Your Holiness: Discover the Light Within

Introduction by Marianne Williamson

A recently discovered unpublished work by the beloved spiritual teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author in which she reflects on the astonishing holiness that resides in each of us.

"What you are seeking at the deepest level exists inside of you, in the quietude of your own inner world, in the privacy of your own sweet heart. So now it’s your responsibility, your holy responsibility, to encode your consciousness with thoughts, feelings and images that will support you in creating the perfect internal environment to cultivate a deep and intimate relationship with the one you call God. This is the force that loves you, cheers for you and wants it all for you. In a world where love leaves as quickly as it comes, you can rest now, knowing that you have found a love that will never leave you, never misguide you and never ever let you down. My advice, dear friend, is take great care of that Love. It will give you everything you’ve been looking for."

On the fifth anniversary of her death and written during her long battle with cancer, Your Holiness is a thoughtful and poignant exploration of the godliness that resides in all of us. Infused with her trademark frank honesty and keen insight, it is a blueprint for recognizing and accepting our latent spirituality. Debbie combines motivational prayers with deeply personal stories about her own spiritual journey—how she struggled and eventually found her internal faith—and translates her experience into a practical path for transformation.

Engaging and accessible, clear and unwavering, philosophical yet practical, Your Holiness is a gift to the soul that both guides and nourishes. At a time when so much in our world feels uncertain and suffering is widespread and persistent, Debbie’s voice is more essential than ever. Your Holiness grounds us in the here and now while delivering a timeless and empowering message of relentless love and strength.

This final, powerful gift from Debbie Ford offers a clear path to your own divine connection:

• Spiritual Guidance: Discover Debbie’s trademark frank honesty and keen insight in this posthumously discovered guide to finding the godliness that resides within you.
• Healing Emotional Pain: Walk alongside Debbie's own spiritual journey as she translates her deepest struggles into a practical path for healing the heart.
• The Consciousness Cleanse: Learn Debbie’s powerful step-by-step process for clearing out toxic thoughts and reseeding your consciousness with holy and healthy beliefs.
• Self-Forgiveness: Embrace the ultimate act of self-love with prayers and wisdom written during her own battle with cancer, offering a potent message of relentless strength.

“Debbie Ford was a spiritual sister, colleague, and teacher to me. This book, discovered after her passing, is an extraordinary journey to higher consciousness. Read it, absorb her insights, and you may see the world as fresh, vibrant, and holy as if for the first time.” - Deepak Chopra

“Debbie Ford was and is one of the greatest teachers of my lifetime. Not only did she evolve, modernize, and render accessible the concept of shadow work and wholeness . . . but she was/is also one of the most profound spiritual teachers of our time. I am so happy that this book was written and will be shared with the world. May this book serve as the gift that it is, from the deeply empathic and wise soul that she was and is.” - Alanis Morissette

“‘You are a holy addition to this world.’ Do you believe that? If you do (with all your heart or half-heartedly), but especially if you don’t believe it at all, put this book on your bedside table and read little bits of it every night before you sleep, and every morning when you awaken. Its beauty and truth will seep into your consciousness and fill with you with faith and strength. Debbie left us too soon, but she left a trail of light, and she left this book.” - Elizabeth Lesser, cofounder of Omega Institute

“Truly a remarkable angel, who has brought the mindset of God, prayer, and love into a form of daily worship for your soul. I have known Debbie in her human life and spirit life and she insisted to me that this book be published. Use this book and open yourself to the light and compassion of the heavens.” - James Van Praagh, bestselling author and master medium

“Debbie Ford is one of the wisest, most insightful, most gentle and loving people I have ever had the joy of calling ‘friend.’ My life—like the lives of so many, many others—has been deeply enriched by her. And now, it is enriched again by the offering of these gifts from her mind to ours, shared with us even after she has celebrated her Continuation Day, and opening us to what could be the most powerful tool that has ever been placed in our hands by God. Thank you, Sweet Friend, for one more timeless treasure.” - Neale Donald Walsch, bestselling author of Conversations with God

“I have known Debbie in her human life and spirit life and she insisted to me that this book be published. Use this book and open yourself to the light and compassion of the heavens.”

“Debbie Ford is one of the wisest, most insightful, most gentle and loving people I have ever had the joy of calling ‘friend.’ Thank you, Sweet Friend, for one more timeless treasure.” - Neale Donald Walsch, bestselling author of Conversations with God

“There is a powerful force that exists within each of us. We can sense its potential but harnessing it can feel like a lifetime of work. In this timeless work, Debbie fearlessly uncovers this light and in so doing reveals a path to our higher selves.”

“Debbie Ford’s Your Holiness is an invitation to tenderly embrace and surrender ourselves to the higher self with the utmost trust that Grace is our constant companion. Read this book and then read it again, letting its compassionate teachings wash over you and bless your life.”   - Michael Bernard Beckwith, author of Spiritual Liberation

“Debbie Ford has done it again, Your Holiness is filled with so much grace it makes me weep deep tears of gratitude for her profound words. This book will remain on my bookshelf as long as there is breath in my body.” - Madisyn Taylor, bestselling author of the DailyOM book series

“In the scriptures of the Upanishads we are told that everything in the universe is pervaded by the Divine. Everything and everyone is holy and divine. To really and experientially know that truth is enlightenment. Through this beautiful book, Debbie transmits this sacred truth in a way that is understandable, meaningful, applicable, and implementable for readers of every walk of life and every spiritual background. In a simple and compelling way, she provides the ‘master key’ to unlock all the doors of our hearts, our minds and our lives.” - Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, president of the Divine Shakti Foundation

“Debbie Ford’s Your Holiness is clearly an offering directly from her spirit, an invitation to tenderly embrace and surrender ourselves to the higher self with the utmost trust that Grace is our constant companion. Read this book and then read it again, letting its compassionate teachings wash over you and bless your life.”   - Michael Bernard Beckwith, author of Spiritual Liberation

“Your Holiness is an answered prayer: the chance to once again sit and listen to Debbie as she shares her most powerful wisdom and teachings. Her final book is a beautiful love letter to humanity: an invitation to cherish yourself, to claim your divinity, and to create an unbreakable bond with God that will allow you to step fully into the life you are meant to live. From the first page to the last, Debbie reminds us that all transformation begins and ends with love. Read this book slowly, carefully, and let its beauty and inspired Grace seep into your bones. It will change you. It changed me. Bless you, Debbie Ford.” - bestselling author of Take Time for Your Life

“Debbie Ford was and is one of the greatest teachers of my lifetime. May this book serve as the gift that it is, from the deeply empathic and wise soul that she was and is.” - Alanis Morissette

“...read little bits of this book every night before you sleep, and every morning when you awaken. Its beauty and truth will seep into your consciousness and fill with you with faith and strength.” - Elizabeth Lesser, cofounder of Omega Institute

“This book is a miracle. It is drenched with all of Debbie Ford’s magic and wisdom that brings you right back into your soul. She is forever teaching us from the heavens.” - Liz Dawn, CEO of Celebrate Your Life Events

“Debbie understood that the true power of prayer was not to stand in your current place waiting to receive a free handout, but to be actively involved in partnering with G-d by creating the blessings and joy of our highest, deepest potential. She had huge wings of love and awe of her creator which she skillfully used to propel her ascent through her ladder of prayer. Her overflowing heart of kindness wanted nothing more in this life then to be able to pin those wings onto the backs of anyone courageous enough to join her march.” - Rabbi Baruch Ezagui, of Chabad, La Jolla

“Everyone should read this book! It not only helps you here in the physical world, but also helps to infuse and empower your soul through the grace and power of prayer!” - John Holland, spiritual medium and teacher

“How fortunate for us that Debbie’s tenacious teaching and seeking spirit revealed this found treasure she left behind. Your Holiness is an exquisite guide into the divine depth of healing and love available inside each one of us when we allow ourselves to be a channel for grace. This book as an oracle; let each page empower you to recognize and honor the truth of your heart and soul.” - Nancy Levin, bestselling author of Worthy

“In this soulful book, Debbie leads us on an unforgettable journey that opens our hearts to a more empowering life, filled with grace. Struggling with drug addiction, Debbie was led on a journey to find her connection to her inner world, her true essence which liberated her from suffering. Going within, Debbie discovered that connecting with Source, the God that is in each of us, is the catalyst that heals us and releases us from bondage. Not only is this a deep and insightful book, but within its pages, it is revealed how to make dramatic shifts in our own consciousness, to make life work, and return to our most magnificent self, our holiness.” - Anita Moorjani, New York Times bestselling author of Dying to Be Me

“This book is a pathway to the possibility of a great life through great choices that can be found through the amazing power of authentic prayer. Read this, not only once for inspiration—read this daily, for a new breath of life.” - Mary Morrissey, author The Miracle Minute

“Debbie was a colleague and dear friend and she is missed by all who knew her and her work. Your Holiness is a treasure newly unearthed to be shared by all who are riddled by fear and anxiety. There is a powerful force that exists within each of us. We can sense its potential but harnessing it can feel like a lifetime of work. In this timeless and important work, Debbie Ford fearlessly uncovers this light within and in so doing reveals a path to our higher selves. This ‘holy shift in consciousness,’ as Debbie calls it, is right there for all seeking unshakable strength and love.” - Judith Orloff, New York Times bestselling author of Emotional Freedom

“When I met Debbie Ford six months before she died, we fell into friendship-smitten-love immediately. I loved her honesty, her humor, and her willingness to reveal the dark side of anything while simultaneously holding its light. It’s such a joy to be with her all over again through Your Holiness—and to be reminded that everything we think we want out there is already ours for the asking, for the looking, for the willingness to receive. A heavenly message indeed.” - Geneen Roth, author of Women Food and God and Lost and Found

“Your Holiness is a beautiful, evocative, honest, and heartfelt offering from the late Debbie Ford—coach, trailblazer, truth-teller, and courageous leader. Towards the end of her life I was fortunate to get to know her intimately and call her my friend. The Debbie I remember, in the many conversations we had over the years, was to me a deeply spiritual person, unafraid of sharing this side of her life. I am so grateful to yet again be able to embrace this most important part of her and hear her voice again, if even from the pages of a book. Finally, with such a beautiful book in our hands, we all can now witness and celebrate all the aspects of this extraordinary woman’s truest legacy. If you are tired of surfing the dark side, this book will lift you up and show you where the miracles are hidden in plain sight. Your Holiness is a classic and will still be relevant in years to come.” - Colette Baron-Reid, bestselling author, spiritual medium, and founder of Oracle School

“Your Holiness is a rare gift, filled with the wisdom we all need to be our best selves today. This ‘found’ manuscript by my dear friend Debbie Ford is an urgent message and a guide to access the holiness we each have inside. This hidden power is the key to happiness and the life we all desire.” - Marci Shimoff, New York Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason

“Leave it to my dear friend Debbie Ford to bless us with her wisdom several years after she left for the other side of the veil. I knew she had more wisdom and grace to offer us, and this book is the proof. It was written before she passed and contains many of the prayers that lifted her life above the struggles many of us encounter. It is the demonstration of a life dedicated to service, a life that continues to bless those of us who love her.” - James Twyman, New York Times bestselling author and Peace Troubadour

“During her all-too-brief time on earth, Debbie Ford lived through an extraordinary range of human experience and shared with us the exquisitely wise, healing revelations of her own Higher Self. Now, in Your Holiness, she reminds us that her glorious Heart is still with us. In what may be her most significant gift to humanity, she shows us—with crystal clear insight, and straightforward, practical suggestions—how to access our Higher Self . . . How to turn our lives over to the Higher Power we all long to love, and serve . . . and how to truly feel its ‘holiness’ vibrating in and around us in every moment of every day. This book is a great, great blessing for all who read it—a magnificent guidebook for the spiritual journey.” - Ramananda John E. Welshons, author of One Soul, One Love, One Heart and Awakening from Grief