Nina Amir: Biography

Nina Amir, is a seasoned journalist, maggid (Jewish inspirational speaker), spiritual and conscious creation coach, teacher, and the regular holiday and spirituality expert on Conversations with Mrs. Claus, a weekly podcast heard in more than 90 countries and downloaded by 130,000 listeners per month. She holds a BA in magazine journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I Newhouse School of Public Communication with a concentration in psychology, is a certified rebirther, and is trained as a Tarot reader and as a Voice Dialogue facilitator. Through her writing and speaking, Amir offers human potential, personal growth and practical spiritual tools from a Jewish perspective, although her work spans religious lines and is pertinent to people of all faiths and spiritual traditions.

Amir appeared on Law of Attraction Talk Radio on June 15, 2008, was interviewed for an upcoming The Jewish Daily Forward article on Judaism and the Law of Attraction, was featured as a family ritual expert for an article published in Family Time magazine (Dec. 2007), was interviewed by USA Radio Network News as a Jewish expert, and wrote an article on creating sacred space in the home that was published in Bay Area Parent magazine (Nov. 2007). Her articles on Jewish, spiritual, mystical, holiday, and ritual topics have appeared in InterfaithFamily.com and JewishMag.com on numerous occasions, and she has just become a regular columnist for InterfaithFamily.com. She speaks both locally and nationally to Jewish and secular audiences.

Additionally, Amir has written and self-published several booklets and workbooks, including:

• The Priestess Practice: 4 Steps to Creating Sacred Space and Inviting the Divine to Dwell Within It
• The Kabbalah of Conscious Creation: 4 Mystical Steps to Manifesting Your Physical and Spiritual Desires
• Navigating the Narrow Bridge: 7 Steps to Moving Forward Courageously Even When Life Seems Most Precarious
• From Empty Practice to Meaning-Full and Spirit-Full Prayers and Rituals…in Seven Simple Steps

She is the co-author of Planting Seeds of Change…and Watching Them Grow as well.

Currently she is writing two books:

• The Kabbalah of Conscious Creation, 4 Steps to Tapping Into the Divine Flow of Giving and Receiving
• Setting a Place for God, A Woman’s Guide to Creating Sacred Space and Inviting the Divine to Dwell Within It.

She also has compiled a Jewish celebrity cookbook, which is awaiting a publisher, and is working on a book about mentoring boys who want to be professional dancers.

Amir has edited or written for more than 45 local, national and international magazines, newspapers, e-zines, and newsletters. and her essays have been published in five anthologies. When she isn’t writing her own books, she edits non-fiction books for other authors, some of which have been picked up by major publishing houses.

Nina Amir has spent much of her life searching for "something more" in her religious and spiritual practice, as well as in her life. Using the knowledge she gained, she concentrates personally and professionally on infusing traditional religious rituals with meaning and Divine connection, developing positive spiritual approaches to life and learning how to manifest goals and dreams through conscious use of thoughts, words, feelings, and actions. She sees herself as an "Everywoman" whose struggles and successes are not unlike anyone else’s. Therefore, she writes, speaks and teaches from a place of knowing that what has worked for her will at least provide others with a starting place from which to find what works best for them. As a maggid, a Jewish inspirational speaker whose goal it is to bring people closer to God and to their religion, Amir’s goal lies in helping others do what she, herself hopes to do: Learn to live life fully and to feel the Divine Presence in her life every day.

She lives in Los Gatos, CA, with her husband and two children.