A Manifesto (Sarah Voldeng, 2025)
Full title: The Art of an Enlightened Woman: A Manifesto books.google.com
Author: Sarah Voldeng books.google.com
Publication: March 26, 2025 barnesandnoble.com (Manhattan Book Group/MindStir Media imprint)
Publisher: Manhattan Book Group (trade name of MindStir Media) barnesandnoble.comopenpr.com
Pages: 156 barnesandnoble.combooks.google.com
🌟 The Art of an Enlightened Woman: A Manifesto (Sarah Voldeng, 2025)
The Call to Awakening
Enlightenment for women begins with self-awareness.
Voldeng defines empowerment as internal power rooted in strength, confidence, and responsibility for one’s choices.
Society often conditions women to please, adapt, or diminish themselves. This book challenges that by asking women to rediscover their true worth.
✨ Affirmation:
“My power begins with awareness of who I truly am.”
Redefining Empowerment
Empowerment is not about dominance or external approval.
It is built on three pillars: strength, confidence, accountability.
By choosing accountability instead of blame, women step into freedom and authenticity.
💡 Exercise: Write one situation where you blamed someone else, then reframe it as your choice of response.
Healing and Wholeness
True empowerment requires healing past wounds.
Forgiveness (of self and others) frees emotional energy.
Healing is not erasing pain but integrating lessons into growth.
✨ Affirmation: “I honor my past, but I am not defined by it.”
Boundaries as Self-Love
Boundaries are not walls but healthy lines of respect.
Saying “no” protects energy and nurtures peace.
Without boundaries, resentment grows; with them, self-respect thrives.
💡 Exercise: Identify one area in life where you need stronger boundaries.
The Practice of Mindfulness
Mindfulness keeps women grounded in the present moment.
It interrupts cycles of stress, fear, and reactivity.
Daily practices: conscious breathing, gratitude journaling, digital pauses.
✨ Affirmation: “I am fully present, and the present is enough.”
The Art of Self-Care
Self-care is not selfish — it is maintenance of body, mind, and spirit.
Practices include proper rest, nutrition, joyful movement, meditation, and creative expression.
Ritualizing self-care makes it sustainable.
💡 Exercise: Create a weekly self-care plan with at least 3 non-negotiable acts.
Manifestation and Intention
Intention directs energy toward creation.
Pairing belief (faith) with consistent action produces results.
Visualization, affirmations, and aligned effort bring goals to life.
✨ Affirmation: “I manifest my dreams through belief and aligned action.”
Living Authentically
Enlightenment requires honesty with self.
Masks of perfection or conformity drain energy.
Vulnerability is strength — authenticity inspires others.
💡 Exercise: Write down 3 areas of life where you feel inauthentic and steps to align with your truth.
Legacy and Purpose
Voldeng urges women to think in terms of a “living eulogy”.
Ask: What do I want to be remembered for?
Purpose emerges not from titles or roles, but from values consistently lived.
✨ Affirmation: “My life is my message, and I choose it with intention.”
The Enlightened Path
Enlightenment is an ongoing journey, not a final destination.
Core practices: accountability, forgiveness, boundaries, mindfulness, intention, and authenticity.
The enlightened woman becomes a beacon of hope, healing, and strength for herself and others.
💡 Closing Reflection: Each morning, ask yourself: “What is one enlightened choice I can make today?”
Themes and messages: The book’s core message is female empowerment through inner strength and self-awareness. Voldeng emphasizes internal personal power and responsibility for one’s choices readersfavorite.com. She draws on philosophy (even quoting Socrates) and wellness to encourage continuous learning, mindfulness, and self-care The Art of an Enlightened Woman.
Key themes include setting intentional boundaries and protecting one’s well being, embracing humility and forgiveness, and actively manifesting one’s goals through faith and actionThe Art of an Enlightened Woman.
A review notes that Voldeng “defines empowerment as internal personal power derived from strength, confidence, and responsibility for one’s choices” and highlights her advice on accountability and emotional regulation without blame The Art of an Enlightened Woman.
The book also speaks to living with legacy in mind (a “living eulogy”) and finding life purpose – essentially guiding readers toward being their most “authentic truth”The Art of an Enlightened Woman.
Synopsis: The Art of an Enlightened Woman is positioned as a practical manifesto rather than a memoir. Promotional descriptions call it a “timeless journey of self-discovery”The Art of an Enlightened Woman that will “guide you to discover or re discover your worth and purpose”openpr.com.
The writing is conversational and inspirational, blending anecdotes and historical examples with step-by-step guidance. Its tone is uplifting and accessible: one reviewer praised it as “wonderfully empowering” with “clear, conversational writing” that makes its message inspiring for everyday life The Art of an Enlightened Woman
Reviews and reception: Early feedback has been positive. Readers’ Favorite gave it a 5-star review, calling it “fantastic for daily life” and “very highly recommended,” emphasizing its practical, empowering guidance The Art of an Enlightened Woman.
Commercially, customer ratings are high the book averages about 4.9 out of 5 stars on Amazon (22 ratings)amazon.com, and Barnes & Noble lists it around 4.5/5. Media coverage has been limited to publisher press releases (openPR/ABNewswire), but social media posts and book bloggers similarly note its message of reclaiming confidence and authenticity.
Availability: The book was released in spring 2025 in paperback and eBook formats. It is sold globally by major retailers; for example, it can be ordered on Amazon and Barnes & Noble The Art of an Enlightened Woman.
(Barnes & Noble confirms the ISBN and release date The Art of an Enlightened Woman, and the author’s website lists Amazon (US/CA), B&N, etc. as sources The Art of an Enlightened Woman.) The paperback retails around $14.99 and the Kindle eBook around $4.99openpr.com.
An unabridged audiobook (narrated by Sharla Zachary) is also available via Audible/Apple Books (released July 2025 by Manhattan Book Group)books.apple.comaudible.com.
Other Works with Similar Titles
Enlightened Women: Modernist Feminism in a Postmodern Age – by Alison Assiter (Routledge, 1996). This is an academic volume (copyright 1996) on feminist theory. It defends realist philosophy in feminism against postmodernism routledge.com. (Not a self-help book, but the title similarity warrants noting.)
The Enlightened Woman: Inspiration and Reflections to Rediscover the Joy of Being You in Midlife and Beyond by Dr. Kellie V. Hayes (Enlightened Woman Enterprises, 2020). A spiritual/self-help guide for women going through midlife. Published June 23, 2020 (ISBN 978-0578623429), it offers inspiration and personal stories to help women embrace the “midlife transition” and live authentically The Art of an Enlightened Woman.
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