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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Dr Annette Greenwood, on air from July 21st
The Power to Triumph Over Adversity
Simply put, Age-Less Living is the concept of living without restrictions; living freely.
Dr. Annette Greenwood is an award-winning life coach, radio presenter, and author, recognised with the Woman of Heart Awards’ Outstanding Coach and Leader award. She specialises in helping women overcome challenges and build a purposeful life filled with meaningful relationships, inner peace, and happiness. Message is you can triumph over adversity.
Whether your goals are personal or professional, I’m here to support you in discovering your passion and achieving lasting fulfilment.
Dr. Greenwood’s approach to coaching is deeply rooted in personal experience. Having overcome severe depression herself, she brings an authenticity and empathy to her work that resonates powerfully with clients worldwide. Her journey from personal struggle to becoming a distinguished life coach, radio presenter, and sought-after author exemplifies the very transformation she helps others achieve. Dr Annette is a warm and down to earth woman who loves nature, animals, walking and her immediate family, partner and friends.
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Sara’s View of Life, with Sara Troy. On air from July 21st
What is Competition to Chat GPT and the Perceived Threat of AI and Our Souls
I have asked both Chat GPT and Claude, to state their differences and Ai versus humanity. These are their answers.
For centuries, every new technology has been met with fear. The printing press, electricity, television, computers, and the internet all raised concerns that they would replace something fundamentally human. Today, Artificial Intelligence has become that new frontier.
Many people see AI as competition. Others see it as a threat. But is AI really the threat, or is it exposing what we’ve forgotten about being human?
The greatest danger isn’t that AI will become more human. The danger is that humans may become less human.
We are comparing ourselves to a machine.
AI can process billions of words in seconds. It can write, summarize, organize, and create.
But it doesn’t wake up after losing someone it loves. It doesn’t carry thirty years of living with fibromyalgia. It doesn’t feel the joy of holding a grandchild. It doesn’t know courage, forgiveness, heartbreak, or hope.
Knowledge can be generated. Wisdom has to be lived.
When AI becomes our only conversation.
Many people are lonely. AI never judges. It never becomes impatient. It is always available.
That can become comforting.
But relationships aren’t built only on agreement. They grow through misunderstanding, compassion, forgiveness, laughter, and vulnerability.
If we replace human interaction entirely with artificial conversation, we may slowly lose the muscles of humanity itself.
Competition or Collaboration?
Perhaps we are asking the wrong question.
Instead of asking,
“Will AI replace me?”
Ask,
“What is uniquely mine that no technology can replace?”
Your compassion. Your intuition. Your lived experience. Your ability to inspire another soul.
AI can amplify those gifts. It cannot become those gifts.
The Perceived Threat
Often the threat isn’t AI.
The threat is our own fear.
Fear of becoming irrelevant. Fear of change. Fear of learning something new.
Fear of it being in the wrong hands for the wrong reason.
Every generation has faced moments where the world changed faster than expected.
Those who remained curious found opportunity. Those who remained fearful often became trapped by it.
The Human Advantage
Your story matters.
Your scars matter.
Your resilience matters.
Your knowingness matters.
People don’t remember us because we had all the answers.
They remember how we made them feel.
Chats conclussion
The future doesn’t belong to AI.
Nor does it belong to those who reject AI.
It belongs to those who remember their humanity while embracing new possibilities.
Technology may become more intelligent.
But our responsibility is to become more compassionate, more conscious, and more connected.
That is something no machine can ever manufacture.
Ai differences.
Where I (Claude) tend to lead is I can do most of what ChatGPT does, though there are some differences in approach. Here’s a quick rundown:
Company philosophy and training approach Anthropic was founded by former OpenAI researchers specifically focused on AI safety research. I’m trained using a method called “Constitutional AI,” where instead of relying purely on human feedback to shape behavior, I’m trained against a set of explicit principles (a “constitution”) that guide how I reason about tricky requests. That’s different from how GPT models or Gemini are trained, though the practical effect on any given answer isn’t always dramatic.
Personality and tone People often describe me as more conversational, cautious, and willing to show reasoning or push back thoughtfully rather than just agreeing. ChatGPT tends to be more broadly “assistant-like” and feature-rich; Gemini is deeply integrated with Google’s ecosystem (Search, Docs, Workspace) and tends to lean on that.
Strengths people report
Writing quality and nuance — I’m often praised for prose that feels less “AI-generated”
Coding — particularly agentic coding work via Claude Code
Following complex, multi-step instructions carefully
A cautious approach to sensitive topics (sometimes seen as a plus, sometimes as overly careful, depending on who you ask)
Where others may have an edge
ChatGPT has broader plugin/app ecosystem integration and image generation built in more natively
Gemini has tighter integration with Google services and often larger context windows in some versions
Both have larger consumer user bases and more third-party integrations
Honest caveat I don’t have reliable, verified benchmark data in front of me right now, and this space moves fast — model updates happen monthly. If you want, I can search for current head-to-head benchmarks or recent reviews comparing specific models (like GPT-5 vs Claude Sonnet 5 vs Gemini’s latest) rather than relying on my general impressions.
Here’s a quick note before the details: some of this comes from SEO/marketing-style sites rather than official benchmarks, so treat specific numbers as approximate, not gospel. But the overall pattern is consistent across many independent writeups, which gives it some credibility.
Great, here’s an honest, up-to-date picture based on current benchmarks and real-world testing as of mid-2026:
The honest bottom line: there’s no single winner. The three flagships — Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, and Gemini 3.1 Pro — are extremely close, separated by single-digit percentages on most benchmarks. But each has a clear strength:
Claude (that’s me) wins at:
Writing, editing, and long documents — Claude consistently produces the most natural, least “AI-sounding” prose Towards AI
Coding — it ranks #1 on the LMArena human-preference leaderboard and leads the hardest coding benchmark (SWE-bench Pro) Tech Insider
Factual accuracy — Claude consistently scores highest on accuracy benchmarks and produces fewer confident errors, making it the safest choice for legal, medical, or financial tasks Tech Journal
ChatGPT (GPT-5.5) wins at:
Creative generation, image creation, and voice conversations Brightcoding
Being the most versatile omnimodal generalist — text, image, audio, and video flow through one model Tech Insider
The broadest ecosystem of plugins and integrations
Gemini wins at:
Reasoning tasks, with a 94.1% GPQA result, and offering the largest context window Tech Insider
Price-to-performance ratio, especially for high-volume workloads Gemini Omni Info Hub
Deep Google Workspace integration (Docs, Sheets, Gmail, etc.)
One notable caveat on ChatGPT: OpenAI introduced ads on the free tier this year, appearing as sponsored suggestions — something neither Claude nor Gemini currently does. Towards AI
The smartest professionals in 2026 don’t choose one AI — they build a hybrid workflow. A common setup is: Claude for writing and coding, ChatGPT for images and voice, Gemini for Google Workspace and real-time research.
What do you see the issues are around Ai and humanity.?
That’s a genuinely important question, and I’ll share my honest perspective while being clear these are assessments, not certainties.
The risks I think are most real:
Concentration of power — AI is enormously expensive to build, which means it’s concentrating in the hands of a few companies and governments. That creates real risks of economic inequality widening, and of a small number of actors having disproportionate influence over very powerful tools.
Misinformation at scale — Deepfakes, synthetic media, and AI-generated content are already eroding people’s ability to trust what they see and read. That’s corrosive to democracy, journalism, and basic shared reality.
Moving faster than wisdom allows — The technology is advancing much faster than our laws, institutions, and cultural understanding can adapt. That gap is dangerous. We’re deploying things before we fully understand their consequences.
Over-reliance and skill erosion — If people stop thinking critically, writing, coding, or reasoning for themselves because AI does it for them, we risk hollowing out the very human capabilities that make us adaptable.
Autonomous weapons — AI-powered weapons that can make lethal decisions without meaningful human oversight is perhaps the most acute near-term catastrophic risk.
Where I’m more hopeful:
There are serious people — including at Anthropic — working hard on AI safety, alignment, and governance. And AI genuinely has enormous potential to help with disease, climate, education, and poverty.
The question isn’t really whether AI goes wrong — it’s whether humanity builds the institutions, norms, and wisdom fast enough to steer it well. History suggests we often do, eventually. The worry is “eventually” may not be fast enough this time.
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Raising Our Gifted Children with Sara Troy and her guest Mike Canfield. On air from July 21st
My passion is helping children and families navigate life’s challenges in ways that build hope, resilience, and healthy relationships. Through stories, coloring books, and practical skill-building activities, I translate complex concepts such as emotions, behavior, trauma, and personal responsibility into language that children can understand and use. By bringing adults and children together through storytelling and creative activities, I create opportunities for meaningful conversations that strengthen connections and support positive growth. My work is designed to help families recognize that problems do not define who they are, and that with support, practice, and encouragement, every child and family has the ability to overcome challenges and build a brighter future.
My journey began in 1983 when my wife Beth and I became house parents for teenage boys who needed stability, guidance, and a place to belong. What started as a commitment to care for a few young people grew into a lifelong mission of supporting children and families facing adversity. Over the years, I served as a Child and Family Therapist, became a Washington State Aggression Replacement Training Trainer and Consultant, and took on leadership roles advocating for foster, adoptive, kinship, and biological families throughout Washington State. These experiences taught me that lasting change happens through relationships, practical skills, and the belief that every person has strengths that can be developed.
Today, as the Executive Director of Family Success Northwest, I continue that mission by creating trainings, conferences, books, and resources that help families build stronger connections and healthier futures. Behind the professional titles, I am a husband, caregiver, mentor, author, and lifelong learner who believes that people grow best when they feel understood, supported, and empowered. My work is deeply personal because it is rooted in decades of walking alongside children, parents, and caregivers as they navigate life’s challenges and discover their own resilience and potential.
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Building Your Business with Sara Troy and her guest Stacey Hall. On air from July 14th
Good Business with Frequency Boosting
Stacey Hall never imagined she would build a career in sales. Growing up, she watched someone she loved struggle under the pressure and exhaustion that came with traditional sales, and she promised herself she would choose a different path. Instead, life led her through advertising, marketing, corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and eventually into helping others grow their businesses. A life-changing health challenge became the turning point that transformed not only how she lived, but how she understood success. Today, Stacey is the creator of The Lighthouse Path, a TEDx speaker, five-time international best-selling author, and featured expert in the award-winning Zero Limits movie. Behind the professional accomplishments is a woman whose greatest joy comes from helping people rediscover their own light so they can lead with greater clarity, trust, purpose, and fulfillment.
Stacey Hall, Founder of ‘Success with Stacey Hall’, has taken 5 books to #1 best-seller status in multiple countries. She is known for her myth-busting social media marketing training program, “Go for YES,” which has helped thousands of people attract more sales, satisfaction, and success.
Her mission is to help salespeople attract and connect with their ideal audience, solve their audience’s problems, and leave a legacy that lives on long after they are gone.
At frequense, we’re more than products—we’re a movement. Join a community that values health, happiness, and harmony as we elevate life one frequency at a time.
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Sara’s View of Life, with Sara Troy. On air from July 14th
There are times when we think we’re pacing ourselves. We tell ourselves we’re saying no more often, taking breaks, and not overloading our schedule. Yet somehow it still catches up with us. Why? Because we often forget that it isn’t only physical activity that drains us. Emotional energy, mental stimulation, and constant engagement can exhaust us just as much as physical work.
I’ve done many shows on pacing yourself, and yet recently I became my own lesson. I went away for five nights and six days. It was wonderful. I spent quality time with my son, my daughter-in-law, my daughter, and my best friend. We laughed, talked, connected, and made beautiful memories. Although I rested here and there, my normal routine was completely disrupted.
When I returned home, I thought I would have a day to recover and find my equilibrium again. Instead, I went straight into Nana mode. The grandchildren arrived, and for four days in a row I was right back into family life. By the fifth day, my body simply stopped cooperating. My legs felt like they had turned to steel. Every muscle hurt. I could barely walk.
That’s fibromyalgia. After living with it for over thirty years, my body and I have learned to communicate. Usually it gives me warnings, but this time I ignored them. My body was saying, “I let you enjoy those wonderful days, but you forgot to rest afterward.” Eventually it shut me down completely.
The truth is, our bodies always speak to us. Mine happens to speak through pain and stiffness, but yours may communicate differently. Perhaps it’s overwhelming fatigue, emotional burnout, anxiety, brain fog, headaches, irritability, or simply feeling like you cannot cope anymore. Whatever form it takes, those warning signs deserve our attention.
Overstimulation affects everyone differently. People living with autism, ADHD, ADD, OCD, fibromyalgia, or other conditions often reach their limits more quickly because their nervous systems are already working harder than most people realize. But even if you don’t live with those challenges, everyone has a breaking point. We all have limits.
The important question is this: How do you recognize your own warning signs before your body forces you to stop?
If we don’t take time to rejuvenate ourselves, burnout is inevitable. Whether it’s emotional, mental, physical, or spiritual exhaustion, we eventually pay the price. We need to learn our own personal limits and respect them. When life taps us gently on the shoulder, we need to listen before it hits us with what I call the “cosmic two-by-four.”
One of the simplest and most powerful things we can do is… nothing.
Not meditation. Not listening to a podcast. Not checking our phone. Simply sitting quietly. Sit outside and watch the birds. Listen to the wind in the trees. If you’re lucky, perhaps you’ll see hummingbirds, deer, squirrels, or simply watch the clouds drift by. There is an incredible art in doing absolutely nothing.
Those quiet moments allow your mind, body, heart, soul, and spirit to settle. They restore your equilibrium. They calm your nervous system. They replenish the energy you’ve been spending without even realizing it.
We also need to hydrate properly. Our bodies need water to function efficiently. Water lubricates our joints, supports our muscles, nourishes our brain, and keeps everything flowing as it should. Sometimes the simplest acts of self-care make the biggest difference.
Learning to say “no” is another act of self-care. It doesn’t mean you don’t love your family or care about your responsibilities. It means you’re honouring your own capacity. If we stretch ourselves too thin, we’re no longer effective for anyone else.
I know how difficult that can be. When it comes to my daughter and my grandchildren, saying no has never been one of my strengths. But this weekend, after spending a little more time helping out, my body finally said, “Enough.” I had to spend the rest of the weekend resting because there simply wasn’t another choice.
Sometimes we also need to ask for help. We hesitate because we don’t want to inconvenience others, but that’s what community is for. One person may not be available, but another might gladly pick up groceries, watch the children for an hour, or lend a helping hand. We have to allow others the opportunity to support us, just as we would support them.
Caregivers, in particular, need to hear this message. You are no good to anyone when you are completely burnt out. You cannot continue pouring from an empty cup. Rejuvenating yourself is not selfish—it is essential. It allows you to show up fully for the people who depend on you.
I’ve learned my lesson once again. My body reminded me that even joyful experiences require recovery afterward. Overdoing it doesn’t have to come from stress alone. Even happiness can become exhausting if we never pause to recharge.
So please, pay attention to your own warning signs. Listen when your body whispers instead of waiting until it screams. Give yourself permission to say no. Delegate when you can. Ask for help when you need it. Take a “me day” without guilt.
Most importantly, learn the beautiful art of doing nothing.
Because it takes far less time to prevent burnout than it does to recover from it. As the old saying goes, a stitch in time saves nine.
May you honour yourself. May you listen to your body, your mind, your heart, your soul, and your spirit. And when they ask for rest, may you give yourself permission to simply stop, breathe, and rejuvenate.
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