POWERFUL INSPIRATIONS
Eight Lessons That Will Change Your Life
By Kathy Ireland
and Laura Morton
"I have always known Kathy to be a wonderful role model in her work with children. Now, I see what a great teacher she is. In her book, she offers not only inspiration, but also insight and tips that will help anyone succeed in life."
Shaquille O'Neal
Two-time NBA MVP and member of the 2000 and 2001
Championship Lakers teams
"Kathy Ireland is a very centered and inspiring person. Her bravery, creativity, and strong Christian faith are the keys to her success in her personal life and her career, and they guide the principles of this book."
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
Eight-time Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artists
"Kathy has written an enlightening book that will help busy moms feel a sense of empowerment."
Jaclyn Smith
"I'm so grateful to Kathy for sharing how she remains so grounded with all her success. I share her commitment to faith and family. Her book speaks from experience and you can't help but admire her inner strength. You can learn and benefit from her lessons on life."
Jessica Simpson
Muti-Platinum Colombia Recording Artist
"Kathy's beautiful faith and her new book are powerful inspirations for daily living."
Rev. Robert Schuller
Hour Of Power / Crystal Cathedral Ministries
"This is one book that delivers on its promise. The lessons that changed Kathy Ireland's life are great truths that can
change ours as well."
Martha Willamson
Executive Producer of Touched by an Angel
"Kathy Ireland not only possesses immense personal gifts and admirable public achievements but, more important, [she is] a woman who guides by example and urges us to help and empower others. Follow her leadership, you who are pioneers for change."
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
founder of the Special Olympics
"The strength of her character and faith, from which she draws her inspiration, is beyond reproach. Her 'lessons for living' help all of us to envision the potential of extraordinary results in ordinary circumstances."
Bill Cosby
Kathy Ireland first gained recognition as a supermodel, but today she's respected for her design talents and business acumen as the head of her own phenomenally successful home furnishings and apparel design company, Kathy Ireland Worldwide, which has the mission of
"finding solutions for families, especially busy moms" like herself. Kathy has forged a new career as one of America's top CEOs and most embraced designers-and she now adds author to her growing list of accomplishments with her first book,
POWERFUL INSPIRATIONS: Eight Lessons That Will Change Your Life (Doubleday; July 2, 2002; Hardcover; $19.95) co written with New York Times best-selling author Laura Morton.
In addition to running one of the most diverse and well-respected brands in America today, Kathy has worked tirelessly for numerous humanitarian causes close to her heart. And she is also devoted to the greatest joys of her life-her husband and three children. Her multiple successes-and her ability to maintain her beliefs and commitment to her faith and family in all aspects of her life-show that Kathy is a true role model. With her new function as an author, Kathy is dedicated to providing encouragement and inspiration with eight insightful lessons
In POWERFUL INSPIRATIONS, Eight Lessons That Will Change Your Life, which has just been released on paperback by Doubleday, Kathy shares the core beliefs and principles that contributed to her success-powerful lessons that she learned, over time, through her dramatic, diverse experiences. Along the way, she shares intimate personal details about her own life and the challenges she faced on the path to where she is today, including: her recollections of being a gawky, lonely kid struggling with self-esteem; her experiences in the competitive, high-stakes fashion industry, where her values and beliefs made her very much an outsider; her transition from the runway to the boardroom, and the ways in which she remained true to her vision; the failures and tragedies that, while devastating, provided her with greater inner strength; and the many sources of happiness and fulfillment in her present life.
Writing with candor, humor, and deep conviction, Kathy inspires readers to make empowering changes in their own lives-and attain the healthy balance and self-clarity she has found for herself. Each chapter of the book focuses on one of the primary principles Kathy uses to guide herself, describing the specific ways in which it has been inspirational in her own life. These lessons include: POWERFUL INSPIRATIONS: Kathy describes the growth, development, and continuing role of her faith in her life-and how it was particularly instrumental during her early days in modeling, providing her with the strength necessary never to compromise her character in trying to achieve her goals.
POWERFUL YOU: Kathy discusses the obstacles and challenges she conquered and the ways in which they made her grow-and grow stronger-including a horrible physical accident that left her face distorted and led her to a new understanding of beauty, self-esteem, and self-worth.
POWERFUL FAMILY: Kathy describes her commitment to and relationship with her various "families"-her business colleagues, her friends, and her husband and children-and the many ways they enrich her life.
POWERFUL ANSWERS: Throughout her life, Kathy has never shied away from asking the difficult questions-and in the process attained tremendous self-knowledge; here she discusses some of these questions, and other keys to effective communication.
POWERFUL FINANCIAL WISDOM: Discussing the necessity of living within one's means and preparing for the financial future, Kathy particularly notes the importance for women to have an understanding of and grasp on their finances.
POWERFUL JOYS AND SORROWS: Kathy talks about some of the greatest joys and sorrows in her life-and our collective sorrow after September 11-and how our experience of the bad times is what makes the good ones all the more precious.
Filled with uplifting advice from someone who is truly beautiful in all senses of the word, POWERFUL INSPIRATIONS is a life-affirming program that will leave readers touched, empowered, and forever changed.
POWERFUL INSPIRATIONS
Eight Lessons That Will Change Your Life
By Kathy Ireland
and Laura Morton
Published by Doubleday; January 20, 2004
Paperback; $11.95
Contact
Beverly Magid at Guttman Associates,
310-246-4600.
About the Author: Kathy Ireland is one of America's most accomplished entrepreneurial CEOs. She is the recipient of the Businesswoman of the Year Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners and received an Outstanding Mother of the Year Award in 2002 from the National Mother's Day Committee. Her brand recently garnered the legendary Good Housekeeping Seal for consumer excellence. She lives in California with her husband, Greg, and their two children, Erik and Lily.
About the Coauthor: Laura Morton has written six New York Times bestsellers, including works with Melissa Etheridge, Marilu Henner, Joan Lunden, and Naomi Judd. She lives in New York City.