Sophia A. Nelson, Says All Women Live by a Code, Whether They Realize It Or Not

Sophia• Bestselling and Award-winning A. author andNelson journalist • Popular national opinion columnist and cable networks commentator • Highly sought-a er motivational speaker, lifestyle expert, and leadership trainer in the Fortune 500 industry and at universities • Fortune 100 corporate leadership diversity consultant • Former White House correspondent

The Woman Code: 20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life “The Woman Code is a book for our time, based on timeless truths. Through personal anecdotes, real women’s stories, and practical wisdom, Sophia Nelson shares the ways women can know their value, live authentically, and understand that a truly successful life is shaped from the inside out.” —ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, New York Times bestselling author of Thrive; editor in chief of The Huﬃ ngton Post

e Woman Code reveals a universal and timeless set of principles that helps women unlock their personal and professional power. Nelson believes every woman lives by a Code, whether she realizes it or not. With the wisdom that comes from experience, she reveals to women how to pursue their dreams and deepest desires while taking care of their minds, bodies, and souls. INTERVIEW TOPICS AND SEGMENT IDEAS: » Know Your Value: e Personal Code at Must Be Mastered to Transform Your Life

» Command Professional Power and Success: Four Professional Codes Every Woman Needs to Practice

» Li Other Women as You Climb: How Living by the Code Unlocks the Secret to Sisterhood Collaboration and Success

» Never Cut What You Can Untie: How to Release and Restore Relationships the Right Way

» Women and Politics: Using the Code to Unleash Political Power and In uence

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Award-Winning Author, Journalist and TV Personality Calls Women to Lead More Powerful Lives by Knowing Their Value “[Nelson] says women should be strong, assured and responsible for their own actions and choices. This refreshing approach is both empowering and enlightening and should appeal to women of all ages.” —Publishers Weekly

Former White House reporter and prominent political and cultural commentator, Sophia A. Nelson, says all women live by a Code, whether they realize it or not. Nelson’s second book, e Woman Code, debuted in October 2014 as an instant national bestseller and was featured in national magazines and major media outlets including NPR, Family Circle, Essence magazine, Ebony magazine, Publishers Weekly, TBN, Black Enterprise, e Hu ngton Post, e Daily Caller, American Business Journals and Business Insider. She says, SELLERBEST “It is time for us as women to start looking for what we need inside of us, instead of always looking to be validated by what or who is outside of us. When a woman isn’t living by the Code, her life is out of balance.”

In e Woman Code, Nelson draws from her personal faith and her vast experience as a corporate lobbyist, attorney, Capitol Hill Committee counsel and journalist, and o ers 20 powerful “keys” to help women unlock their internal Code for living. “ is book calls upon women of our time to connect cross-generationally, across racial and ethnic barriers, across socioeconomic groups and even across politics, to unlock the ‘Woman Code’ inside each of us,” Nelson says. “Together we can build better lives, a closer sisterhood, more meaningful professional achieve- ments and a better world for us all.”

e Woman Code is broken into ve sections that cover a woman’s personal, emotional, spiritual, professional and relational experiences. e Codes create a roadmap of timeless values coupled with modern-day approaches to help women face the challenges of our time, including:

• Knowing your value and worth • Teaching people how to treat you HARDCOVER; • Making peace with your past Released October 2014 $19.99 • 256p • Leading from within 978-0-8007-2388-0 • Li ing other women as you climb

Nelson opens the book by connecting with women through a powerful and deeply personal introduction that lays the foundation for why she penned the book. e Woman Code, as New York Times bestselling author Arianna Hu ngton says, is indeed “a book for our time.” e Woman Code launched worldwide in October 2014 with an eight-city book tour including speaking engagements and book signings in New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Nelson was the keynote speaker at the Who’s Who San Antonio Woman’s Conference and spoke at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ Woman, ou Art Loosed! conference and the Pennsylvania Conference for Women. e W o m a n Code garnered impressive national and regional media attention in over 25 media markets, as well as media in Canada, South A rica and England. ABOUT SOPHIA A. NELSON Nelson is an American award-winning author and journalist. Her work and advice have been endorsed by top writers, journalists and businesswomen including Mika Brzezinski, Chris Jansing, Serita Jakes and Soledad O’ Brien. A former Congressional Committee counsel and corporate lobbyist, Nelson le legal practice in 2008 to pursue her childhood passion to become a journalist. In 2009, she became a freelance reporter and White House correspondent for JET magazine and various other outlets. She is now a noted TV and radio personality, as well as a highly sought-a er motivational speaker and corporate leadership trainer for Fortune 500 companies, nonpro ts and major universities. She contributes regularly to national media outlets. Nelson has also appeared on the BBC, NBC’s Today and World News with Diane Sawyer. She has contributed feature articles to USA Today, Essence magazine, e Wall Street Journal, e New York Times and e Washington Post. Sophia makes her home in Loudoun County, Virginia. REVELL, a division of Baker Publishing Group, was founded in 1870 and has spent more than a century focused on publishing books that o er both inspiration and practical help to readers. Over the decades Revell books have included numerous New York Times bestsellers as well as titles in a variety of genres including ction, Christian living, marriage, family, youth and self-help. For more information, please visit www.revellbooks.com. BAKER PUBLISHING GROUP, based in Ada, Mich., is one of the world’s largest publishers of Christian books. For more information, please visit www. bakerpublishinggroup.com. ### “The Woman Code is a book for our time, based on timeless truths. Through personal anecdotes, real women’s stories, and practical wisdom, Sophia Nelson shares the ways women can know their value, live authentically, and understand that a truly successful life is shaped from the inside out.” —ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, New York Times bestselling author of Thrive; editor in chief of The Huﬃ ngton Post

“The Woman Code is a life compass, a Code that holds to timeless principles of faith, family, friendship, and sisterhood. It is a conversation that we need to share with our daughters and the younger women we encounter. It will perhaps be a road map for mothers to direct their sons to seek virtuous women. Sophia has done a powerful job of bringing it all together in one inspiring book.” —SERITA A. JAKES, bestselling author; director of Women’s Ministries, The Potter’s House

“Sophia Nelson may be petite in stature, but inside she stands tall and strong. Her passionate mission is to see other women empowered to be all they were created to be, and she stewards that passion well. In this book Sophia lays out 20 keys, from being stuck in time to ﬁ nally ﬂ ying free.” —SHEILA WALSH, bestselling author; speaker at Women of Faith conferences

“Sophia Nelson is a powerful and poignant voice for women of our time. By challeng- ing us to unlock our inner greatness or Code, she is calling women to live higher, to live on purpose, and to succeed ﬁ rst from a deep place within.” —SUNNY HOSTIN, CNN legal analyst, attorney, and journalist

“The Woman Code is more than a call to action. It provides a powerful, actionable, accessible way for any woman to rediscover the invaluable tools she already has within herself, tools that can guide any woman to the life she wants. Nelson also reminds us that a core to our Code as women is to support one another.” —KAREN FINNEY, former deputy press secretary for First Lady Hillary Clinton; TV political analyst

“Sophia Nelson is a powerful voice for a new generation of women seeking to lead from a place within. She knows how to combine her emotional intelligence, life experience, career savvy, and wit to help women decode and unlock a purposeful life ﬁ lled with success.” —MARIA E. BRENNAN, president and CEO, Women in Cable Telecommunications

“The Woman Code connects the complexities and uniqueness of our being as women to unlock our individual and collective treasures of the future. This is a must-read page-turner.” —APRIL RYAN, White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks; author of The Presidency in Black and White (Rowman & Littleﬁ eld) p “Nelson explains how women can recognize the codes they operate by and use them to reshape aspects of their lives, using what she calls the “Personal Codes,” the “Emotional Codes,” the “Spiritual Codes,” and the “Profes- sional Codes.” Unlike many of today’s self-help authors, Nelson doesn’t indulge in an us-against-them mentality. Rather, she says that women should be strong, assured, and responsible for their own actions and choices. This refreshing approach is both empowering and enlightening and should appeal to women of all ages.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AUGUST 2014

“The Woman Code exposes the personal, emotional, spiritual, professional and social areas where the distortions lie, and shares principles for making genuine life transformation. Nelson’s words appear like rest stops welcoming the reader to bring forth her true self, “To be a woman is power in motion.” The Woman Code is a straightforward, comprehensive guide to liberate the true woman inside.” —HUFFINGTON POST BOOK REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 2014

“Sophia A. Nelson unlocks the secrets to ﬁ nding your purpose. This book is grounded in 20 Principles that will provide greater balance with family and friends, and in one’s spiritual walk and romantic relationships.” —ESSENCE MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 2014

“Realizing that there are a certain set of codes that unite us, and at times divide us, Nelson sat down and wrote out the lessons and key tips that have helped her overcome her own hardships. She shares these tips with readers in an eﬀ ort to encourage all women to live out their best life.” —BLACK ENTERPRISE, NOVEMBER 2014

“In “The Woman Code” women will be inspired, and challenged to recognize their power in the world, open their hearts to their purpose, and take responsibility for themselves and their actions. This impactful book is for women of all ages who desire to live a life of meaning and fulﬁ llment with love and grace. Nelson writes from her heart, walks the walk, and talks the talk. “The Woman Code” is a powerful manifesto and a clarion call for women to rise up, thrive, lead, love, and be successful from the inside out. We highly recommend this book.” —BLACK CHRISTIAN NEWS NETWORK

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