Deborah King

Deborah King (born February 9, 1948) is an American author, speaker and attorney. She is the founder and CEO of the Deborah King Center and the author of 4 books including New York Times best-selling Be Your Own Shaman.

Early Life, Education and Legal Career

King graduated from the University of San Francisco with a BA in 1970, and from the University of California Davis with a Juris Doctor in 1973.

King began her legal career at the office of the CA Attorney General as a prosecutor in 1973. In 1975, she opened a law firm in South Lake Tahoe, California specializing in hotel acquisitions and sales. In the 90s, the firm moved their headquarters to Westlake Village, CA.

Personal development and public speaking career

King opened the Deborah King Center in 2000 in Westlake Village. The Deborah King Center moved from Westlake Village CA to the city of Ojai CA in 2019; the Center focuses on personal development, offers weekly classes, and hosts frequent workshops at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa as well as at other locations.

King is a frequent guest on national TV, and has appeared on ABC, NBC, CNN and Fox as well as entertainment shows including Showbiz Tonight, Access Hollywood, and E! Entertainment. She has a weekly radio show on Hay House Radio.

King’s online courses are published by Mindvalley, the education technology company that focuses on products of personal development, as well as by The Shift Network, a publisher of personal and societal transformative online material.

Writing

Deborah King has published four books in the personal development and self-help fields. The first, Truth Heals: What You Hide Can Hurt You, was published on 15 February 2010 and is a United States bestseller.

On 1 April 2011, King's next book, Be Your Own Shaman: Heal Yourself and Others with 21st-Century Energy Medicine, a New York Times bestseller was published.

Deborah King’s most recent book, Heal Yourself – Heal the World, was published by Simon & Schuster on October 10, 2017.

King is also a frequent contributor to Huffington Post and Psychology Today and writes a monthly column for Hay House Publishing.

Publications

• (15 February 2010) Truth Heals: What You Hide Can Hurt You. Hay House. ISBN 978-1401923020.
• (1 April 2011) Be Your Own Shaman: Heal Yourself and Others with 21st-Century Energy Medicine. Hay House. ISBN 978-1401930783.
• (17 September 2013) Entangled in Darkness: Seeking the Light. Hay House. ISBN 978-1401938949.
• (10 October 2017) Heal Yourself—Heal the World. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1582705866.