In the Meantime

What is the meantime? According to author and inspirational speaker Iyanla Vanzant, being in the "meantime" means being in a state of limbo. "When you are not happy where you are and you are not quite sure if you want to leave or how to leave, you are in the meantime", she explains. Rather than wallow in confusion, Vanzant encourages you to use the meantime as an opportunity to prepare yourself for true love. The first order of business is to clean house, starting with the basement--the place in the psyche where you store your most destructive thoughts. Room by room, Vanzant takes you through a metaphorical cleaning of the soul. This way, when your meantime days are over and love finally comes knocking on the front door, you'll have a clean house to welcome love into. --Christine Buttery

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Life changing! - Rated
I'm not sure if I found this book or it found me!! I came across it when I was at one of the lowest points in my life. I'm a fairly prolific reader but this is the first book that I have EVER read from cover to cover then went straight back to page one and started reading again. It completely changed my way of thinking about life and how we treat relationships of every kind. Life gets better every day. A must read for everyone.

Brilliant - Rated
I thought this book was simply brilliant. I definitely felt I had shifted into a new place after reading it. I was able to let past hurts and people go, in the knowledge that everything is simply just as it is supposed to be, and I'm in exactly the right place. I have also now bought the workbook. There are many interesting exercises in it, which help you appreciate and understand who you are. I highly recommend both.

Best book I ever read - Rated
I picked this book up in the hope that it would keep me occupied on holiday. It changed my life - don't be put off by the God stuff - this book will show you exactly who you are - it marks the beginning of the most exciting journey you have ventured to take.

You're doing it right! - Rated
If you've ever wondered how you got into the mess you're in - or more importantly why you're there, read this book. From a state of despair, it lifted me up, it told me I was okay and doing everything perfectly for my own divine search and path. I picked up the book by "accident" and now will never be without it - God is helping me every step of the way, he gave me this book. If you are lost, read this book. If you feel alone, read this book. If you feel like you've messed it up again, read this book. Iyanla Vanzant has a trully amazing gift, it's the gift of truth and we all have it.

Good, but not Great! - Rated
I feel like a traitor amongst all the people who LOVE this book, but I'm sorry I was not really one of them. It wasn't the message of the book I disliked - teaching you to learn from every relationship, to be honest with yourself and others, to learn to love yourself before you love anyone else - these are all brilliant lessons to learn, but it was the style the book was written in that I couldn't get to grips with. The whole premise of the book is that our spirtual path or evolution is like a house - a basement level, first floor, second floor etc, OK fine, but the whole home metaphor gets a bit much after a while and the telling of stories as examples of lessons she is trying to teach are a good idea, but they never really seem realistic and sometimes the story is just left without you feeling you have really come to any conclusions about it. Maybe I missed the whole point, but this book would have been so much better if its message about growth was expanded more instead of all the confusion of floors, attics, garbage, fridges etc as overused and heavy metaphors. I love Iyanla Vanzant on the Oprah show, and in fact liked the show about this very book, but somehow on the page it gets tiresome. Sorry :)