Iyanla Vanzant‘s youngest daughter, Nisa, has died.
According to Entertainment Tonight, the TV personality and life coach’s official Instagram account shared the sad news.
“It is with great sorrow that we announce the transition of Nisa Vanzant the youngest daughter of our Beloved Iyanla Vanzant we are asking for your prayers. Please respect the privacy of her and her family at this time. Thank you,” the caption read.
Nisa’s cause of death and other details surrounding her passing have not been shared publicly.
Vanzant is best known for her work on Iyanla: Fix My Life, which followed the 69-year-old helping individuals and families work through personal issues to better their lives. Vanzant decided to leave the show in 2021 and said Fix My Life was harming her personal life.
“One thing that eight years of Fix My Life has taught me is how mean and nasty and unkind people can be. I don’t want that energy in my life anymore,” Vanzant told journalist Danielle Young. “I don’t want people calling me names and talking about me. I’m just very sensitive to energy. I don’t deserve it, and I don’t want it. So now, if you want a piece of me, you’ve got to come to me, and you got to pay for it.”
Iyanla: Fix My Life premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network in 2012 and ran for eight seasons. During the show’s tenure, Vanzant interviewed celebrities like Karrueche Tran, Terrell Owens, Evelyn Lozada, Shereé Whitfield, and Cynthia Bailey.
Now, she hosts her podcast, The R Spot with Iyanla.
Last year, the author opened up to MSNBC about the hardships of dealing with a personal tragedy and the importance of taking the healing process “one step at a time.”
“Give yourself permission to have the initial shock and horrification of whatever the change is — the loss of a job, a divorce, even a health crisis… I think what happens is we try to, you know, push through it. No, no, no! Stay there for a couple of hours, even a day or so, and then I promise you it is one step at a time,” she said.
She added the key to healing is following “your daily spiritual practice.”
“That is your ticket, whatever you’re going into, whatever you’re coming out of — your daily spiritual practice: centering, grounding, breathing, listening, trusting,” she said. “One step at a time. That’s the only way you can do it because you cannot rush through it.”