{"id":46,"date":"2009-03-02T02:11:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T02:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/03\/in-january-healthylifenet-where-i.html"},"modified":"2009-03-02T02:11:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T02:11:53","slug":"in-january-healthylifenet-where-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/03\/in-january-healthylifenet-where-i.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith, Friendship, and Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January, HealthyLife.net<\/a>, where I do my monthly radio show, did this interview. I thought you’d like to read it. I’m also writing my newsletter today, “The Charmed Monday Minute.” If you’d like to receive it, you can subscribe on my site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Host of the Month Interview:
PJ Grimes<\/a> Interviews Victoria Moran<\/b><\/p>\n

HL- What is a charmed life? <\/b>It’s finding the magic in every
\nday, even the days that aren’t all great. People who create charmed
\nlives for themselves can spot the scraggly little flower that pushed
\nits way up through old concrete, or see the one seemingly scraggly
\nlittle opportunity that could, if pursued, change everything..<\/p>\n

\nHL- How does someone handle adversity? <\/b>With faith, friends,
\nand patience, I think. For me, having some kind of spiritual connection,
\nwhether that’s traditional religion or something else, is really
\nvital. If what you see is all there is and you’re seeing a lot of
\nadversity, it’s really hard to go forward. When you have a worldview
\nthat includes some kind of plan or purpose, it’s easier. <\/p>\n

\"Sherry<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Friends
\nare a big deal for everyone, and friendship may be especially essential for women (they
\ndid that study at UCLA<\/a> that showed that woman have a “tend
\nand befriend” response to stress as well as “fight or
\nflight”). I have one special friend who’s my “action partner”
\n(Broadway singer and very spiritual person, Sherry Boone<\/a>, shown above with pianist\/composer Sean Jeremy Palmer<\/a>). We talk early every morning and let each other know what actions
\nwe’ll take that day to make our lives better. It makes a huge difference. <\/p>\n

And finally: patience. I don’t like having to wait (I’m an Aries,
\nfor any astrologers reading this), but patience is such a grace.
\nMost things do work out, but it takes as long as it takes. If you
\ncan be at peace during the process, you get to have some lovely
\ndays, even before the problem you’ve got your eye on has been fully
\nresolved.
<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b><\/p>\n

HL-Why is humor important?<\/b> It puts things in perspective.
\nBesides, it’s good for you. When you laugh, you get the same endorphins
\nthat come from heavy exercise. It’s your body’s way of giving you
\na boost.<\/p>\n

\nHL- How does Victoria relax?<\/b>I love to read — spiritual books
\n(I just finished rereading Brian Weiss’s classic Many Lives, Many
\nMasters<\/i><\/a>), health books (I’m reading The Raw Food Detox Diet<\/i><\/a> by Natalia
\nRose), and when I’m on a long trip, there’s wonderful fiction to
\nmove into and become a part of. I also love hot baths— in fact, they inspired the chapter in my upcoming book, Living a Charmed Life<\/i><\/a>, called “Identify and Indulge in Your Simplest Pleasure.” And I meditate. I’ve had
\na morning practice for a long time, and one of my goals for 2009
\nis to get a second meditation in every day in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n


<\/b><\/p>\n

HL- What gives you inspiration?<\/b> A lot — I’m kind of an inspiration
\njunkie actually. New York City inspires the heck out me — the diversity,
\nthe wonderful, walkable way of life, the level of excellence all
\naround me in art and theater and design. Animals inspire me: they
\nknow how to live and they have a lot to teach me. And my wonderful
\nfriends. I have so many co-mentors, people I respect and who can
\nshow me a different way to look at things. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\nHL-What kind of guests do you like to interview on your show?<\/b>The
\nkind I want to learn from myself. I figure that if a guest is fascinating
\nto me, he or she will be equally fascinating to the listeners. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\nHL- How is your message universal? <\/b> We’re so much more alike
\nthan different. We all want to feel good about ourselves, love and
\nbe loved, use our talents and be recognized for them, and ultimately
\nto find meaning in life. My major in college was comparative religions,
\nand I loved scribbling in the margins “I just read this same
\npoint in my Taoism class” or “This is also in the chapter
\non Judaism.” These underlying truths that are in every spiritual
\ntradition are what Aldous Huxley called The Perennial Philosophy<\/i><\/a>.
\nI think that the more we look at those underlying connectors, rather
\nthan at our differences, the better off we’ll be.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

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