Published Works
Books
14 published works spanning spirituality, coaching, imagery, and poetry
2025 Release
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Unlocking Epiphany Moments: A Primer for Life Coaches and Other Inner Guides
Collective Ink, UK · 2025
Unlocking Epiphany Moments represents an unexplored field relevant to anyone who provides inner guidance. Epiphanies offer a framework for generating meaning, providing a 'GPS' for the maze of life while allowing clients to explore their motivations and options as well as the forces that block them. This book defines various epiphanies and explores the skills and strategies coaches can cultivate to facilitate such powerful moments.
"...a book with depth, uniqueness and stimulating knowledge for modern practitioners."
"This helpful guide for life coaches obviously springs from a wealth of experience and knowledge. The author emphasizes the difference between coaching and therapy, gives many examples of the types of situations and clients a coach may encounter, and provides both insightful archetypes and helpful questions for navigating the situation."
"What's below the surface? As coaches, we are trained to identify and listen for what is at the core of the issue. I love how Elizabeth-Anne has not just started the conversation around these Epiphany moments, but has also defined and persisted there so that we can feel comfortable navigating in this space. A truly phenomenal and insightful read!"
"In a practical, straightforward, and very readable way, Elizabeth-Anne Stewart has captured the spirit of "Unlocking Epiphany Moments" in coaching. Her insights, talent and storytelling illuminate effective processes and results of what epiphany moments are and how to embody them to live more consciously, meaningfully and purposefully."
More Books by Dr. Elizabeth-Anne Stewart
Mind-Shifting Imagery: Image Guidance for Life Coaches
A sequel to Image Guidance: A Tool for Spiritual Direction (Paulist Press, 1992) and Image Guidance & Healing (Paulist Press, 1994), this book provides safe, brief and effective guidelines for using imagery in coaching, spiritual direction, pastoral counseling and other forms of inner guidance.
Preaching & Teaching Laudato Si'
Not a synopsis of Pope Francis' Encyclical on the Environment, but a simply written primer for those who wish to preach, teach or reflect on the spiritual implications of a green agenda; it is a resource for those of any faith who wish to respond to Pope Francis' plea for ecological conversion. The updated and revised second edition is now in print.
A Pocketful of Sundays
ISBN 5800030-792242 · $16.00
A collection of scripturally-based reflections from Sunday BibleTalk, grouped thematically under seven headings: Letting Go, Letting God, Following the Way, Dark Night, Thy Kingdom Come, Priests and Prophets, Awake to Life. A resource to be "dipped into" and read contemplatively, rather than read "cover to cover."
Jesus the Holy Fool
Sheed & Ward, Wisconsin · 1999 · ISBN: 1-58051-061-2
A reverent study of the Gospel Jesus which draws connections between holiness and folly as they occur in the bible, presenting Holy Foolishness as a paradigm for the Christian journey and as a new model for what it means to be church.
"Brings to light ancient wisdom about the mystery of Christ. Reverent and challenging."
"Combines sound theology with creative imagination. Enlightens and delights."
"A wise, rich, and theologically informed book; a moving invitation to consider an important new dimension of Christology."
The Day the Fireworks Died
PEG Publications, Malta · 2005 · ISBN 99909-0-379-4 · $8.00
It is the festa of San Gorg, but dark clouds hang over the village of Ta' Qalbi and none of the fireworks will ignite. Gorg, a village outcast known to his schoolmates as "Hushu Bushu," learns from San Gorg that the saint is displeased with the people of Ta'Qalbi, who, though church-going, are heartless and corrupt. With the help of Id Dragun, the dragon, Gorg confronts the people of his village, and there is a change of heart all around — as well as fireworks, processions, and marching bands. The Maltese Translation/Adaptation, released in 2017, is available from Preca Publications, Malta.
Dragut's Galley
PEG Publications, Malta · 2004 · ISBN 99909-0-379-4 · $10.00
Sarah and Andrew, two young American teenagers, are visiting their grandparents in Malta, an island in the heart of the Mediterranean with a history of repeated invasions by Turkish corsairs. Excited by the legends of this historic past, they set out to discover their roots and discover a deeper truth than they ever imagined. An adventure for readers 9–14 years of age, as well as for adults who are children at heart, it delivers a positive message much needed in a world divided by religious differences and intolerance.
From Center to Circumference: God's Place in the Circle of Self
Paulist Press, New Jersey · 1996 · ISBN 0-8091-36236
Out of print.
A series of brief reflections on the inner life, drawing on personal experiences as a means of illustration. The book can serve as a journaling tool or as a "manual for spiritual direction." The main theme is that it is not enough to allow God a place in one's life; on the contrary, God must be both at the center and circumference of self.
"Those who read this book will be provoked to gather, reverence and share their own stories of grace."
"Her wisdom, enhanced by many years as a spiritual director, shines through. The reader will feel the sure and gentle touch of her guiding hand."
Image Guidance & Healing
Paulist Press, New Jersey · 1994 · ISBN 0-8091-3508-6
Presently out of print.
A sequel to Image Guidance: A Tool for Spiritual Direction, this book includes health care possibilities and various case studies demonstrating the use of imagery in post-accident rehabilitation, stress-related illnesses, serious conditions such as diabetes and cancer, addictions, and minor ailments with a psycho-spiritual basis.
"Vanek's case material provides an excellent embodiment of the image guidance process and helps the reader to appreciate the very real gift she brings to this endeavour."
"Elizabeth-Anne Vanek is an intuitive healer with an uncanny ability to help her clients express and transform their physical problems through imagery."
Image Guidance: A Tool for Spiritual Direction
Paulist Press, New Jersey · 1992 · ISBN 0-8091-3321-0 · $16
Through a series of case studies, demonstrates how to dialogue with the active imagination so as to use imagery as an intuitive map that will help guide lives and chart the course of spiritual direction. Provides a step-by-step account of how to work with the spontaneous image, how to extract wisdom from dreams, and how to recognize the symbolic significance of mythical themes.
"Elizabeth-Anne Vanek's book offers a privileged access to those symbols that emerge from the depths of the psyche and with grace and guidance can lead the spiritual pilgrim toward the goal of the journey."
Woman Dreamer
Wyndham Hall, Indiana · 1989 · ISBN 55605-126-3 · $10.00
A collection of poems grounded in archetypal imagery. While some themes are distinctly Christian and others shaped by the Hebrew scriptures, still others draw on the world of myth. Many of the poems are mystical in orientation and focus on the relationship between Lover and Beloved, especially on the desire for union.
"The reader who follows Vanek's guidance through scenes of everyday life, through the drama of Biblical narratives, and through the forest of primordial archetypal symbols, will be delighted aesthetically and enriched spiritually."
Leaning into Light
$5.00
Available only from the author.
This collection of poetry brings together the best selections from Frost and Fire (Canton, Ohio: Life Enrichment Publishers, 1985) and Extraordinary Time (Life Enrichment Publishers, 1988). Both earlier books are out of print; however, multiple copies of this volume are available. The poems trace much of the author's own spiritual journey.
"The most effective prophets are poets. They lead us to truth and goodness through the beautiful. Elizabeth-Anne Vanek is such a prophet. Her poetry helps us to hear the biblical stories anew, to see their settings and to enter into the very flesh and spirit of those who move about seeking God."
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