Love Our Animals with Sara Troy and her guest Joanne Watson, on air from December 6th
I want more people to know about the options on how to get your pet to behave differently over Zoom. One thing that COVID showed us is that many different and often surprising things can be accomplished over Zoom now. This is one of them.
I believe in fixing Pets Behaving Badly because life is stressful enough without having our fur-legged family adding to that stress. They are supposed to help us relax and have fun, not add to the turmoil and burden of life! Also, as in the case of anxious pets, they can harm themselves and I don’t like that either. Christmas can bring out or magnify these behaviours because everyone’s excitement and stress levels rise.
The definition of ‘BADLY BEHAVED’ is under ‘naughty’ in the English Oxford Dictionary, where naughty is described as: badly behaved, disobedient. So, if your pet isn’t doing what you want, then technically, it’s naughty, disobedient, badly behaved when compared to your set of rules. I’ve spent lots of time working out how to fix these problems in my own animals and now I do it to help others.
Joanne lives in Bega, Australia and as ‘The Pets Behaving Badly Girl’, she helps hundreds of people each year tame their wild beasts – meaning their pets including dogs, cats, chickens, horses.
Joanne speaks to business groups each week on the topics of:
– anxious pets
– working from home with pets and
– pet’s toilet habits
and is available to speak at Corporate Events from $2,000.
Pillar Practitioner: Life, Mind and Body Wellness Program | Leadership Transformation Development Coach | Bringing Calm, Control & Confidence to animals, their people & animal-focused businesses | Sales Professional
Jo is known all over the world for dealing with Pets Behaving Badly, getting them to pee outside and enabling business owners to work from home without stress. She is easily found on Google via Karmanimals Australia.
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“for the LOVE of Music” with her guest Swapna Abraham, on air from December 5th
Dedicated to my grandchildren Cai, Bodhi & Navid and written for the children of the world. Composed live – music and lyrics, one song everyday for 1000 days from 8 April 2017 to 2 January 2020
This project was an afterthought before embarking on a world record attempt to establish legitimacy in the outcome. And proceeded to be a world record in its own right with the Golden Book of World Records – Longest quotidian feat of composing, producing and publishing children’s song incessantly
Music & Lyrics: Swapna Abraham
Songs for kids aged 4-12
Songs about life, their world and the world at large – illusory and factual
Songs that impart values in the young mind
Songs that encourage them to dream
Songs that inspire them
Songs that trigger their imagination
Songs that nurture them and educate them
Songs that help them process their emotions
Loud songs, soft songs, colorful and sad; songs to play, clap, sing, dance and sleep to
Songs to meditate and unwind
Songs that also speak to parents, grandparents and caregivers
Adults invariably get to listen to children’s songs, and almost always, on repeat. The songs needed to be more bearable and relatable for the adults as well.
The Disney movies have proven children have an appetite for real songs.
The songs needed to convey more values, virtues, facts about life, with positive messages as much as possible, but also not keeping the truth away from the children.
I’ve a strong feeling these songs will also resonate with most adults that are just waiting to awaken the child in them. Since all the songs have positive/ factual unbiased messages, it is quite the balm for the soul.
Multiple World Record Holder & Award Winner, Singer-Songwriter, Actor, Author, Interior Designer, Mentor and Versatile Corporate Professional
A multiple world record holder and award winner, Swapna Abraham is a singer-songwriter, actor, author, interior designer, mentor, and versatile corporate professional from Kerala 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 cafe ‘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. An alumnus of the T A Pai Management Institute and Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, she is the India Country Chair for Media Arts & Communication of G100, a global organization for the equitable elevation of women. Leaving no flair unpursued, Swapna is also an interior designer and member of the Designers Society of America (www.alikainteriors.com).
Her most recent musical work is the 12-song album titled LOVED. One of the songs NO LOVE LOST (feat Devan Ekambaram) received the following awards through 2023:
Silver – One Earth Awards – Best American Roots Song
Silver Medal – Outstanding Achievement – Global Music Awards – Country, Female Vocalist
Finalist – Spring 2023 – World Songwriting Awards – Best Modern Country Song
Official 2023 Finalist – InterContinental Music Awards
Official Nomination – Hollywood Independent Music Awards – Country (Crossover)
She is presently producing the 1000 songs that were written on A Children’s Song A Day through the 1000 days and that set one of the four world records; and is soon expecting it to be published internationally along with the song book in two volumes. This will be the biggest album of original songs made for children in the age group of 4-12.
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). Swapna was awarded a doctorate (honoris causa) in music in 2022 from Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (Deemed To Be University).
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, thank you. and please support Our Forgotten Children’s anthology and help to bring this book into production.
Raising Our Gifted Children with Sara Troy and her guest Alexandria Johnson, on air from December 5th
My ‘why’ for sharing is grounded in my desire to help others thrive. I believe that through information sharing others are able to be equipped with the tools that they need to thrive in their lives.
Alexandria Johnson is from the beautiful islands of The Bahamas. Her experiences throughout her life have sparked a fire to help others. She enjoys helping people live optimally from the inside out. She has an Associate of Arts Degree in Psychology and Sociology, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, a Master of Science in Child Forensic Studies: Psychology and Law and is completing a Ph.D. in Christian Education. She completed specialized training in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Coordination, Substance Use Treatment for Adolescents and Adults and Non-Profit Management. She completed certifications as a Cognitive Behavioral Life Coach, a Christian Life Coach, and in Youth Leadership. For the past eleven years, she has used her training to help people across the lifespan who are presented with mental health challenges.
She actively serves in ministry. She is an ordained Youth Pastor and Minister. She enjoys helping others grow spiritually and has received numerous awards for her ministry. For the past 15 years, she has been invited to speak at private and public organizations, clubs, churches, and schools both nationally and internationally. She has also been a featured speaker on webinars, podcasts, and talk shows promoting mental and spiritual wellness. She enjoys sharing messages of inspiration through writing. She is a three-time best-selling author. She is the co-author and author of nine books with a focus on building spiritual and mental wellness. She serves as the Chief Executive Office at Winners Avenue Books, Salt and Light International and Getaway Travel Agency. She enjoys serving others and instilling hope through her work.
Alexandria is one of our esteemed authors, and their contributions to child care are abundant: click on the pictureto see them all.
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We have done many a show on our pets and animals in general through the years. We speak to the well beingness, their heart and souls and what they mean to us as a humanity.
Here you will find heartwarming tales and insightful discussions about our beloved furry, feathered, and scaled friends. You know, through the years, we’ve shared countless stories about our pets and the incredible role animals play in our lives. It’s been a journey filled with laughter, sometimes tears, but always with immense love and respect for these wonderful beings.
Let’s talk about not just the joy and companionship our pets bring, but also their well-being, their soulful eyes that seem to understand us better than we understand ourselves. These creatures, they’re not just pets, are they? They’re family, they’re healers, they’re our connection to a more natural, instinctive way of life.
And it’s not just about our domestic buddies. Let’s broaden our horizon to the wild ones, the majestic beings that roam the earth, air, and seas. They too have stories, they too have a place in the fabric of our world. Their survival, their rights, their habitats – they matter just as much.
On our shows, I bring in experts – from vets to wildlife champions – to shed light on these topics. But hey, this isn’t just my show, it’s ours. So, I want to hear from you. Your stories, your questions, your experiences with these amazing animals. Let’s make this a conversation, a community.
Together, let’s celebrate, protect, and learn more about our animal companions and the wild wonders that grace our planet. Stay tuned, and let’s continue this incredible journey together.
Till next time, keep loving and respecting all creatures great and small.”
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Multiple World Record Holder & Award Winner, Singer-Songwriter, Actor, Author, Interior Designer, Mentor and Versatile Corporate Professional.
A multiple world record holder and award winner, Swapna Abraham is a singer-songwriter, actor, author, interior designer, mentor, and versatile corporate professional from Kerala 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.
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SHOW THREE.Composed live – music and lyrics, one song everyday for 1000 days from 8 April 2017 to 2 January 2020
This project was an afterthought before embarking on a world record attempt to establish legitimacy in the outcome. And proceeded to be a world record in its own right with the Golden Book of World Records – Longest quotidian feat of composing, producing and publishing children’s song incessantly.
SHOW TWO.‘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).
SHOW ONE. To share my story of realizing my calling after having reached what I imagined was a dead end. There are people out there that are probably at that dead end and cannot see the light of day. If mine could help them see and navigate, I’d have achieved far more than I did through my 1000-day challenge that set four world records in singing-songwriting and everything until then.
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 cafe ‘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. An alumnus of the T A Pai Management Institute and Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, she is the India Country Chair for Media Arts & Communication of G100, a global organization for the equitable elevation of women. Leaving no flair unpursued, Swapna is also an interior designer and member of the Designers Society of America (www.alikainteriors.com).
Her most recent musical work is the 12-song album titled LOVED. One of the songs NO LOVE LOST (feat Devan Ekambaram) received the following awards through 2023:
Silver – One Earth Awards – Best American Roots Song
Silver Medal – Outstanding Achievement – Global Music Awards – Country, Female Vocalist
Finalist – Spring 2023 – World Songwriting Awards – Best Modern Country Song
Official 2023 Finalist – InterContinental Music Awards
Official Nomination – Hollywood Independent Music Awards – Country (Crossover)
She is presently producing the 1000 songs that were written on A Children’s Song A Day through the 1000 days and that set one of the four world records; and is soon expecting it to be published internationally along with the song book in two volumes. This will be the biggest album of original songs made for children in the age group of 4-12.
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). Swapna was awarded a doctorate (honoris causa) in music in 2022 from Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (Deemed To Be University).
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, thank you. and please support Our Forgotten Children’s anthology and help to bring this book into production.
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