Lit From Within: Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty [Hardcover]

Victoria Moran (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 10, 2001

Some women exude radiance -- a glow that brings out the inherent beauty -- beyond conventional "prettiness." This quality, says women's wellness visionary Victoria Moran, is independent of age or body type. Rather, it is the result of a well-tended soul.

In this inspirational and Wise book, Moran shares the wisdom and experience from her own search for inner and outer beauty. Her thoughtful observations and advice show how anyone can transform their thinking about what makes us beautiful, while providing simple guidance for creating a radiance that only comes from within.

Each compact essay contains a tool you can Put to use today to heighten your awareness of your own inner beauty. With her trademark candor, Moran illustrates how true beauty comes from a sense of wholeness. She combines tips for taking care of your spirit with simple techniques for tending the needs of your body and essays on self-affirmation and the care and feeding of the soul. Women of all ages will relate to Moran's reflections on her journey to a deeper understanding of inner radiance -- beauty that is soul deep.

This sane, sensible approach to a strong self-image and loving self-care is firmly grounded in spiritual common sense, the marriage of body and soul. You start by lighting up your life -- and before you know it, you're lighting up the room.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“A true spiritual friend, filled with thoughtful inspiration on loving and experiencing your own unique beauty at the soul level.” (Kristine Carlson, co-author of the New York Times bestseller, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Love )

About the Author

Victoria Moran is an inspirational speaker, a certified life coach, and the author of ten books including Lit from Within; Fat, Broke & Lonely No More; and the international bestseller Creating a Charmed Life. She lives a charmed life in New York City.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne; 1 edition (April 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062517333
• ISBN-13: 978-0062517333
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #550,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I write life-enhancing books. "Self-help" is the genre and one of my passions to make self-help literature, too. In addition, I do keynote speaking (if your organization books speakers, please have a look at the "My Speaking" page on www.victoriamoran.com (http://www.victoriamoran.com/), and I am a certified life coach, with in-person clients in New York City and telephone clients from all over.
I host an Internet radio show, "Your Charmed Life," on www.HealthyLife.net, and I do a daily blog on Beliefnet.com: http://blog.beliefnet.com/yourcharmedlife. I've also been a guest on Oprah! twice --- with my books Shelter for the Spirit and Lit from Within. My best-selling book to date is Creating a Charmed Life---it's in 29 languages and quoted on boxes of Celestial Seasonings teas---and it has a brand new sequel, Living a Charmed Life: Your Guide to Finding Magic in Every Moment of Every Day. For the first thirty years of my life, I struggled with overeating and dieting; I overcame that (from the inside out) and share what I know in my books Fit from Within and, newly revised and updated: The Love-Powered Diet: Eating for Freedom, Health, and Joy. You can keep in touch by subscribing to my newsletter, The Charmed Monday Minute (www.victoriamoran.com); follow me on Twitter (www.twitter.com/charmedlifelady)or join my Facebook Fan Page (http://bit.ly/CT9Ir).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A soothing book emphasizing intangible beauty marks, April 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lit From Within: Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty (Hardcover)

I love Victoria's newest book. Reading Lit From Within is like getting a front row seat at the counter of the world's most compassionate make-up artist. One learns early on in this book that beauty means more than what stares back at you from the full-length mirror. Beauty is more than what's hanging in your closet and beauty is more than how you've felt in the past about your looks. Victoria gently leads the reader through a self-exploratory journey that resonates with compassion, understanding, and hope. Victoria makes it clear that many of our questions about self-worth, authenticity, and self-love have more to do with how we feel and less to do with how others see us. This book is like a safe house for me. I read it whenever I need of dose of vitamin C for my soul. Read this book and eliminate from your self-talk any doubts about how beautiful you really are.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bursting with basic truth., June 18, 2001

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Win Sweet (Milpitas Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lit From Within: Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty (Hardcover)

Last evening I purchased Victoria Moran's book, Lit from Within, and started reading it in the car coming home (my husband was driving). The book is so engaging that I kept reading after we reached home, reading over half of it last night. This morning I finished it. Lit from Within is one of those rare books one can't put down. (At least I couldn't.) Now, that says a lot about a book. I'm not at all surprised at the report that it is selling very well.

In my opinion, Lit from Within is bursting with basic truth translated into practical daily applications. The principles are clear, and as with so many basic principles, they often need to be translated and customized for the moment. Victoria gives excellent guidance for the reader to be able to do this.

The title is wonderful! Most of us don't know or remember we have a "within," the beautiful true Self that is reflected (when allowed to) in the without. Victoria has enhanced and emphasized that point so well in the book. In fact, it runs as a golden thread throughout the entire book: a real plus!

The physical size, shape, and cover color and illustration are so perfect, nicely reflecting the beauty of the book's message. And the format of the text is great, very readable. The content is truly elegant, inspirational and practical at the same time.

I'm so impressed with the chapter about water. Water is so important. That chapter is a brilliant addition, as is the one about air. Water, air, so basic that we don't think about them, but as Victoria so superbly relates in so many words, we should think about them.

By the way, men could get a lot of good tips from this book, simply by translating "beautiful" to "handsome."

That Victoria was invited to appear with Oprah is so "right." She and the book deserve that attention.

I couldn't recommend Lit from Within more highly. It is beautifully written, inspiring for all, and would especially make a lovely gift for a mother to give her teenage daughter.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars helps you focus on what is important, July 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lit From Within: Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book. It is a joy to read. It helps to make you think of more important things than just focusing on external beauty.

The author has some excellent recommendations for further reading at the end of the book. I've already read many of them- two of my favorites are the Mass Market Woman and Choose to Live Peacefully.

Lit from Within will help any woman feel better about herself and her life.