Debbie Ford
Debbie Ford (October 1, 1955 – February 17, 2013) was an American self-help author, coach, lecturer and teacher, most known for The New York Times best-selling book, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers (1998), which aimed to help readers overcome their shadow side with the help of modern psychology and spiritual practices. In following years, she went on to write eight more books including Spiritual Divorce, Why Good People Do Bad Things, and The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse, which have sold over 1 million copies and been translated into 32 languages. She led workshops on "Shadow Process" and hosted TV and radio shows, and also established the "Ford Institute for Transformational Training".
Debbie Ford
- Name
- Debbie Ford
- Born
- October 1, 1955
- Died
- 17 February 2013
- Place of death
- San Diego County, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Self-help author
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• Name — Debbie Ford • Born — October 1, 1955 • Died — 17 February 2013 • Place of death — San Diego County, California, U.S. • Occupation — Self-help author • Notable Works — The Dark Side of the Light Chasers (1998) • Website — https: www.debbieford.com/
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Debbie Ford, born in 1955 and died in 2013, is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Career
After Oprah Winfrey discussed Ford's first book, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers (1998), on her show in late 2000, it spent several weeks on The New York Times bestseller list in late 2000 and early 2001. Her other books that made the list were Why Good People Do Bad Things (2008) and The Shadow Effect: Illuminating the Hidden Power of Your True Self (2010), written in collaboration with Deepak Chopra and Marianne Williamson. Over the years, in a career spanning 20 years, she gave workshops and lectures across the US and trained coaches on the "shadow process". She appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and Fox & Friends, and was a regular contributor to Oprah.com and Huffington Post. She hosted a weekly talk radio show on Hay House Radio, titled Shadow Talk. She produced and appeared in the documentary The Shadow Effect (2009), and also in 3 Magic Words (2010). She appeared as a life coach helping people with divorce on ABC's short-lived reality series The Ex-Wives Club (2007). In 2012, she appeared on Super Soul Sunday (Season 2), a talk show hosted by Oprah Winfrey, airing on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network in an episode titled "Debbie Ford: Out of the Shadows", in which she talked about her eleven-year-old struggle with cancer. Ford lived in the seaside community of La Jolla, San Diego County. She died at her home on February 17, 2013, after a prolonged battle with cancer, aged 57.
Works
Works
• Embracing Your Shadow. Hay House, 2002.. • Spiritual Divorce. Hodder Hb, 2002.. • Dark Side of the Light Chasers. Hodder & Stoughton, (Reprint) 2011.. • The Best Year Of Your Life Kit. Hay House, 2005.. • A Letter from Heaven: God's Gifts to a Mother, Through the Death of Her Daughter, with Allen Guyer. Morris Pub., 2003.. • Why Good People Do Bad Things. HarperCollins, 2009.. • The Secret of the Shadow. HarperCollins, 2009.. • The Right Questions. HarperCollins, 2009.. • The Best Year of Your Life. HarperCollins, 2009.. • The Shadow Effect: Illuminating the Hidden Power of Your True Self, with Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson. HarperOne, 2010.. • The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse: A Breakthrough Program for Connecting with Your Soul's Deepest Purpose. (reprint) HarperCollins, 2010.. • Courage: Overcoming Fear and Igniting Self-Confidence. Wayne Dyer (Foreword). HarperCollins, 2012..
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- 1.Debbie Ford, author of 'The Dark Side of the Light Chasers,' dies. The Christian Science Monitor. February 19, 2013.
- 2.Bestselling Self-help Author Debbie Ford Has Died. Time. February 19, 2013.
- 3.Willian Yardley. Debbie Ford, Author of Self-Help Books, Is Dead at 57. The New York Times. February 20, 2013.
- 4.Paperback Best Sellers: February 11, 2001. The New York Times. February 11, 2001.
- 5.Hardcover Advice (2008). The New York Times. March 30, 2008.
- 6.Best Sellers: Advice, How To And Miscellaneous. The New York Times. May 30, 2010.
- 7.Omega Institute. Teachers: Debbie Ford.
- 8.Oprah.com. Contributor:Debbie Ford.
- 9.Debbie Ford. Huffington Post.
- 10.Debbie Ford: Shadow Talk HayhouseRadio.com.
- 11.IMDb name 3101257
- 12.OWN. Highlights from Oprah and Debbie Ford's 'Super Soul Sunday' Conversation. July 10, 2012.
- 14.Debbie Ford, bestselling self-help author of 'Dark Side of the Light Chasers' dead at 57. The Washington Post. June 2021.
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