Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a a certified professional life coach, wedding and life cycle officiant, educator, motivational speaker and musician/Cantor.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Changing Curses For Blessings – Loving yourself and the world around you”
We could all use more LOVE in our lives, and the more we give the more we get. I wanted to write a book, think of it as a life manual, that will take the reader on a journey of self-exploration and awareness through stories, exercises, meditations and words of wisdom.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love Phillipa Gregory, love reading books about spirituality, and am an avid learner of Kabbalah.
What are you working on now?
Currently I’m working of a book of Kabbalistic prayers and “spells” to help people with healing, love, success and many other situations that come up in life.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Facebook, twitter and Instagram .
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up! It’s not always easy to sit down and write, especially when life gets busy. Allow yourself some time to just sit quietly somewhere and write. Don’t listen to nay Sayers, write from your heart and publish your book – you have nothing to loose and a whole new world to gain!
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Don’t give up!
What are you reading now?
The paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
What’s next for you as a writer?
Hoping to promote the book above and publish a new book. Am also thinking about writing a children’s book.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
1. The Zohar,
2 The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven – to keep my humor while also learning how to wrestle an alligator
3. Jane Austen: Seven Novels
Author Websites and Profiles
Shai Specht-Sandler Website
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