Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Kanchan Bhaskar, on air from March `14th
According to The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), on average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.
Within the South Asian community, the number may be even higher, but it is underreported. Leaving: How I Set Myself Free From an Abusive Marriage (She Writes Press; April 11, 2023; paperback; 978-1647424756) is a powerful and inspiring memoir by Kanchan Bhaskar.
“A gripping story of one woman’s self-emancipation from marital despotism.”
—Kirkus Reviews Raised in New Delhi, Kanchan enters into an arranged marriage with the expectation of a happy and fulfilling partnership. However, she soon discovers that her husband is a narcissistic, abusive man, and she is trapped in a nightmare. Despite the challenges she faces, Kanchan is determined to protect her children and herself. She turns to her faith and determination to guide her as she fights for freedom. “It takes immense courage to leave an abusive relationship. Kanchan Bhaskar’s memoir is an easy-to-read roadmap from leaving to recovery and thriving. Her compelling story equips readers with the means and grit required to rekindle a healthy relationship with Self and others.”—Pat Davenport, CEO of A Safe Place
Kanchan Bhaskar (Kan-chan Bhas-car), an Indian-American, is a first-time author. She holds a Master’s Degree in social work and a certificate in life coaching. She is also a certified Business Coach. Being a successful Human Resource professional, her expertise is in training and mentoring. She is a certified advocate, speaker, and coach for victims and survivors of domestic violence. Kanchan lives in Chicago.
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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Anne K. Howard, on air from March 14th
In early 2022, life in the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine was safe and predictable for Adoriana Marik. The 31-year-old tattoo artist loved walking her dog by the seaside and meeting friends at cafes and public gardens. But all that changed on February 24, 2022, when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his “special military operation.”
Adoriana was forced to hide in a filthy network of basements and underground tunnels. For more than a month, under deafening round-the-clock bombardment, she huddled with little food or water, and no heat, surrounded by groans from the sick and the smell of death. She decided to escape.
ESCAPE FROM MARIUPOL: A Survivor’s True Story is the tale of her perilous journey to freedom, an incredible tale of a brave young woman’s indomitable will to survive. As told to award-winning author Anne K. Howard, the book is a must-read for those who appreciate tales of extraordinary courage.
Anne Howard AKA Anika Savoy is an award-winning author and attorney who has always felt a supernatural pull. A healthy skeptic, she can’t deny her near-death experience and the shift it made in her life and writing. She attended McGill University and graduated with distinction in 1988 with a B.A. in English Literature. While at McGill, she won several creative writing contests. Thereafter, she wrote three historical romance novels. In 1998, Anika changed course and pursued her lifelong dream of becoming an attorney. She graduated from University of Cincinnati, College of Law with Dean’s Honors in 2001 and practiced law for almost 20 years. Now, Anika returns to her first love: writing historical romance. She endeavors to add paranormal elements that take readers into a fairy tale universe where ghosts and witches exist, and happy endings abound.
We will touch on her exposé or this book, but leave it to you to see , read and hear more.
His Garden: Conversations with a Serial Killer
A lawyer gets inside the mind of a notorious New England serial killer in this award-winning and “grimly compelling” true crime (Kirkus).
For nine months of 2003, William Devin Howell went on a killing spree in and around New Britain, Connecticut. Seven people went missing; all of their bodies were eventually discovered in a wooded lot behind a strip mall. But the investigation that led to Howell’s arrest is only part of the story.
Attorney and author Anne K. Howard first contacted Howell while he was serving a fifteen-year sentence for one of his murders. He was about to be charged for the remaining six. A unique and disturbing friendship between the two began, comprised of written correspondence, face-to-face prison visits, and recorded phone calls. Over the course of years, Howell shared his troubled history with Howard. When his case was finally over, he told her every intimate, grizzly detail of how he became Connecticut’s most prolific serial killer.
In His Garden, Howard probes the complicated mind of William Devin Howell. It is a story that explores the eternal question of human evil and its impact on others, including the woman he chose to hear his horrific confession.
I have seldom come across a more forensically researched book about a serial killer, helped by the author’s remarkable access to the man himself. William Howell is a monster – but when in conversation with Anne Howard, he becomes a pliable witness to his own grizzly life story. His testimony and confessions to her were comprehensive and revelatory – neither the Police nor his own lawyers got the full story of Connecticut’s worst serial killer – Anne Howard did. AKA ANIKA Will Hanrahan, TV Producer, BBC, Netflix, A&E, Discovery ID.
Link to the show 21st Century Serial Killers, Season One, Episode Three FIND HERE
The Ghost In Her is the first in Anika Savoy’s Ungilded Series.
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“for the LOVE of Music” with Sara Troy and her guest Swapna Abraham, on air from March 14th
After pursuing music as a singer-songwriter for twenty-four years, primarily as a gospel music artiste, releasing twenty-one albums and performing the world over, I, Swapna Abraham, arrived at the decision to give up music altogether feeling unfulfilled. The rest was short-lived. The very next day I decided to compose, produce and publish a song a day for a thousand days; set a date to the start and finish, and started prepping for the challenge. From learning recording to the dialogue with world record organizations, funding, finding a place, arranging for equipment, getting in touch with press and getting out of a futile relationship; I was soon going to realize that the envisioned challenge had very little to do with the grind of making a song every day.
‘She Played In The Dark’ is the story of a protagonist that found her own definition of and path to fulfilment and success if one may call it that. All this with the responsibility of caring for two college-going children, one of which got married and had two babies in the course of the challenge; aged parents who were always at the back of her mind, the hustle with a rather busy day job that paid the bills, health matters, any travel whether it was on the road to work, by air reaching family and friends or in a lift headed for home (and the challenge).
As the author shares from her life’s narrative, the book covers the power of past failure, managing unhappiness, how parents should also work on their dreams, why we should try, recognizing opportunity, dealing with change and when there is no Plan B, using your will, inculcating discipline and habit, the secret of work, working by decision rather than inspiration, working when you cannot work, working with life going on in the background, that the world has place for all, what we can do about jealousy, the importance of quality and detail, prioritizing, choosing our battles, a whole new understanding of time, dependencies to preserve sanity, finishing what we start, leaving a legacy, about withdrawal symptoms, and that it takes a certain kind of person for a certain (t)ask.
The thousand-day endeavour resulted in four world records, and for reasons explained, not 1000 but 2321 songs (all made ‘live’) and a couple of other feathers in her hat, most importantly fulfilment.
What playing in the dark was all about… Well, for the most part she used to play the piano with the lights off. Truth be told, even after then, it was in the dark that she played.
A multiple world record holder and award winner, Swapna Abraham is a singer-songwriter, actor, author, interior designer, mentor, and marketing and branding enthusiast with her roots and formation in India and prime experience in the UAE. Swapna has authored and produced 21 musical albums and performed extensively on the international gospel music platform (www.swapnaabraham.com). Holding 4 world records in singing and songwriting with the Golden Book of World Records (www.1000songsin1000days.com), she has also published a memoir “She Played In The Dark” entailing the journey and lessons through the 1000-day world record journey. A mentor in singing and songwriting, Swapna championed the first branded karaoke café “Kafeoke” in India with a school for singing and songwriting and a recording studio. She is also known for her acting performances as Donna in the Mamma Mia musical directed by the late Mithran Devanesan, and Meenakshi in the Tamil feature film Nadunissi Naaygal directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. Her years at the T A Pai Management Institute and Indian Institute of Management Kolkata led her to becoming an avid marketing and branding enthusiast. Leaving no flair unpursued, Swapna is also an interior designer and member of the Designers Society of America (www.alikainteriors.com). She is also the India Country Chair for G100 Media Arts & Communication. In culmination, Swapna is the recipient of the NeedStar Award (2010), a Women’s Day Citation “Role Model for her progress and success in the field of Mainstream Career, Art & Entrepreneurship”; the Lamp-Icongo Karmaveer Chakra for Gospel Music Maestro Award (2012) for the contribution to gospel music from 1991-2012; the Aspire World Award (2019) for her Passion for Excellence at the 31st Global Women’s Empowerment Summit, Dubai; and the Women of Excellence Award at the Women Economic Forum (2022).
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Sara’s View Of Life with Sara Troy, on air from March 7th
Divide and conquer, does it really work? We love to put people in boxes, sort them by colour, race, sex, income, but why can we not see each other as part of one human race, a more loving race?
For so long people have rightly complained about their treatment from Western folk, so many women have suffered at the hand of a insecure angry man, and even in 2023, we are still speaking to the same old same old crap, and it seems unable to move on.
When we realize that we each and everyone one of us, is either the problem or the solution, we can start looking into our selves and decide to heal for the pain, the atrocities and take back our own power with love, first love of self, and life and love in each other.
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Building Your Business with Sara Troy and her guest Sarry Ibrahim, on air from March 7th
Infinite Banking and how it helps business owners and real estate investors grow more wealth over time. I help business owners and real estate investors grow safe and predictable wealth without worrying about market conditions. I also help clients protect their assets from various risks (like creditor risks).
Part of the strategy that Sarry uses involves changing your mindset when it comes to money. His motto is to ‘think like a bank’. Which is why he named his podcast “Thinking Like a Bank.”
Sarry Ibrahim is a financial specialist, private money lender, real-estate investor and member of the Bank On Yourself Organization. He helps business owners, real estate investors, and full time employees grow safe and predictable wealth regardless of market conditions using a financial strategy that has been around for over 160 years.
Sarry started this journey when he was in grad school completing his MBA. He worked for companies like Allstate, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Healthspring, and Humana before founding Financial Asset Protection, a financial services firm that focuses on one sole concept; the Bank On Yourself ® concept.
Sarry Ibrahim is financial planner and member of the Bank On Yourself Organization. He helps real estate investors, business owners, and full time employees grow safe and predictable wealth regardless of market conditions using a financial strategy that has been around for over 160 years.
Sarry started this journey when he was in grad school completing his MBA. He worked for companies like Allstate, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Healthspring, and Humana before founding Financial Asset Protection, a financial services firm that focuses on one sole concept; the Bank On Yourself Concept, also known as the Infinite Banking Concept.
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