DR. DARCY LORD

AUTHOR, SPEAKER, SELF-LOVE EXPERT

My mom says I’ve always been joyful. I’ve also been a great lover of personal/spiritual growth work for as long as I can remember. Part of that came from the positive community and spiritual connection I loved from attending mom’s AA meetings and practicing inner healing tools she passed on from her counselors, as she struggled for years with alcoholism. 

I moved happily through psychology and counseling degrees, and found Louise Hay’s book, You Can Heal Your Life. I fell in love with her teachings, along with Dr. Wayne Dyer’s work. Louise taught about affirmations and self-love, and Wayne focused on spiritual growth and manifesting.
 
Oh, how those topics light up my soul: self-love, inner guidance, manifestation, and higher purpose! I wanted true expertise and authority to speak about those things, so I was blessed to find a Ph.D. program at Ohio State about the mind-body-spirit connection. My doctoral committee even let me focus on stress-reduction and well-being before those were recognized areas.

I love being an uplifter, and I received OSU’s prestigious ‘Outstanding Educator’ award!

Finishing my doctorate, I was excited to go ‘normalize’ self-love, inner guidance, and personal/spiritual growth out in the ‘real world.’ But my journey took a painful detour…

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I made a well-intentioned comment at a yoga class. I suggested we all send love and light to Osama Bin Laden, the leader behind the attacks, because I believed we could literally help raise his vibration and promote healing. The backlash of anger and disapproval was overwhelming. My clarity and confidence crumbled as embarrassment and shame took over. I was so mad at the Universe/God, and for years I on shifted my focus to stress-reduction to avoid criticism (though subtly weaving self-love and inner guidance into my programs).

While truly important work, it wasn’t my highest calling, and I finally couldn’t ignore the messages from my inner guidance: seeking approval (and staying small) is not my job.

It was time to fulfill my mission.

With guidance from a coach who pushed my comfort zone, I designed programs explicitly focused on ‘Self-Love’ and ‘Inner Guidance/Messages from the Universe.’ Not only did these programs significantly impact my clients’ lives, but they also transformed my own!

Just three months after creating and offering my first ‘Retrain Your Brain for Self-Love’ course, a series of synchronicities, including a $173,000 manifestation, allowed me to leave my traditional job and step fully into my role as an author, speaker, and spiritual entrepreneur… something I had wanted for over a decade!

Ways I have made a positive impact:

• Speaker, trainer, and coach for thousands of clients over 30+ years (individuals & women’s groups, conscious businesses, leadership, personal/spiritual growth venues, Universities & higher education institutions, hospitals, banks, conferences, mastermind groups, and more)
• Author of 52 Weeks of Relief: Uplifting Provocations for Stress Reduction & Self-Care
• Primary researcher for OSU’s Complementary Health Initiative Pilot Project
• Principal investigator for peer-reviewed & published (JOEM) Worksite Positivity Study
• Director of an Integrative Healing Arts & Spiritual Growth Center
• Stress-Reduction & Happiness Educator for a large county government

As a Self-Love Expert I am here to empower you to embrace self-love, trust your inner guidance, and live your higher purpose.

Whether you call it the Universe, God, inner knowing, or Higher Self… that inner divine part of you wants you to be happy and is ever guiding you about how to do that.

You’re already worthy, and it’s your birthright to create a life you love!

My soul’s calling is to empower people to love themselves and live their higher purpose… and I’m quite good at it! If you feel the call to love yourself and act on your own soul’s calling, please send me a message (darcy@drdarcylord.com) and we’ll explore how I can serve you (and/or your group)!