Praise for UniverSoul Promises :) - Efrat Shokef

Praise for UniverSoul Promises :)

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UniverSoul Promises: Foundations for Creating the Conditions Our Children Need to Thrive in Times of Transformation is the Winning Book in two Parenting & Family Categories in the Literary Global Book Awards 2025:
Parenting & Family– Relationships 🎉
Parenting & Family – Spirituality 🎉

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I am grateful to share with you the awards, recognitions, early endorsements, and selected reviews that UniverSoul Promises: Foundations for Creating the Conditions Our Children Need to Thrive in Times of Transformation received.

 

I hope it will help you decide if the UniverSoul Promises Book is calling your heart or not 🙂

“If ever there was a time our children needed grounded, soulful, and peaceful parents, it is now. In these trying times, when children may feel overwhelmed, frightened, lonely, or lost, Efrat Shokef offers a voice of love, kindness, humility, protection, and peace – not only to her own children, but to children everywhere. This is not a time to turn away from our precious children, but to protect them, nurture their peace, and remind them they are safe, loved, and healthy. There is no greater promise than this. This book belongs in the hands of every loving human being, no matter their faith, culture, or location. Our children need us, and this book will help guide us toward a clearer, more compassionate path.”
Emily A. Francis – Author of multiple books, including Witchy Mama, The Body Heals Itself, Whole Body Healing, Healing Ourselves Whole and The Taste of Joy
“The book Universoul Promises is a gem and is to become one of the most important reads for parents in the years to come. In this book, Efrat Shokef offers a roadmap to opening one’s soul’s wisdom and embodying the shared agreements of all souls. It serves as an invitation to align with one’s inner values and wisdom. The Universoul Promises serve as pillars guiding parents on Earth into a new paradigm, as we all awaken to our souls’ wisdom and devotion. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who is a parent or works with children. It is beautifully woven together with stories that spark remembrance, case studies, and guidance drawn from Efrat’s work as a shaman and her experiences as a mother.”
Headshot-Matilda Lerche Matilda Lerche PhD – Healer, Spiritual Guide, and the Founder of The Divine Child Healing Program

“What if you broaden your inner map? What if there are paths you haven’t yet explored—paths that lead you into a deeper, more nourishing relationship with your children, and with yourself? What if… You opened this extraordinary book.

Efrat’s book is a doorway. A doorway into the world of relation, connection, and immense wisdom. It is an invitation to reconfigure and redefine your inner landscape. It expands the terrain you navigate from, adding new ground that feels alive, fertile, and nourishing. With The UniverSoul Promises, Efrat offers not a rigid path, but a compass—one you can use in your own way to better understand yourself, your children, and the connection between you.

This book is unique in many ways. It speaks to the reader on all levels of existence: It offers the path of myth, it lays down a clear and solid grid to walk upon as you explore each promise, one by one, and it beautifully weaves these insights into daily life, bringing practice and presence into every moment that you spend with yourself or your children.

I felt invited by this book—guided, held, and inspired. And what if… this is exactly what is going to happen to you…”

Headshot-Anne Beer

Anne Beer – International Peace Worker, Therapist, Energy Healer, and the Founder of the Peace Explorer Program

 

“Having read and endorsed Efrat’s first book, The Promise We Made — her moving account of a near-death experience and spiritual awakening — I found UniverSoul Promises to be the natural next step. This book goes deeper into the how: how to live as a spiritually aware parent, how to weave awareness into everyday moments, and how to honor both our children and ourselves. Efrat has a gift for distilling profound lessons into concepts that feel both accessible and deeply resonant.

I, too, believe our children are gifts, and that parenting offers us a chance to reparent the parts of ourselves that longed for something different. Each day we are invited to choose who we will be, and UniverSoul Promises is a wise and compassionate guide for making those choices with love, awareness, and intention — shaping the legacy we leave behind. Our inheritance is not our destiny — and we get to choose differently. Efrat reminds us that every challenge is an opportunity. Struggle does not have to mean suffering; it is how we choose to meet life’s difficulties that shapes who we become. Just as a baby chick must push its way out of the shell to survive, we, too, grow stronger, more resilient, and capable of moving beyond what we once believed was the edge of possibility. And when we do the work of healing ourselves, we also help heal the collective and our shared Earth.

Efrat beautifully reminds us that we are not separate from Mother Earth — that our growth, our parenting, and our healing are deeply intertwined with the environment we are part of. This is important work — and Efrat is a beautiful guide who has walked through the fire and returned with humility and grace, not only for herself but for you too.”

Aypril Porter
Aypril Porter
 – Human Design Life & Grief Coach, Bestselling Author of Parenting the Child You Have: Re-Imagining the Parent-Child Relationship Through the Lens of Human Design

“With insight and gentleness this thought-provoking book creates space for contemplation and curiosity and encourages intentionality on our parenting journey. Weaving beautiful concepts of interconnection, creativity, acceptance, healing and more into our relationship with our children, Efrat Shokef offers a powerful and tender expression of love. This superb guide includes numerous wonderful and concrete suggestions that support cultivating the conditions for our children to thrive and grow. With beautiful imagery and stories this book is a gift to parents who are interested at looking deeply into the meaning of their role as parents and to consider a more spacious and reflective connection with themselves and their children.
Wendy O’Leary – Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Educator and Author of It’s OK: Being Kind to Yourself When Things Feel Hard and co-author of Growing Self Compassionate Children

 

“A Beautiful Gift and Soulful Guide. As a mother who asks myself daily how I can best support my children—not only in their growth, but in honoring their soul’s journey—UniverSoul Promises feels like a profound gift […]. What makes this book especially powerful is that it speaks not only to raising our children in this soul-aligned way, but also to walking the journey alongside them. It invites us to grow, remember, and return to our own soul’s path as we support theirs—making it a shared unfolding of love, growth, and purpose. The wisdom in these pages is both grounding and inspiring. It reaffirms our deepest wish for our children—that they remain whole, joyous, and guided by their own soul’s path, not the expectations of the outside world. In a busy, distracting culture, this book is a beautiful reminder of what truly matters as we walk alongside our children, and ourselves, in love, growth, and divine purpose.”
Headshot-Lisa Hromada Lisa Hromada – Empowered Lifeview™ Guide & Author of Love is the Seed and The Three Supreme Gifts

 

“UniverSoul Promises” is more than a book. It is a heart-offering from a mother, a healer, and a soul who has journeyed to the edge of life and returned with treasures of wisdom. Efrat writes with the tenderness of someone who has lived the depth of love, and the spiritual knowing of one who has touched the beyond. Each chapter feels like sitting by a warm fire, listening to a timeless story passed down through generations. Her words radiate love, and her guidance is both grounding, inspiring and uplifting. The downloadable workbook and affirmations are a beautiful addition, inviting you into deep introspection and tangible action toward healing and empowerment.

This is not just a parenting book. It is a guide to self-love, ancestral healing, and showing up more present and whole for your children. It bridges universal spiritual truths with practical wisdom, weaving in indigenous perspectives and heartfelt, relatable stories. Parenting may not come with a manual, but if it did, this is the one I would recommend. “UniverSoul Promises” is a gift for you, your children, and the generations before and after you. It is a book to be read slowly, savored deeply, and returned to often. Its wisdom will ripple through your family for lifetimes to come.”

Jenny Garufi – Author of The 3-Minute Shower Reset: 21 Days to Inner Peace

 

 

“Efrat has written another beautiful book, UniverSoul Promises, which is a continuation of her first book. I absolutely love her writing style and the insights she provides. I highly recommend this book to many people because it deeply understands what our children truly need from us. It explores why they are here and how we can address the doubts we sometimes have, often through a simple fable. After reading this book, I now see my children in a completely different light. I offer them much more warmth and understanding regarding their soul’s purpose.

Thank you, Efrat, for your heartfelt writing that truly heals. […] In these changing times, discussions like the ones in Efrat’s book are essential. Our children will be better supported once many parents, especially mothers, have access to this book.”

Shikha Khanna – Photographer, Author, and Founder of MUM: Mothers United Moment

 

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Honored and Grateful to Aspire Magazine’s Team for choosing to feature UniverSoul Promises in their December 2025 🌟 Top 10 Inspiring Books List 🌟.

 

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Selected reviews received after publication

“UniverSoul Promises took my awareness to a deeper level. One sentence especially stayed with me: ‘As children we offer our parents and environment invitations for realigning and remembering.’ I experienced this so clearly with my daughter. Without this lens, I might have completely missed the deeper meaning of what was happening.” – Verified reader, Germany

 

UniverSoul Promises is one of those rare parenting books that feels less like a manual and more like a gentle awakening. Dr. Efrat Shokef invites readers to look beyond traditional approaches to parenting and instead explore the deeper, often overlooked layers of who we are—and who our children came here to be.
From the very first chapter, it’s clear this isn’t a quick-fix kind of guide. Shokef asks meaningful, soul-level questions that encourage parents to pause, reflect, and reconnect with their own inner knowing. Her foundation lies in the belief that highly sensitive and spiritually aware children need more than structure—they need presence and adults who are willing to grow alongside them.
Shokef shares stories from her own journey, including transformational moments and case studies from families she’s worked with around the world. These stories ground the spiritual ideas in real human experience, making the book accessible even for readers who may be new to spiritual parenting.
Another powerful thread running through the book is the reminder of our connection to the Earth. Shokef shows how children thrive when their environment honors both their human and spiritual sides—when imagination is encouraged, when intuition is trusted, and when parents lead with compassion over fear.
The journaling prompts, reflective exercises, and affirmations woven throughout the text make this an experiential read. You don’t just read UniverSoul Promises—you actively participate in it. It’s the kind of book you return to again and again because each reading meets you at a new place in your parenting journey.
UniverSoul Promises is for anyone who senses that parenting is more than schedules and milestones—that it is, at its heart, a soul partnership. This is a beautiful and meaningful guide for parents raising sensitive, intuitive, creative children—or for anyone who wants to reconnect with the essence of what it means to guide another human being with love.” Literary Global
“[…] UniverSoul Promises by Efrat Shokef, Ph.D., is a must-read for parents, child caregivers, counsellors, therapists, and anyone looking to enhance their spiritual and emotional well-being. I found the fables, spiritual stories, and questions in the story thought-provoking and spiritually enlightening. I learned a lot […] Shokef argues that parents must fulfil the nine UniverSoul Promises, which I found profoundly spiritually and intellectually resonant, to create conditions in which children will thrive and become authentic and spiritually aligned. This book is a fountain of knowledge, providing parents with tools to help them better understand themselves, their children, and the unique connections they share.” Keith Mbuya for Readers’ Favorite.
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“[…] UniverSoul Promises is the perfect self-help guide for modern parents. In this book, Efrat Shokef provides a comprehensive blueprint for raising children that not only showcases their path to joy and fulfillment but also focuses on how to heal as a family and grow as a parent. Through examples and stories, the author illustrates the importance of fulfilling promises and embracing the soul’s path to ensure the best possible lives for one’s children. I liked how each topic is explored in-depth to make sure readers fully understand the content. It’s primarily a holistic guide for parents. As the world progresses faster, children face unforeseen challenges that parents must help them overcome. This book offers the tools to help you raise motivated and self-driven kids who are ready to face their future. Highly recommended.” Pikasho Deka for Readers’ Favorite.
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“Universoul Promises by Efrat Shokef, PhD, is a guide to raising children in a changing and sometimes uncertain world, using storytelling, personal insights, and practical ideas. […] Reading it felt uplifting and surprisingly grounding, especially from my perspective as an educator. The writing is warm and inviting without feeling overwhelming, and the author mixes stories with simple reflections that made me stop and think. The ‘Explore’ questions are a great addition that helps parents/caregivers think about their own families. My favorite one is: “What makes your children sparkle?” This book is very approachable, which assists with some of the heavier topics, such as discussing when a kid’s needs are not being met.[…] I enjoyed reading it, and any adult with youngsters in their lives will find something meaningful in its pages.” Jennifer Senick for Readers’ Favorite.
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Life is a journey. Sometimes challenging, always rewarding (if we choose it to be so). Welcome to my little space on the web. I am Efrat, a mother of three spiritually aware teens, a shamanic energy healing practitioner, and a writer. I believe in children – our future, and in our ability to offer them the conditions they need to walk their true, beautiful, and enlightened soul-self. New to my space? Start here :).

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