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These are some of the sayings of Debrena Jackson Gandy, international keynote speaker and seminar leader, business consultant, success coach, and author of Sacred Pampering Principles (William Morrow & Co., February 1997) and All the Joy You Can Stand (Random House, June 2000). Her new book, All the Joy You Can Stand went into its third printing in less then four months on the market, and made the national African-American Bestsellers list within its first 90 days on the market. Both of her books are recognized as African-American bestsellers. Debrena Jackson Gandy has been described as "dynamic, engaging, energizing, powerful" and "transformational." She is owner of Masterminds, an organizational development consulting firm, and The Afroscentrics Boutique, an on-line, internet motivational and educational products company. Ms. Gandy has been named as an Outstanding Young Woman of America, in Who's Who Among Top Minority Executives, and to Who's Who Among Professional and Executive Women, and Consummate Speaker of the Year by Sharing Ideas magazine.
 Ms. Gandy regularly appears in Essence and Heart & Soul magazines as an expert on spiritual living and inner renewal and as a contributing feature writer. She also has been a Featured Contributor in "O", Oprah Winfrey's award-winning magazine. She has also appeared in Ebony, Upscale, Emerge, Black Enterprise, Today's Black Woman magazines, and the New York Daily News, Chicago, Defender, Dallas Morning News, Tampa Tribune, Charlotte News & Observer, Atlanta Metro, and Seattle Times newspapers; and has been heard on radio stations such as Lee Bailey's Radioscope in Los Angeles, on KJLH radio in Los Angeles, WHUR in Washington, D.C., WWRL and WLIB in New York, NY; WHTC Hot 97 in Atlanta, GA; WIP in Philadelphia, PA; and on the American Urban Radio and ABC Radio Networks. She's appeared on numerous local and regional TV shows as well as on national TV, on C-SPAN, as a two-time guest on CNN, on CNN International, and a guest on Good Day New York and the Wisdom Channel..
Additionally, she was Founder and Executive Producer of a highly successful national women's empowerment retreat, For Sisters Only: Sharing, Healing & Renewal, for six years. Debrena was named a "Woman on the Move" by Today's Black Woman magazine, as one of the top African-American female motivational authors by BET.com, and has been nominated for a Golden Pen Writer's Award.
As a business consultant, success coach and certified facilitator, her business clients include Boeing, Kinko's, Nordstrom, Puget Sound Energy, the United Way, Group Health Cooperative, GTE, Contra Costa County California, Seattle Central Community College, Egghead Software, Century 21, Leo Burnett Advertising, City of Seattle, Washington State Department of Licensing, Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Department of Social & Health Services, the University of Washington, and the U.S. Department of Education.
Ms. Gandy has been a Featured Keynote Speaker in all six cities of the African-American Women on Tour Conferences. She has also spoken for organizations such as the Essence on the Mall Tour, National Dental Association, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Women of Wisdom Conference, National Forum of Black Public Administrators, Sister for Sister Conference, Black Writers on Tour, Northwest Women's Law Center, African-American Wellness Conference, Black Women's Gathering, the For Sisters Only Expo, San Diego State University Foundation, National Speaking of Women's Health Foundation, and the Expo for Today's Black Woman.
Ms. Gandy also offers her signature 3-hour seminar and 3-hour workshop, both which are companions to her books: respectively, The Sacred Pampering Seminar, and The All the Joy You Can Stand Workshop. Her keynote presentation topics include, but are not limited to: fulfilled living, balancing personal and professional life, sacred pampering, how to tap into your inner power and joy, living excellently, authentic success, discovering your personal purpose and mission, entrepreneurship, and developing healthy love relationships. She also offers a 10-week self-paced, self-study, personal growth course called "Aligning Your Life With Joy".
Her personal mission is to empower others to create the lives they desire and deserve.
Debrena Jackson Gandy is a graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and lives in Seattle, WA with her husband, Joseph, and her three daughters.
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