“As a recovering academic, researcher, creator of ‘transformational’ frameworks, and catalyst of paradigm change, I have sought to explain the evolutionary path of spiritual awakening in words, concepts, diagrams, and models for two decades. Happily, the universe has dissuaded me from continuing this ‘futile’ undertaking several times.

Then I read this quite astonishing book, and it does just that – and from multiple angles to boot.  Dr. Gerali is indeed the Divine Diva seeker in the book’s title who’s apparent Confessions – I prefer to call them ‘roadmaps to deeper conscious living’ – are the significant insights, revelations and inner transformations she experienced from her forty-day retreat into the darkness and deceits of her less-than-conscious life, and what it took to transcend them.  

Her gifts as a teacher of deep understanding come through in the story telling that reveals the catalyst for each of forty significant shifts of consciousness and the revelations that accompany each.  The forty are sure to get the attention of anyone committed to spiritual growth; each being a clear reminder of the states of mind and life situations that erode the joy of being fully ‘awake’.  I observed them to be forty completely familiar aspects of life that serve as roadblocks or barriers to the ‘bliss’ that she earnestly sought to experience, and that fully conscious living ultimately offers.  One by one she examines them, describes how they affected her life, and portrays the shift to its complementary state of higher manifestation. 

My admiration for the book took another leap upward in the book’s relatively short concluding section.  Here I discovered the beautifully constructed wisdom in her Blueprint for the Human Spirit.  Its frameworks, mapping of historical and cultural archetypes, and five dimensions and multiple stages of living summarized volumes of deeply considered knowledge in a few diagrams that immediately earned my deep admiration.  Each diagram deserves major attention, repeated reflection, and further elaboration – hopefully in Dr. Gerali’s next book.  I can’t wait. “

“Dr. Pamela Gerali’s Dance of Ego and Essence is an inspiring and extraordinary journaling experience! It’s an absolute must for anyone on a spiritual path with a desire to delve deeply into their healing process and gain greater self-awareness.”

“In Dance of Ego and Essence, Dr. Pamela Gerali splendidly inspires us in her heartening and hopeful new book on how to live in our higher Essence. Her warm and engaging personal stories lift us up, and her honesty about her own life hurdles and flaws gives us comfort in accepting our own. The 40 daily ways to heal our attitudes lead us into discovering how to have a peaceful heart, and the affirmations show us how to let go of what has held us back. I highly recommend this beautiful book to anyone seeking self-acceptance.”

“Dr. Gerali takes us on a journey of self-discovery and shows us the power of inquiry using her Blueprint for the Human Spirit along with insightful personal stories. Reading this book will help you shed light on beliefs, behaviors, and thoughts that don’t support you. It uncovers the quiet saboteurs that we do not see without this deep dive method of questioning ourselves and replacing our old belief with an empowering affirmation. If you are looking for deep personal transformation, this book is for you.”

“One of the biggest challenges we all face, yet most often avoid to fully meet, is how to embrace and navigate the dualities and contradictions within our own self, and the world at large. This avoidance is, in my observations, a root cause in our suffering that blocks our inner evolution. Until we can embrace and bring compassion and healing to our ‘shadow’ aspects we remain deeply fragmented and out of reach to living a fulfilling and embodied life as a whole person, which is what we all long for. There is hidden wisdom within our shadows to be gleaned that can deepen our insight and understanding of our dual nature, call it our high self and lower natured self, that can free us in so many ways. Pamela’s offering here is an invitation that opens the door to meet our other half, so to speak, with curiosity, love and kindness. This is a path that leads to freedom and empowerment. Pamela candidly shares her journey down this path which will surely encourage the reader to explore, forgive and uncover their inner treasures and wisdoms that await to be encountered with love. I highly recommend this book to all looking to live a fully authentic, joy filled life.”

“Dr. Pamela Gerali has quilted together jewels of experiences, sifted through “whacks” from the Universe and written an engaging, insightful spiritual odyssey. It is truly a page-turner and after your first read, you may want to read it again over a 40-day period as it was written. Each day, Pamela stripped another layer as she dove deep into life’s trials and triumphs until reaching spiritual nudity and a place of peace, wonder and continuous evolution. She invites the reader to take her 40-day challenge and reap similar benefits while learning to dance with your inner divine. Take the Joy-Ride!”

“To be Fearless and Free, you have to uncover the programs that are running your life. It’s a messy process- but so worth the effort! The Dance of Ego and Essence will guide you through a 40-day process to discover your path to liberation.”

“The predominant obstacle blocking most women from living from their ”Possibility Space” and creatively problem-solving is their perspectives of their reality. Dr. Pamela Gerali courageously evaluates 40 different perspectives in her new book, Dance of Ego and Essence- Confessions of a Divine Diva. I benefited from her “dance” and I know that you will too!”

“In this powerful new book, Dr. Pamela Gerali draws the curtain to courageously reveal her inner conversations with her shadow self. In a series of 40 daily confessions, she invites us to face what we keep hidden, and rise like her to a state of Essence.”