Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority.

Her books have sold over 10 million copies. Publications
Living in the Light: A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation (1985)
Developing Intuition: Practical Guidance for Daily Life (1987)
Contacting Your Inner Guide: Step-By-Step Guided Meditations Designed to Help You Make Choices That Are Right for You (1989)
Return to the Garden (1989)
Awakening: A Daily Guide to Conscious Living (1991)
Every Moment: A Journal with Affirmations (1992)
Meditations: Creative Visualization and Meditation Exercises to Enrich Your Life (1992)
The Path of Transformation: How Healing Ourselves Can Change the World (1993)
Making Sense of Your Dollars: A Biblical Approach to Wealth (1995)
The Four Levels of Healing: A Guide to Balancing the Spiritual Mental Emotional and Physical Aspects of Life (1996)
Creative Visualization Meditations (1996)
Creating True Prosperity(1997)
Creative Visualization and Transformation (1997)
Partnering: A New Kind of Relationship (2000)
Create Your Own Affirmations: A Creative Visualization Kit (2003)
The Millionaire Course: A Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams (2003)
Living in the Light: Follow Your Inner Guidance to Create a New Life and a New World (2011). Gawain and her husband Jim Burns divide their time between California and Hawaii.

Shakti Gawain (born September 30 1948) is a New Age author and proponent of what Shakti Gawain calls "personal development". Her books have sold over 10 million copies.