of thought-provoking one line zingers. Ms. LaPorte has a product called #TruthBombs and this book is FILLED with epic truth bombs. She could (and probably will as a brilliant business person) create a 3rd and 4th deck from all the quotes people highlight from the book!
The book is raw and vulnerable (at times uncomfortably so), a peek into one woman's journey to healing post divorce (though much of her life is discussed, this subject comes up a lot). It's about transition, healing, rising above the pain/guilt/shame/grief that life exposes us to, making some sense of it, and move on a better version of ourselves.
I can see this book will be the next "Eat, Pray, Love", being passed from girlfriend to girlfriend, sister to sister, co-worker to co-worker with a knowing glance and a, "You need to read this."
March 18, 2017
I listened to the audio version of this book and the relational quality of listening to the author read the book, brings it into a conversational realm in particular in a way that makes me overlook some of the aspects that might make me more "four star" in print. White Hot Truth is awesome. It is funny, relatable, honest, no nonsense, inspiring, and helpful.
I love how it digs into the obsession we may have with "improving" our lives and even takes a hard look at how the spiritual/self-help/empowerment industry drives and exploits that tendency many women (in particular) have to feel they can do better, be better, get better, etc. Many of the messages made me nod my head in total agreement as well as laugh out loud. I did find some inconsistencies in what she opts to reject (crystals, mudras, mantras) and what she seems to accept without question (soul contracts and the universe as some kind of cosmic order-fulfillment/dispensary system) and in the last two chapters she presents "as truth" something that I've evaluated at length and do not see as truth at all (the idea that our souls have all chosen our life "lessons" in advance and are learning something we've specifically come to learn. This idea, for me, completely breaks down with any kind of logical evaluation).
But, that's the deal. Danielle doesn't think you should accept her truth as The Truth. That is kind of contrary to her whole focus. She wants you to run wildly into the arms of YOUR Truth and to stop trying to do it "right" or someone else's way. I love how she is able to gently mock so many new age experiences/axioms from within that community, from having been there and done that, little wisecracks about how she is drinking her wheatgrass smoothie or lemon water. The "been there" and there's some shit mixed in, quality, really makes White Hot Truth a liberating read (or listen).
I love how it digs into the obsession we may have with "improving" our lives and even takes a hard look at how the spiritual/self-help/empowerment industry drives and exploits that tendency many women (in particular) have to feel they can do better, be better, get better, etc. Many of the messages made me nod my head in total agreement as well as laugh out loud. I did find some inconsistencies in what she opts to reject (crystals, mudras, mantras) and what she seems to accept without question (soul contracts and the universe as some kind of cosmic order-fulfillment/dispensary system) and in the last two chapters she presents "as truth" something that I've evaluated at length and do not see as truth at all (the idea that our souls have all chosen our life "lessons" in advance and are learning something we've specifically come to learn. This idea, for me, completely breaks down with any kind of logical evaluation).
But, that's the deal. Danielle doesn't think you should accept her truth as The Truth. That is kind of contrary to her whole focus. She wants you to run wildly into the arms of YOUR Truth and to stop trying to do it "right" or someone else's way. I love how she is able to gently mock so many new age experiences/axioms from within that community, from having been there and done that, little wisecracks about how she is drinking her wheatgrass smoothie or lemon water. The "been there" and there's some shit mixed in, quality, really makes White Hot Truth a liberating read (or listen).
January 11, 2017
Truthing at it’s best. Real, raw and authentic. White Hot Truth speaks directly to your soul. Logic, meets light. No fluff, 100% intimate truth, Danielle LaPorte tells it like it is. The expansion of your soul is just one goodread away.
March 15, 2017
I was given the opportunity to read the ebook in advance of publication, as part of the "launch team". I'll say right off, I'm definitely not IN LOVE with all of Danielle LaPorte's messages (both in this book and her other stuff) but I've always been in the "take what you want, leave the rest" camp. (which is one of the messages she's putting out there in this book, incidentally)
So, overall I enjoyed this read. It wasn't heavy or stuffed with fillers - she's pretty good at being succinct. There are a few good takeaways, and sort of "that's interesting - never thought of it like that before" moments. There were a few points I thought she could have elaborated on more, though. Her message sometimes gets lost in the tough-badass-I've-been-through-it-all attitude, I think, and makes it somewhat difficult to figure out what she's really trying to convey. Most of the time, though, I like her conversational tone. She definitely has a unique voice that comes through in the way she writes, that kind of makes it more like an intimate conversation with a friend.
If you're already a die-hard, no-matter-what fan/groupie/follower of Danielle LaPorte, chances are you're going to dig this too.
I don't think, however, that this will necessarily turn you into a fan if you're not already.
So, overall I enjoyed this read. It wasn't heavy or stuffed with fillers - she's pretty good at being succinct. There are a few good takeaways, and sort of "that's interesting - never thought of it like that before" moments. There were a few points I thought she could have elaborated on more, though. Her message sometimes gets lost in the tough-badass-I've-been-through-it-all attitude, I think, and makes it somewhat difficult to figure out what she's really trying to convey. Most of the time, though, I like her conversational tone. She definitely has a unique voice that comes through in the way she writes, that kind of makes it more like an intimate conversation with a friend.
If you're already a die-hard, no-matter-what fan/groupie/follower of Danielle LaPorte, chances are you're going to dig this too.
I don't think, however, that this will necessarily turn you into a fan if you're not already.
March 8, 2017
So far, I LOVE! I've been in love with the Desire Map and her truth bombs for a while now, and I knew the book would be just as good! She didn't let me down!
March 22, 2017
This book left me quite speechless. It is one I am glad to own because I will be readng it again and again. There is so much important wisdom that I cannot grasp it all in just one reading. I mostly read it on a train or in another public space which kept me from saying my Amens out loud, but I resonated with a lot of what was written. It is raw but refined. You can see how much care and Truth went into this book. This is a book that I would recommend for anyone to read that thinks they need just one more course...guru....mantra...self help book...whatever to become a better version of themself. Spoiler alert: This book gives you permission to see all the power and wisdom that is already inside you.
March 18, 2017
As part of the White Hot Truth launch team, I received a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.
Danielle Laporte has long been a staple on my bookshelf. Her writing style is like talking to a girlfriend - deep but can easily slip back to casual, thought provoking but also laugh out loud funny, and seriously, no bullshit. Having the opportunity to both read the book and listen to it (Danielle also provided us with the audiobook version), I was able to get the feeling that Danielle truly feels what she says/writes and has no judgement about what you take from the book.
White Hot Truth isn't a self-help guide or spiritual map; it is a book that gives you permission to figure out what you want to hold onto and what you want to let go of - and sometimes, we need that external permission to do just that. The passage that spoke to me the most was a reminder to look for the Light. In our current climate, there is so much negativity. Danielle asks us to, "please, don't let go of what you know in your bones: that compassion illuminates the darkness."
If you want a spiritual/social/joyful/compassionate conversation about seeking your truth, this is it.
Danielle Laporte has long been a staple on my bookshelf. Her writing style is like talking to a girlfriend - deep but can easily slip back to casual, thought provoking but also laugh out loud funny, and seriously, no bullshit. Having the opportunity to both read the book and listen to it (Danielle also provided us with the audiobook version), I was able to get the feeling that Danielle truly feels what she says/writes and has no judgement about what you take from the book.
White Hot Truth isn't a self-help guide or spiritual map; it is a book that gives you permission to figure out what you want to hold onto and what you want to let go of - and sometimes, we need that external permission to do just that. The passage that spoke to me the most was a reminder to look for the Light. In our current climate, there is so much negativity. Danielle asks us to, "please, don't let go of what you know in your bones: that compassion illuminates the darkness."
If you want a spiritual/social/joyful/compassionate conversation about seeking your truth, this is it.
March 21, 2017
This book came at the perfect time. With so much spiritual noise, it is SO refreshing to read Danielle's journey through spiritual practices and to end up at the advice in this book: take what you want, leave the rest behind (and question EVERYTHING along the way).
So much of what Danielle expressed in this book was exactly what has been on my heart for quite some time now, and exactly what I hoped would become a more loudly spoken message. It's so easy in today's world to get carried away with self-help and come out on the other side with more questions and confusion than ever before. Everyone seems to have the magical answer, yet few people truly question the methods and advice they're getting from "leaders".
I will forever recommend this book to soul-searchers trying to navigate the noise of the self-help realm! I wish I had heard this advice a year ago. Then again, my journey would've been so different. So maybe it came at the perfect time!
So much of what Danielle expressed in this book was exactly what has been on my heart for quite some time now, and exactly what I hoped would become a more loudly spoken message. It's so easy in today's world to get carried away with self-help and come out on the other side with more questions and confusion than ever before. Everyone seems to have the magical answer, yet few people truly question the methods and advice they're getting from "leaders".
I will forever recommend this book to soul-searchers trying to navigate the noise of the self-help realm! I wish I had heard this advice a year ago. Then again, my journey would've been so different. So maybe it came at the perfect time!
March 22, 2017
I had a crush on Danielle LaPorte ever since Style Statement. When she was Steve Jobed from her own company I went with her. My crush turned into absolute adoration after the Fire Starters Sessions and the Desire Map. But then, after a while I fell out of love with her. For some reason I didn’t feel her anymore. It all seemed too good to be true, too wise, too cool, too perfect, too much, for me. It wasn’t just Danielle, I had fallen out of love with the whole self-improvement movement. I was just so tired of all the striving to be better and went back to being good enough. Not to better my life any longer, but to live better.
And then came White Hot Truth. The Truth about Danielle’s own spiritual- and self-help journey. Aaaaaah see. It’s not just me. And that is actually is so much more helpful to me than all the how to’s. I really truly believe that books like White Hot Truth are very, very important. It is so comforting to know that the thought leaders of our time really do have the same limiting thoughts and beliefs as the rest of us. It’s the sharing of the way out of these thoughts and the questioning of everything that helps the self after all, without the striving. The transparency, the paradox, the fun, the failure, the works. It truly helps. Where the Fire Starters Sessions and the Desire Map help to get me all fired up, White Hot Truth helps to drop my shoulders, slow down and lean in. It’s all good. I’m all good.
And as for my love of Danielle, I have fallen deeply back in love with her again. True love. Equal love. From seeker to seeker, from woman to woman and from (own) guru to (own) guru.
The Truth, the whole truth, the White Hot Truth. Hers, mine and hopefully yours.
And then came White Hot Truth. The Truth about Danielle’s own spiritual- and self-help journey. Aaaaaah see. It’s not just me. And that is actually is so much more helpful to me than all the how to’s. I really truly believe that books like White Hot Truth are very, very important. It is so comforting to know that the thought leaders of our time really do have the same limiting thoughts and beliefs as the rest of us. It’s the sharing of the way out of these thoughts and the questioning of everything that helps the self after all, without the striving. The transparency, the paradox, the fun, the failure, the works. It truly helps. Where the Fire Starters Sessions and the Desire Map help to get me all fired up, White Hot Truth helps to drop my shoulders, slow down and lean in. It’s all good. I’m all good.
And as for my love of Danielle, I have fallen deeply back in love with her again. True love. Equal love. From seeker to seeker, from woman to woman and from (own) guru to (own) guru.
The Truth, the whole truth, the White Hot Truth. Hers, mine and hopefully yours.
December 16, 2020
"White Hot Truth" is one of those books that will stay on your shelf for years, picking it up when you need a little something, a little nudge - but not requiring you to read the whole thing.
I felt connected to the author as she spoke of her Catholic upbringing - yet still felt as if something was missing. I feel that my own journey of spirituality recently started in the last couple of years and that through traveling and meeting other people.
I also lover her brutal honestly. I will never forget the image of the monk smoking a cigarette outside who Danielle catches and he just sort of shrugs the whole thing off.
While there were some parts I didn't love, overall I enjoyed that this book spoke about spirituality in a way I feel comfortable with. She spoke like a true modern woman, seeking her own truths while navigating life, holding on dear to her friends and non-negotiables, remaining opening to growing and shifting as she felt was right.
I felt connected to the author as she spoke of her Catholic upbringing - yet still felt as if something was missing. I feel that my own journey of spirituality recently started in the last couple of years and that through traveling and meeting other people.
I also lover her brutal honestly. I will never forget the image of the monk smoking a cigarette outside who Danielle catches and he just sort of shrugs the whole thing off.
While there were some parts I didn't love, overall I enjoyed that this book spoke about spirituality in a way I feel comfortable with. She spoke like a true modern woman, seeking her own truths while navigating life, holding on dear to her friends and non-negotiables, remaining opening to growing and shifting as she felt was right.
March 22, 2017
Sometimes you are aware of the gravity of what you are reading as you are reading it. Sometimes you don't fully feel it until the words and concepts are in motion in your life. White Hot Truth makes it possible to completely exhale all the bullshit that is out there about personal and spiritual growth and the rise of the workshop junky persona. Through Danielle LaPorte's personal and professional exposure to the whole spectrum of offerings, products and people in the realm of bettering ourselves, we learn the ultimate paradox: that more can leave us with less.
That the best resources and skills aren't ones that are veiled in dogma and coercion: strangely, the best lessons can come from what the resilience that emerges when something doesn't sit right.
That it is imperative to question a truth before we make it our own, especially when we are in a group.
When we don't blindly follow and the ways in which our boundaries being violated actually gives us the power to create boundaries.
I cried before, during and after reading White Hot Truth because it struck the deepest of chords: how to be sovereign. Danielle's gift is taking something mainstream, stripping it back and re-presenting it to the world in a way that doesn't just contribute to the noise. Danielle creates a whole new wavelength so that we aren't all blindly repeating the same mantras without substance. So that we aren't just following because we think we should. Everything is put back to you as the reader to interpret and question. This is the ultimate empowerment.
White Hot Truth will completely satiate your need to look outward for a long time and is certain to be an oracle that you return to when in need.
That the best resources and skills aren't ones that are veiled in dogma and coercion: strangely, the best lessons can come from what the resilience that emerges when something doesn't sit right.
That it is imperative to question a truth before we make it our own, especially when we are in a group.
When we don't blindly follow and the ways in which our boundaries being violated actually gives us the power to create boundaries.
I cried before, during and after reading White Hot Truth because it struck the deepest of chords: how to be sovereign. Danielle's gift is taking something mainstream, stripping it back and re-presenting it to the world in a way that doesn't just contribute to the noise. Danielle creates a whole new wavelength so that we aren't all blindly repeating the same mantras without substance. So that we aren't just following because we think we should. Everything is put back to you as the reader to interpret and question. This is the ultimate empowerment.
White Hot Truth will completely satiate your need to look outward for a long time and is certain to be an oracle that you return to when in need.
March 21, 2017
Wow! This book had me at TRUTH...that thing we are all searching for in some way or another so that we can feel like our true authentic Self. Without this basic Truth there is no order, no parameter, no baseline for measuring who we are. We are adrift in an endless sea of metaphors, incense, crystals and oracle cards. Listening to her rummage through the massive tool box that is so readily supplied by the New Age World is both poignant and honest and she is not afraid to look at the possibility of absurdity of various mystical practices while at the same time embracing them. By her example of thoughtful irreverence she shows the way of the truth seeker in a way that brings things down to earth with a grain of salt and humanity. Danielle shares her experience in the search for her own truth with a transparency that is refreshing and pulls you into the journey with her. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is searching as it will most definitely guide you ever so gently into your own Truth again and again giving you some of your own perfectly timed "Ah ha" moments along the way. Our truth is always there. It is always white. It is always hot. It is always inside of you...and this is the gift of reading this extraordinary book.
March 22, 2017
I have been a fan of Danielle's work for a long time. I love her writing/audio style, quick wit and honest communication. White Hot Truth is no exception. In this book she shares openly about her spiritual path and explorations, where they've taken her, where she learned to question the intentions behind practices meant to increase enlightenment and spiritual growth and where she learned there really is a dark side to spiritual enlightenment. In my opinion, this is her most courageous work yet. What I love about this book is she puts in words what many of us have felt on our own journeys. This book will no doubt ruffle some feathers, ease some fears, raise some questions and stimulate deep and meaningful conversations. Having grown up immersed deeply in both Christianity and new age dabbling, I found Danielle's writing refreshing in the way she conveys what is good, what is not so good, and how in today's drive for fast results, short cuts can create personal chaos. This book challenges the reader to question spiritual authority or anything that doesn't feel right and in so doing, create a spiritual practice that is both rich and effective in service to others.
March 22, 2017
This book is part autobiography, part wisdom and all truth. Danielle is very relatable, and writes in an easy going, readable style. in an honest, no-holds-barred style she shares her "White Hot Truths" that speak to the idea that we are enough. For all we seek to do, embrace, change, evolve, and reach out; at the end of the day we are enough. In our culture of do more, get more, be more she reassures us that we are everything we need to be. I found this book to be very empowering and made me think about things in a different way than I had before. This book is for the soul seekers, those taking a break from being on the path, those who have never been on the path, this book is for all of us to be who we are. Which is enough.
November 29, 2016
I won this book through GoodReads First Read program.
I was disappointed in this book. I believe we are all created with a hole that we all strive to fill in some manner. The only thing that can fill this hole is God. LaPorte has continually strived to find a way to fill the hole she has and she tells us about her search for fulfillment. She does share her background which included being raised as a Catholic but the Church let her down. She describes her struggles with all people being sinners and how this is such a negative. She stops there however, and doesn't talk about how belief in Jesus takes away that sin and we are pure in God's eyes. I was hoping that LaPorte would talk about how she has searched all over to fill the hole inside her and found it in Jesus. As I said, I was disappointed.
There is also lots of foul language used. There was no need for it.
I wish the author the best in quest to find something to give her fulfillment. I am afraid she will be continually searching however.
I was disappointed in this book. I believe we are all created with a hole that we all strive to fill in some manner. The only thing that can fill this hole is God. LaPorte has continually strived to find a way to fill the hole she has and she tells us about her search for fulfillment. She does share her background which included being raised as a Catholic but the Church let her down. She describes her struggles with all people being sinners and how this is such a negative. She stops there however, and doesn't talk about how belief in Jesus takes away that sin and we are pure in God's eyes. I was hoping that LaPorte would talk about how she has searched all over to fill the hole inside her and found it in Jesus. As I said, I was disappointed.
There is also lots of foul language used. There was no need for it.
I wish the author the best in quest to find something to give her fulfillment. I am afraid she will be continually searching however.
March 21, 2017
I've been following Danielle LaPorte for a while now. I first learned of her when she was planning to launch a magazine, a dream of hers she had the courage to cut loose when it was no longer working. That fact alone - that she had the guts to shut down something that she'd invested time, creative energy and her hard-earned cash in because the thought of it no longer lit her up - piqued my interest enough for me to stick close. I kept reading her words, listening to her truth and watching her influence grow wider and deeper in the self-help industry as she builds and maintains her empire. I've done her Fire Starter Sessions and Desire Map programs, have her Truthbomb app on my phone and subscribe to her newsletter. Obviously, I dig her. There are many things I enjoy about her including her wit, her fearlessness, her mama-bear energy whenever her son comes up in conversation. But what really keeps me rooted to Danielle LaPorte is that she is much more than a seeker. She is a Truth Slayer. She's a contemporary writer using her powerful voice on some of the most important issues of our now. In White Hot Truth, she expands on many of the issues she’s raised in her potent essays. Listening to her read her book (seriously, do yourself a favor and get the audio book too) makes me feel like I just jumped on to the back of the motorcycle she's driving at record speeds. At various points there were gasps, sighs, hell yesses and oh no she didn’t moments. There were times I breathed deeply because she validated my very own personal beliefs; like her thoughts on religion and Original Sin, and again in another chapter where she shines light into hushed corners of the Spirituality industry. Danielle calls nonsense and bullshit on one topic as deftly as she sends love and light on another. White Hot Truth is a roller coaster ride through her psyche. If you’re an open-minded seeker, you’ll most likely find yourself strapped in and ready for more.
April 3, 2017
"Is everything you're doing to be well and liberated really helping you to be well and liberated? Because if liberation is a chore, then you aren’t really free, are you?"
― Danielle LaPorte, "White Hot Truth"
Last year, I began a formal quest to become a more joyful person. I embarked on a year of happiness boosting habits. I began a new practice every month, and I blogged about it.
Meditation. Gratitude practices. Mindfulness classes. Therapy. Yoga. Lovingkindness meditation. Minimalism. Self improvement books. Mindful eating. Intuitive eating.
All of these practices were profoundly helpful. But I realized that I was muscling toward joy with all the force I had in my determined body. I white-knuckled the whole thing. Must. Do. Happiness. Boosting. Practices. NOW!
Throughout all this, another message kept popping up. I heard it first in my mindfulness class: engage in more self-compassion and less self-improvement. It seemed shocking. It seemed too good to be true, and yet . . . could it be true?
This year, I've been asking myself what I really want. What do I really want to eat? What do I really want to do? Should I take another mindfulness class, or simply enjoy the beautiful life I've been building for myself? Would exercise be helpful, or do I need a nap? What will really bring me joy?
"White Hot Truth" brought these truths to me once again. I know the answer. More self-compassion and less self-improvement. Choose joy, and then choose it again and again.
Yes.
― Danielle LaPorte, "White Hot Truth"
Last year, I began a formal quest to become a more joyful person. I embarked on a year of happiness boosting habits. I began a new practice every month, and I blogged about it.
Meditation. Gratitude practices. Mindfulness classes. Therapy. Yoga. Lovingkindness meditation. Minimalism. Self improvement books. Mindful eating. Intuitive eating.
All of these practices were profoundly helpful. But I realized that I was muscling toward joy with all the force I had in my determined body. I white-knuckled the whole thing. Must. Do. Happiness. Boosting. Practices. NOW!
Throughout all this, another message kept popping up. I heard it first in my mindfulness class: engage in more self-compassion and less self-improvement. It seemed shocking. It seemed too good to be true, and yet . . . could it be true?
This year, I've been asking myself what I really want. What do I really want to eat? What do I really want to do? Should I take another mindfulness class, or simply enjoy the beautiful life I've been building for myself? Would exercise be helpful, or do I need a nap? What will really bring me joy?
"White Hot Truth" brought these truths to me once again. I know the answer. More self-compassion and less self-improvement. Choose joy, and then choose it again and again.
Yes.
March 22, 2017
White Hot Truth is like a spiritual autobiography - a glimpse into Danielle's spiritual path, the lengths she went as a seeker to unfold her truth. A review of her journey in retrospect with the key takeaways she has gained - probably the book she wishes was around for her when she was seeking. She brings back musings on what did and did not work for her. She provides suggestions about where to focus your energy as you move forward on your own spiritual and life path.
Danielle has a beautiful way with words that makes reading easy to digest while provoking your thoughts on your own journey. The White Hot Truth is nice compilation of her Truth Bombs,other poetic reflections on life, and noteworthy quotes and questions to consider. If you find yourself on the path of the seeker, you have probably read up on or tried a few of the modalities and spiritual teachings she references so you can probably relate to several aspects of her story and the contradictions and questioning she speaks of - you get to read a compilation of how these spiritual tools have functioned in her life.
In the end you will still choose to explore the path for yourself - it is the only way- but Danielle reminds us to be discerning, compassionate with ourselves, and make sure it brings Joy!
Danielle has a beautiful way with words that makes reading easy to digest while provoking your thoughts on your own journey. The White Hot Truth is nice compilation of her Truth Bombs,other poetic reflections on life, and noteworthy quotes and questions to consider. If you find yourself on the path of the seeker, you have probably read up on or tried a few of the modalities and spiritual teachings she references so you can probably relate to several aspects of her story and the contradictions and questioning she speaks of - you get to read a compilation of how these spiritual tools have functioned in her life.
In the end you will still choose to explore the path for yourself - it is the only way- but Danielle reminds us to be discerning, compassionate with ourselves, and make sure it brings Joy!
March 22, 2017
White Hot Truth is another one of Danielle LaPorte's mind-blowing works of art. We've been so programmed to cram stuff down our throats that doesn't feel good, and bury our light under the layers of other people's expectations that are caked onto our souls. Danielle's words pull your soul by the hand and help it break free through all those layers of doubt, fear, and stupor to finally shine so brightly without holding back. White Hot Truth is a soulful approach to life based on lessons learned. It is a declaration from one woman's heart to another. It's an invitation to be real. As soon as I finished it, I called my best friends and plunged into the deep conversations where authenticity lives. This book is beautiful, and I'm better for having read it.
June 18, 2017
I think I am just over self-help. I really am. Self-help was my 30ies, because I honestly cannot think of any "spiritual" book of the bast 4 years that I found even remotely interesting or enlightening. I found the way this is written jarring, the layout of the book off-putting and the overall message: "You can believe what you want to believe." as such a platitude that I felt like shouting: "I want my money back."
Moving on. Someone hit me please if you see me adding a book like this to my reading list EVER again. Thank you.
Moving on. Someone hit me please if you see me adding a book like this to my reading list EVER again. Thank you.
April 4, 2017
One of my favorite parts from The Help by Kathryn Stockett is when Aibileen gets down on little Mae Mobley's eye-level and says "You is smart. You is kind. You is important." If every child could have that mantra instilled the world would truly be a different place.
In Danielle LaPorte's White Hot Truth, she metaphorically grabs my shoulders firmly, looks deep in my eyes and says with fierce conviction "You were born important. With full rights. Just for showing up. You are more than adequate; you are substantial. Worthy. Powerful. You are a blessing of original goodness." An arrow straight to the heart and my Mae Mobley moment!
The entire book is like a refreshing wake up call from both your best girlfriend and treasured spiritual mentor. Each chapter is filled with more goodness than the previous. I found myself highlighting every. single. page.
Of all Danielle LaPorte's books, this one is my favorite. And I don't know if its so much the message or where I'm at in life, but it's like she gets me. She understands that I've been stuck on that self-improvement wheel reading every new self-help book to be released. Self-compassion? Check. Emotional Health? Check, check. Assertiveness training? Yup, have several of those. The list goes on and on.
When a book makes you feel - no matter what the emotion - that book is a treasure. When a book makes you feel validated, worthy and most of all, not alone on the journey, then that book is priceless indeed.
Oh, and I'm sorry Danielle, I changed the name of your book to 'my Mae Mobley moment.'
In Danielle LaPorte's White Hot Truth, she metaphorically grabs my shoulders firmly, looks deep in my eyes and says with fierce conviction "You were born important. With full rights. Just for showing up. You are more than adequate; you are substantial. Worthy. Powerful. You are a blessing of original goodness." An arrow straight to the heart and my Mae Mobley moment!
The entire book is like a refreshing wake up call from both your best girlfriend and treasured spiritual mentor. Each chapter is filled with more goodness than the previous. I found myself highlighting every. single. page.
Of all Danielle LaPorte's books, this one is my favorite. And I don't know if its so much the message or where I'm at in life, but it's like she gets me. She understands that I've been stuck on that self-improvement wheel reading every new self-help book to be released. Self-compassion? Check. Emotional Health? Check, check. Assertiveness training? Yup, have several of those. The list goes on and on.
When a book makes you feel - no matter what the emotion - that book is a treasure. When a book makes you feel validated, worthy and most of all, not alone on the journey, then that book is priceless indeed.
Oh, and I'm sorry Danielle, I changed the name of your book to 'my Mae Mobley moment.'
January 8, 2018
I think that books sometimes come to us exactly when we need them. White Hot Truth was one of those books for me. I bought it months ago and have had it sitting here just waiting. Finally picked it up last week and have had truth after truth revealed to me since then. This may be a book about keeping it real on your spiritual life, but I found myself relating a lot of ideas to all areas of my life. I actually cried as I read the last chapter this morning. I don't think this book would have spoken to me in such a profound way if I'd read it months ago when I bought it, but this week was the exact right moment in time for me to read Danielle's thoughts on this topic.
I needed this book this week. I especially needed to read those last words, "slow down if you need to, but don't ever stop" because goodness knows I was close to not just slowing down but stopping all together. Danielle has helped me breathe life back into myself with her truths.
"Joy is what happens when you make contact with your soul."
This book will be one I'll read over and over. I'm already planning to go back and read some chapters this week. Danielle has a way with words and a way with processing her experiences that really speaks to my soul, and I am so grateful to have found her.
I needed this book this week. I especially needed to read those last words, "slow down if you need to, but don't ever stop" because goodness knows I was close to not just slowing down but stopping all together. Danielle has helped me breathe life back into myself with her truths.
"Joy is what happens when you make contact with your soul."
This book will be one I'll read over and over. I'm already planning to go back and read some chapters this week. Danielle has a way with words and a way with processing her experiences that really speaks to my soul, and I am so grateful to have found her.
April 14, 2017
Listening to Danielle's words in White Hot Truth was like catching up with a girlfriend I hadn't seen for some time and realising that most of our night was going to be spent saying "ah ha, I totally relate, yup, me too!".
This book is candid, honest, comical and perfectly timed for the conversations going on in the "self help/spirituality" world.
It's a definite read, guaranteed a head nod or twenty and definitely a giggle or even a snort out loud.
Above all else, it's the words that many are seeking to bring being 'human' back to the path of growth and spirituality.
This book is candid, honest, comical and perfectly timed for the conversations going on in the "self help/spirituality" world.
It's a definite read, guaranteed a head nod or twenty and definitely a giggle or even a snort out loud.
Above all else, it's the words that many are seeking to bring being 'human' back to the path of growth and spirituality.
March 21, 2017
White Hot Truth is a glorious, messy, humorous, serious discussion of what it means to get honest and open with our own hearts, minds, and souls. Danielle LaPorte provides a handbook, so to speak, for getting to the truth of spiritual seeking. She celebrates and expands on the parts that feel good; she is honest and open about the grit and potential pitfalls of the spiritual journey; and she throws down challenges that force the reader to reckon with the question of “what does my soul see?” Danielle’s style is honest, funny, blunt, and wise. Spiritual seekers just beginning their journeys will find tremendous help in White Hot Truth, and those seekers already traveling their journeys will find renewed clarity and focus for continuing the way ahead.
March 20, 2017
"White Hot Truth" is a Divine invitation to be at peace with yourself, with your life. It is a message of "Be your own Guru" accompanied by "You are Enough"! Danielle LaPorte interweaves her personal stories and spiritual experiences with radiant nuggets of Wisdom and TruthBombs that will have you saying YES - and may guide you to shout a resounding NO to the self-help noise makers of our time. This book brings so many religious and spiritual topics down to earth, shines Light on them, asks some burning questions, and allows the reader to freely choose. Written in a conversational tone, (you almost feel like your sitting in a cozy den chatting with your best girls), any one who considers themselves a Seeker at all will find "White Hot Truth" easy to read and hard to put down. It is more than a book, it is truly an experience!
April 3, 2017
This is amazing! It's so right on.
So many of these truths are prevalent in my life.
I'm listening it to it now on audio & it is far more powerful.
Like having a girlfriend drop some badass wisdom.
Read it, listen to it, get ready for some major aha's.
So many of these truths are prevalent in my life.
I'm listening it to it now on audio & it is far more powerful.
Like having a girlfriend drop some badass wisdom.
Read it, listen to it, get ready for some major aha's.
March 11, 2017
Dieses Buch ist vor allem eines: EHRLICH. Eben echte Wahrheit. Obwohl, Danielle Laporte stellt recht schnell klar, es gibt nicht DIE Wahrheit, es gibt auch für jeden von uns verschiedene davon. Das Buch ist selbstironisch, tiefgehend und in einem angenehmen, nicht verurteilenden Ton geschrieben. Sie analysiert messerscharf ihre eigene Suche (Wahrscheinlich nach dem Licht), nach dem Sein, nach dem Sinn des Lebens und zeigt auch die Irrwege auf, die sie nach dem Motto, der Weg ist das Ziel gelaufen ist.
Sie schenkt dem Lesenden eine Freiheit, spricht ihm die Urteilskraft für sein eigenes Leben zu, denn du bist dein eigener Guru- ;-), sie sagt, Hilfe kann man von vielen bekommen, und manchmal müssen es neben Smoothie, Medidation und Buddhismus auch mal Pillen ein. Es existiert vieles nebeneinander und das ist gut so. Dieses Befreiende, dieses Element ist die Stärke des Buches. Sie benennt auch ganz klar, das wir Menschen ganz lapidar in Widersprüchen leben und das ist nicht widersprüchlich, sondern everyday life... das Buch unterhält, macht schlauer, man stellt sich selbst Fragen und die Synthesen und Schlüsse, die Laporte formuliert und zieht, sind eben nicht dogmatisch und das NICHT-Dogmatische, die Freiheit, die Individualität und das Authentische eines Menschen in seinen Lebensumständen, Träumen und Gefühlen, das ist die WHITE HOT TRUTH.
SEHR LESENSWERT.
Sie schenkt dem Lesenden eine Freiheit, spricht ihm die Urteilskraft für sein eigenes Leben zu, denn du bist dein eigener Guru- ;-), sie sagt, Hilfe kann man von vielen bekommen, und manchmal müssen es neben Smoothie, Medidation und Buddhismus auch mal Pillen ein. Es existiert vieles nebeneinander und das ist gut so. Dieses Befreiende, dieses Element ist die Stärke des Buches. Sie benennt auch ganz klar, das wir Menschen ganz lapidar in Widersprüchen leben und das ist nicht widersprüchlich, sondern everyday life... das Buch unterhält, macht schlauer, man stellt sich selbst Fragen und die Synthesen und Schlüsse, die Laporte formuliert und zieht, sind eben nicht dogmatisch und das NICHT-Dogmatische, die Freiheit, die Individualität und das Authentische eines Menschen in seinen Lebensumständen, Träumen und Gefühlen, das ist die WHITE HOT TRUTH.
SEHR LESENSWERT.
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