Author: Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

ECO18-13 Passive Houses the Benefits to All

Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

ECO Solutions with Sara Troy and her guest Rob Lyon, on air from March 27th

How much energy and money do we lose in our current homes? way too much to count. With so much innovation out there we do not need to keep building the same old money pit of homes that we have been building. It is time to not only save our own money, but to save our planetary energy resources, or we are facing a very hard tomorrow. When we know that there is something better, it is easier to adapt, adopt and redirect to a home that saves on so many levels. 
Passive House Standard
The passive house standard was developed in Germany about 40 years ago. The goal was to create a comfortable home that was both friendly to the environment and efficient to operate. The standard calls for two main measurable outcomes: an airtight structure of no more than .6 air changes per hour at 50 pascals of pressure; and heating and cooling cost not to exceed 15kw per meter squared. To put this into perspective, the way we build houses today, the average house leaks at a rate of 4 to 6 air changes per hour and costs about 150kw per meter squared. That is a full order of magnitude apart we had a long way to go.
It turns out the way we have been building houses is the wrong way and we can easily build to this standard, gaining a ten times advantage, by applying just a few simple principles. Eliminate thermal bridges, use only tight sealing windows and doors, reduce northern exposed glazing, maximize solar gain in the winter and minimize in the summer, an pay attention to the details.

The revolutionary energy performance of Passive House buildings demands a rigorous and scientific approach to design and construction. Energy performance savings of 80 – 90% (compared to conventional Canadian construction) do not happen by chance.

While Passive House is certainly the world’s most ambitious and verified energy-efficient building standard, most people invest in this type of construction for the higher quality of living.

The many benefits of Passive House construction over regular Canadian Building Code construction include:

  • Much better indoor air quality – comfortable humidity levels, low CO2 levels because of comfort ventilation, with optimum ventilation flowrates calculated for each room
  • Increased thermal comfort – the highest level of interior comfort of any building, with all surfaces equally warm (including the windows), no drafts (ever), no setbacks, no temperature swings
  • Superior sound insulation – extraordinary airtightness levels, triple-pane glass and thick insulation also provide superior sound insulation – Passive Houses are very quiet indoors!
  • Almost-unbelievable energy efficiency – 80-90% better than standard construction, with simply no need for a conventional heating system
  • More durable –  detailed and advanced design, better building components, proven building science
  • Almost no maintenance – very simple mechanical systems compared to normal construction
  • Resilient – the most resilient construction standard anywhere, which maintains livable conditions even during power or fuel outages, relies very little on any mechanical systems
  • Sustainable – because of very low energy consumption and durable construction
  • Versatile – Passive Houses can be built in any climate zone and applied to any building type, utilizing a wide variety of building materials and methods
  • Internationally embraced – already over 40,000 units in more than 35 different countries … with numbers growing rapidly from China to Abu Dhabi to Alaska.

JOIN SARA AND ROB HERE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT PASSIVE HOUSING. 

Hear this on your phone or tablet with this free Soundcloud APP 

Rob Lyon: Growing up as the son of a baker I could think of nothing more in life than going to work each day and eating cakes and cookies but my real love I discovered in high school was physics. I went to university to study physics but switched to computer science and fell in love all over again. Then I discovered the military. What a game changer that was. I joined the Navy as a junior officer and started sailing the seven seas. Soon I was a weapons officer and that meant missiles. I put my computer science background to work and for the next twenty years programmed missile control systems, I was a rocket scientist! It’s all about the software, the chemistry hasn’t changed in 40 years. I also got married, had 5 children, and completed a Masters Degree in Digital Technologies.
I am a passionate person who has always stayed busy. I loved my children and became a scoutmaster, volunteering for 20 years serving in Cubs, Scouts, and Ventures. About 15 years ago I started building houses. About  3 years ago I started studying building science and 1 year ago I learned about the Passive House standard; I had a new passion.
So now as I embark on my final?? career, I will build my first passive house for my wife and I and look forward to sharing that knowledge and experience through my company Pacific Passive House. I am 57.

Here is an example of a Pacific Passive House

Energy trusses

Rob Lyon

250.210.5966

qew@telus.net

http://linkedin.com/in/rob-lyon

For More shows on how to serve this planet GO HERE 

OPPORTUNITYfundit

18-13 Good Days Bad Days call it what it is.

Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Sara Troy on Sara’s VIEW OF LIFE SHOW, on air March 27th

It is ok to have a bad day, we can not deny it or ignore it, it is what it is. This does not mean your going backwards or you have failed at positive Living, it just means, your having  bad day. So do not deny it, but embrace it, and call it what it is without trepidation.

I know there is always someone out there saying, plough through it, you can overcome, just do it, but if you can’t you can’t and that is ok. The worst thing is not to listen to your body, your mind may chastise you, your body may try and fool you, but when you know you, you can not fool you.

There is always a reason for things, and sometimes a no reason is that something. I have health issues, they show me how far I can go in what I do, and if I do not listen then I am reminded. You see my body knows best, it knows when it is over doing it, it knows how far it can gho. My job is to listen, not fight with it, not shout and demand of it, but to trust it, for it knows what I need more than I do.

Now on a good day, I can fly, I am filled with abundant energy and it looks to the world that I can do anything, in that moment, maybe I can but the next, no, I am reminded of my limitations and that is ok. You see my good days are measured by how energetic and accomplished I am, but it can be those bad days that my art comes out, my creativity. Yes it comes out on the good days, but differently. I can even on a bad day still do my shows, for they energies me and fulfil my purpose. On a good day I can do more longer and I can take that creativity and turn it into productivity.

Some would say because it is raining it is a bad day, some would say a great day because the rain is watering our very substance. We see good and bad according to our needs, what it serving us, how it makes us feel. So your good day is someone else bad and so on and as is life.

It is the balance of life, the Yin and Yang, the good and the bad, the bad ain’t all bad and the good is not always good, but the balance is always easy to live with. So the key here, is to know you from the inside out. Are you denying yourself because you’re fooling yourself that you can’t do it, or can you not do it, because it is time to do it, or your not meant to right now. Are you measuring all your other days just by the good ones and demanding they should all be like that? then you truly are fooling yourself. There has to be both good and bad, but how bad and how good is up to you and in how you listen to yourself within. Pay attention to the signs.

So next time you have a bad day, look in and ask your body what it needs from you, rest? nurturing, sleep, or just time to just be. When that good day is here, take advantage of it and explore do, be and enjoy, DON’T SWEAT IT, IT IS LIFE, SLOW FAST, GOOD BAD, UP DOWN, IT IS JUST HOW LIFE WORKS, GO WITH THE FLOW.

JOIN SARA HERE AS SHE LOOKS AT THE BALANCE OF LIFE. 

 ITunesSpotify Soundcloud
  Amazon  Google play,   iHEART
 Acast   onpodium  Anchor
  Audry  Radio Public.   FM Player
  Launchpad Mixcloud   Vurbl
   Odysee  Youtube Sticher

More on Sara’s shows go to

Sara’s View of Life

funditOPPORTUNITY

FIND MORE SHOWS OF ILLUMINATION HERE

All of our shows/interviews are done by donation, if you enjoyed this show please support us here with either a one-time donation or subscribe and support on Patreon.

IG 18-14 Searching for the White Magician with Stefania Magidson

Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Ignite your hearts and souls, with Sara Troy and her guest  Stefania Magidson in Dialogue with Carmen Firan, on air from April 3rd 

Searching for the White Magician: Spiritual Psychology and the Manifestation of Destiny. 

By Stefania Magidson in Dialogue with Carmen Firan
 Her New Book Explores the Meaning of Existence, Revealing that Humanity’s Destiny on Earth Is Influenced by Our Higher Selves-From Philanthropist and Expert in Spiritual Psychology

Are you ready to take a journey that will transform your views on the meaning of life and discover what the driving force is behind it?

Enter Searching for the White Magician, from Stefania Magidson, with Carmen Firan.

With wisdom-filled passages and personal stories, spiritual teacher and student Magidson guides the reader through a series of dialogues exploring themes ranging from immigration and philanthropy to spiritual psychology and self-realization. The book emphasizes the concept that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, and, thus, we have the ability to choose what unfolds for us in our lives.

Searching offers insightful stories woven throughout Magidson’s upbringing in Romania, her journey as an immigrant, and her search for spiritual growth. Her unique journey encapsulates authenticity, wisdom and compassion pursuits as she boundlessly explores the depths of spirituality. No stone on her path has been left unturned: she has delved into the metaphysical, discovered common truths of the world’s religions, and designed a life full of intention and optimism.

Magidson shares her discovery of the essential keys to creating a powerful destiny filled with love, compassion and happiness, and how her interest in esoteric studies has informed her spiritual path. She envisions a more nuanced existence for humanity, including intuition, where all six senses are engaged. Making the abstract accessible, this book inspires both the spiritual expert and novice.

“I invite the reader to join me on a journey of exploration and rediscovery of that inner place that holds the lens of mystery through which life filters if we allow it,” says Magidson. “I invite you to find that magic wand that transforms inner worlds into realities whose potential is only temporarily dormant.”

Proceeds for Searching for the White Magician go to Magidson’s Blue Heron Foundation, benefitting Romanian and Moldovan orphaned and abandoned youth. The organization was founded out of the conviction that we must do all we can to uplift our fellow human beings who cannot yet fend for themselves. Blue Heron’s mission is to provide such opportunities as scholarships and mentorships, offer support for youth intervention for a population vulnerable to human trafficking, and to address the intellectual, social and emotional well-being of their students so that they may become self-actualized, self-sufficient, productive adults.

JOIN SARA AND STEFANIA HERE ON BLUE HERONS MISSION AND SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY 

 ITunesSpotify+Video Soundcloud
  AmazonYoutube Music   iHEART
Podvine Podcasher  Podcast Addict
Mixcloud  Radio Public.   FM Player
 Odysee Youtube  Opodium
DO ENJOYTHE WISDOMFeedspot

Stefania Magidson was born in Romania and in 1983 immigrated with her family to the United States.  She received a BS in Health Education and a Master’s in Applied Spiritual Psychology. In 2002, she founded Blue Heron Foundation, one of the largest non-profit organizations in the Romanian diaspora. To date, the organization has raised more than $2,000,000, has awarded 300+ college scholarships and has touched the lives of at least 2,900 children.
Stefania is a supporter of the UCLA Graduate School of Education, The Everychild Foundation and the Making Waves Romanian Film Festival; she serves on the Board of Advisors of the Wende Museum, is the Chair of the Romanian Film Committee of the South-East European Film Festival, member of the advisory board of the Roma People’s Project at the Hayman Center for Humanities at Columbia University and Co-Chair of the Parents’ Council at Tisch School of the Arts. And she is, of course, the author Searching for the White Magician. Stefania lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two sons.
Stefania is available for interviews and can address:

  • How we can bring more love and consciousness into our existence
  • How giving of ourselves and our resources improves our lives
  • How we can guide our dreams as tools to handle life’s challenges
  • How we can keep a sense of humour while navigating issues
  • How we can have a healthy relationship with money
  • How we can access our ancestors for guidance

For additional information about the Blue Heron Foundation, please visit: https://blueheronfoundation.org

facebook.com/blueheronfoundation

twitter.com/Blue_HeronF

FOR MORE SHOWS ON IGNITE OUR HEARTS AND SOULS GO HERE

and Here on Raising, Our Gifted Children show

fundit

FIND MORE SHOWS OF ILLUMINATION HERE

Find us on these sites too.  linktr.ee/saratroy

MINI-SERIES PACKAGE

Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Hosting a Mini-Series 

You have something to share, a book, a program, your art, your music,  a particular journey, but you do not want to commit to a full-time show. We have that platform for you, your own Series played over 6 weeks inviting an audience to be entranced by the whole of it.

You will have your own show page featured under the mini-series banner. It will feature you a bio and the series topic along with the audios and links to youtube and personals links.

You are featured here on Self Discovery Radio network and you are heard on SoundCloud…Google Play and with a Video on our Your Tube a Newsletter and many Social media’s. 

This is not a product showcase but shows on inspiration and information.

Prices at $250.00 US a show series of 6 weeks.

Special for May, 8 shows for the price or 6. Must be paid and signed up in may to receive this. 

Details you will need for your series show page.

STARTING AND FINISHING DATE, WE AIR WEEKLY FROM TUESDAYS ON.

Show banner graphics for your own show identification.

This is your landing page where people will find all of your shows and about you. Each of your individual shows has its own posting that is on this page.

Your bio and jpeg photo.

A blurb on the series topic. WORD not PDF on all documents, please.

Jpeg picture of a book with the link if you have one, if not whatever you are featuring.

If a program or workshop, details on what it is with jpeg pictures and links.

You can use Zoom, or any other Video audio recorder, all I need from you is the Mp3 for audio and Mp4 for video separately. They must be clearly labelled in order of the series on the audio link and the video link, also on the weekly content blog you will send admin. Please make sure your volume and lighting is set up before you record and is both pleasing to the ear and the eye.

Your Guests.

When interviewing others please get from them.

A Jpeg picture of the individuals involved

A Blurb on the topic at hand. Word Doc, not PDF, please.

A Suggested Topic Title, keep it short and to the point, final say will be at producers discretion.

Their short bio. Word Doc, not PDF, please.

Their website and social media links.

Each shows content must be in by the Wednesday before the next Tuesday airing with full video and audio.

Your show series will be featured under Show Series banner, and each show will play for a week and then go to your show page as an archive.

Please make payment here when you send in your Personal and show series details. 

 For more information and to book the dates, GO HERE 

Michelle Arbeau Numerologist and Spokeswoman. 

Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Michelle Arbeau Numerologist and spokeswoman. 

CLICK ON BANNER TO HEAR THIS SHOW

I owe a lot to Michell for it was her that put me on this radio hosting path, I am in deep gratitude to her for that as it has become my calling serving our global community in living in our possibilities.

Importance of Your Challenge is special guest Celebrity Numerologist Michelle Arbeau to talk about Surviving The Shift, seeing 11:11, Doomsday and more! Don’t miss this pivotal episode as the end of the Mayan Calendar edges closer and 2012 comes to a close. What will 2013 have in store for us?

Michelle Arbeau is an internationally recognized Celebrity Numerologist, author, inspirational speaker and radio/tv host. She has a Hollywood clientele base that includes Twilight vampires, Big Bang Theory actress, Pirates of the Caribbean actor, NBC Director, Celebrity stylist and many more.

A media favourite and considered an expert in her field, Michelle is frequently a repeat guest on national outlets such as CBC Radio, CTV Morning Live and Breakfast Television.

www.MichelleArbeau.com.

Come hear more of Sara’s Shows here on

Self Discovery Radio Network.