LIVE YOUR JOY Interview Questions

Interview Questions for
Bonnie St. John
Author of Live Your Joy

• Bonnie, today you’re an author and an inspirational speaker, but in 1984 you earned three Olympic medals as a ski racer. Tell us how an amputee from San Diego became a world-class snow skier.
  
• What’s the difference between feeling happy, enjoying success and living your joy?
  
• What are the most common roadblocks to living joyfully?
  
• Your new book offers practical tips for living with joy, and one of the most memorable is adding “to feel” items to our “to do” lists. Explain this new twist on the basic “to do” list.
  
• Tell us what why you think a “portfolio of dreams” helps to bring joy to life. How has that helped you live more joyfully?
  
• Are there some people who help you “live your joy” more than others? Is it okay to avoid people who seem to steal joy from everyone around them?
  
• How do friendships contribute to a life of joy? How have friendships made your life more joyful?
  
• You’re a mom, so how do we raise children who live joyfully? What practical steps can parents take?
  
• What about setbacks? How do you “live your joy” when life has knocked you down?

: Bonnie St. John, author, inspirational speaker,
Book title: Live Your Joy (hardcover, $19.99)
Publisher: FaithWords
Available: April 2009, in bookstores everywhere
Website: www.bonniestjohn.org (Live Your Joy prayer guide online only)

January 2009

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