And Whose Life Are You Living Anyway? What Wise Women Know and Do about Purposeful Living

by Angela Kenyatta

And Whose Life Are You Living, Anyway? What Wise Women Know and Do About Purposeful Living invites readers to invoke and marshal inner wisdom as a guide to more purposeful living. Author Angela Kenyatta offers a compassionate and compelling work that explores the intersectionality of the personal and the political in relation to identity, spirituality and power. Through a series of reflective essays, meditative thoughts, and wisdom protocols, the reader embarks upon a deeply intimate journey of release, restoration, and reawakening. Ancient spiritual teachings anchor the discussion of contemporary social themes that serve as a catalyst for contemplation and transformation as each woman answers the questions Who must I become in order to fulfill my purpose? How can I best contribute to the world?

254 pages, Hardcover

Published June 22, 2018

Reviews

[IAmAmandaBazil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although it took me a while to read this book due to my inconsistencies with balancing life and other books I'm currently reading, I have to say in all I'm genuinely appreciative of Angela's warm, uplifting, and inspiring words. Broken up into three suites: release, restoration, and reawakening, Angela challenges us to become the wise women we are destined to be. I've read a book similar to Angela's, and liked the other book more (it was Own Your Own Glow by Latham Thomas). I say this only because Latham went as far as including a breakdown of constructing a healthier dieting plan, explained holistic approaches to living a healthier lifestyle, incorporated knowledge on different spiritual rituals and practices that can help ground and open us in ways we haven't thought before, and so on. In theory, both women do an excellent job at providing us with the knowledge on how to do that, Angela's just felt less specific. When it came time for her to talk about spirituality, she'd explain the importance of having a spiritual life and the transformative beauty it can bring rather than specific instructions on creating a ritual or practice. Again, this book was definitely still worth the read because Angela has a way with words and it's purely revitalizing.