Building Your Business with Sara Troy and her guest Matthew M. Rouse, on air from November 18th
When I started doing research for my own company, I found out that AI was going to potentially kill our business if we didn’t make changes soon… very soon! So we pivoted our business (so far so good) but also I found that no one in the business world was seeing what I was seeing, so I wrote the book, Will AI Take My Job?
Matt started out decades ago working for several Fortune 500 organizations, contracting in IT for marketing groups at companies like Intel, Nike, and Shaw Communications. After crowdfunding his first book, Crush SEO, he followed that up with several Amazon Category Bestsellers, including his first two AI-related books of the same name, “Will AI Take My Job?”.
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Your Health is Your Choice with Sara Troy and her guest Kimberly Jackson, on air November 18th
At Crossroads Pregnancy Centre, the heart of our story is our unwavering commitment to women and families in Nanaimo. We exist to fill a critical gap in the system by offering free, confidential, and compassionate support during some of life’s most vulnerable moments. In a world that often presents complex challenges around pregnancy, our “Pro-Grace” approach ensures every individual feels valued, heard, and empowered to make informed decisions. We’re here because every woman deserves to navigate her unique journey—whether facing an unexpected pregnancy, experiencing the profound grief of loss, or entering early parenthood—with comprehensive emotional and practical support, fostering resilience and hope in our community.
My career journey began in the medical field, driven by a deep desire to help people, particularly from a supportive, administrative perspective. I thrived behind the scenes, ensuring the teams who worked face-to-face with patients had everything they needed. During that decade, raising two children shifted my focus. I sought a career that allowed me to contribute meaningfully to the community while offering the flexibility to be more present for my family. This led me from the corporate medical world to the non-profit sector. In 2023, I joined Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Vancouver Island, an organization that beautifully prioritizes families—both those they serve and their staff. This role allowed me the freedom to integrate my work schedule with my family’s needs, creating a powerful motivation to excel in a role that serves the greater good. In 2025, the board of Crossroads Pregnancy Centre approached me with the Executive Director opportunity. This felt like the perfect, rooted next step, allowing me to fully dedicate my passion to an organization that profoundly impacts the well-being of women and their families. It’s an honor to lead CPC, filling a massive systemic gap, and I am incredibly excited for this new chapter.
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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from November 18th
Trust, it’s a small word carrying the weight of worlds. At its core, it means confidence, belief, and faith — in someone, something, or even in the unseen.
In our personal lives, trust is the heartbeat of connection — that quiet knowing that someone will be there when we fall, will hold truth when we can’t see it ourselves.
In relationships, trust is the invisible bridge between souls. It’s built one moment at a time — through honesty, reliability, and compassion — and when broken, it takes courage and consistency to rebuild.
In organizations and leadership, trust is the foundation of collaboration. It’s what turns a group into a team, a mission into a movement. Without it, even the strongest structure collapses under doubt.
I’m a strong advocate for AI as a powerful tool that can truly assist us and enhance our capabilities. However, in the wrong hands, it becomes a means of manipulation and distortion. Much of what we see out there that misleads or deceives isn’t AI acting on its own—it’s the result of people using it with the wrong intentions.
In the mind, trust is both rational and emotional — a blend of experience, expectation, and hope. It’s our brain’s way of saying, “I choose to believe.”
In the legal and financial world, trust takes on a structure — a fiduciary bond of responsibility and stewardship. It’s a promise, protected by law, that one will act for another’s good.
And in the spiritual realm, trust becomes surrender — the faith that life unfolds with purpose, even when we cannot yet see the path. It’s the whisper of the soul that says, “All is as it’s meant to be.”
Having a true belief means having faith in what cannot be seen. Many people say they trust in God—but do you actually see God walking around? Do you see any of your sacred figures in the flesh? No. Because the God you seek lives within you and is revealed through godly acts—kindness, compassion, caring, and consideration.
You may believe in what is written or housed within a church or a holy book, but do you carry that belief inside you? When you do, it becomes alive within—something you feel, trust, and embody. That inner knowing, that divine spark within you, guides your actions. And that, above all, is something you can truly trust.
When we trust the soul, its energy and intelligence aligned with our heart’s truth and our spirit in action, we begin to truly understand what information in the mind is relevant at the moment. We simply trust it.
It feels right. It just is. I don’t choose to believe it—I believe it.
When we rely only on the mind, belief becomes a choice based on facts or data. But when we move into the soul’s intellect, into that heart resonance, belief becomes knowing. There is no doubt—only truth flowing through you.
Trust is the thread weaving all these worlds together — personal, relational, professional, spiritual. It asks us to be vulnerable, to believe, to open ourselves again and again.
Because without trust, love falters, leadership fails, and life loses its rhythm. But with trust — everything begins to flow.
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Valerie’s why is to Dream, Discover and Play. As a realistic optimist, she dreams of a better future. As a learner, she follows different rabbit trails where her curiosity leads her. And she enjoys spreading joy and adding whimsy to brighten the day. Valerie is looking for resonators who enjoy learning, dream of a better future and are working to build that future for themselves.
Professionally, Valerie worked in film/video & radio as a production manager/producer for over 30 years with her father and brother. Some of the media projects she worked on were with Hanna-Barbera, Putnam Berkley, and Turner Entertainment.
When their father passed away in 2011, she and her brother settle down into a quiet life of caregiving for their mother and his wife.
After a 14-year hiatus from media production, she returned to hosting two podcasts, co-wrote a book, and enjoys meeting and interviewing new people for Lion Hawk Entertainment’s Legacy Keepsake services.
Currently, Valerie Flynn is an author, podcaster and learner. “Writers of Meaning: An Anthology on Community” was born online, by, about and for community. Estuary is a small group discussion protocol that facilitates deeper, more meaningful conversation. Two pieces in the book explain how it developed and points to how to create your own Estuary.
Valerie wants to connect with other creatives, lifelong learners and memento makers. Her aim is to pursue what’s meaningful and cultivate connections.
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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from November 18th
When my guest didn’t show, I turned the mic on anyway to share what’s stirring: the tide is turning. After months of turmoil and fear, people are waking up, pushing back, and choosing accountability over chaos. I riff on Who Moved My Cheese?—Some cling to what was, others sniff, scurry, pivot, and create. That’s the invitation now: breathe, step out of the hurricane, find calm in nature, listen to soul and heart, then act with a clear mind. Courage lives in vulnerability; from there we build real equality, not win-lose scraps. I celebrate the rising wave of commonsense leadership—so often women rolling up sleeves—focused on survival and shared thriving. Stop pointing fingers; own your vote, your voice, your daily choices. Support solutions already in motion, from environmental accountability to citizen-driven checks and balances. Be part of the change you can participate in, not the promises you wait for. Make or find new “cheese,” share it widely, and leave the chronic blamers to their own lessons. The tide has turned because we’ve turned—toward calm, conscientious, collaboration, and the courage to build a future that feeds us all.
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