BB25-37 Amy Geffen, Job Search Over 55

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Building Your Business with Sara Troy and her guest Amy Geffen, on air from Spetmber 16th

After 13 jobs and changing careers four times, I decided to help job seekers by becoming a career coach.  My next-to-last full-time job was as Executive Director of NYSSA, a non-profit association for financial analysts.  I worked with a career coach and took the training to become a career coach.  I continued to work full-time as a Director of Professional Development while coaching part-time. Six years ago, I left my full-time job to devote myself to career coaching. 

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Started out as a teacher of English as a Second Language in the NYC public school system. I attended graduate school at night in French language and literature so I could become a college professor.  When I graduated, there were no jobs in the NY metro area so I transferred my skills to college administration.  I worked for three different colleges in continuing education.  I created online courses in Lotus Notes and then at ASME, I worked with engineers to create courses on Blackboard.  Then I worked for six different nonprofit professional associations. BA Brooklyn College, MA Harvard University, PhD New York University.

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25-36. Colour Me Alive

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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from September 9th

My son-in-law recently colorized old photographs of my mother and father, and in doing so, it felt as if he had brought them back to life. Both were just 27 years old in these images, and seeing them this way gave me a deeper glimpse into who they were at that moment in time.

Before meeting my father, my mother had been married and had a daughter, my half-sister. She met my father after her divorce, when my sister was six years old, and he apparently proposed to her on the spot.

My brother arrived first, and I came along five years later. Yet, our parents I knew were not quite the same as the radiant couple in these photos. I want to remember them like this, happy, in love, carefree, and embracing life together.

Sadly, that happiness was not to last. My father, a squadron leader and fighter pilot during the war, carried the heavy burden of trauma with no counsel or support to help him heal. He never did find that healing, and died at the age of 45 years old. My mother, too, endured a difficult path, from a life of luxury in India to one of poverty in London, and as the seventh child, she faced her own hardships. Her first marriage had been dreadful and frightening, leaving scars she never spoke of. They both survived their pasts in silence, but those unspoken wounds inevitably wove themselves into the fabric of their marriage.

We all have a photograph tucked away somewhere that captures a happy moment, a memory that lights us up from within. These are the images we should carry in our hearts, holding onto that feeling, so it’s never lost. At the same time, we must remember not to let the hardships of life turn into unspoken wounds. If pain is never voiced or faced, it can quietly weave itself into our days, shaping our lives in ways we never intended.

For me, it’s the newly colorized images of my parents at twenty-seven, radiant and in love. I choose to carry that memory in my heart, letting it remind me of the beauty they once shared. Life, of course, brought them struggles, as it does for us all. But I’ve learned that if we speak of our pain, face it, and let it go, it doesn’t have to define us. Unspoken wounds can quietly shape our lives, but when we give them voice, we free ourselves to live fully and keep our hearts open to joy.

Here’s to keeping the beauty alive in our hearts, no matter what the years may bring.

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25-35. Into the Fall

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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air NOW

Fall is on its way, though with 30-degree temperatures, you’d never know it. The season whispers of change, yet in the world around us, we’re also witnessing a different kind of fall, the fall of an empire. America isn’t just stumbling; it’s cascading into some of its darkest days, a sobering reminder that not all falls are gentle.

There’s also the heartbreak of watching Gaza’s fall, the devastation of genocide, the horrific loss of life, and the erasure of a people’s hope. It is a fall humanity should never accept, yet one we must witness with open eyes and an open heart if we are to ever rise together again.

But fall can also mean something beautiful: falling into place. It’s when the pieces finally align, when what once felt scattered finds its natural order. That’s the kind of fall I choose to embrace, one of the grounding, harmony, trusting, and coming together.

Finding our pace in life after chaos can be done by falling into a rhythm. We can fall into faith, letting trust replace fear when the future feels uncertain. We can fall into grace, extending compassion to ourselves and others when the world feels harsh.

And then there’s the sweetest fall of all—falling for someone. This October, I’ll be falling head over heels in love with my third grandson, a new life arriving just as the leaves turn and the air shifts. A reminder that even in uncertain times, there are moments that fill our hearts and make every fall worth the journey.

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YH25-35. Tara McGee’s Begin with Breath

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Your Health is Your Choice with Sara Troy and her guest Tara McGee, formally known as Tara Rinke on air from September 2nd

Begin with Breath – Healing and Nervous System Health through Breathwork

I know what it feels like to live on edge—always performing, pleasing, and striving, yet secretly running on empty. Even with a background in psychology, I found myself looping through patterns of numbing, escaping, and abandoning myself until I discovered breathwork and nervous system regulation. That’s when I finally began prioritizing my relationship with myself and learned that my system wasn’t broken—it was wise, and it could be recalibrated. Now I help others move from anxious reactivity to steady resilience by showing them that when your system is balanced, you’re no longer governed by the need to survive—you’re free to thrive. Your breath is the remote control to your nervous system, and it’s the bridge back to yourself.

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Tara Rinke is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, breathwork instructor, and co-owner of Eleven Arrows Health in Nanaimo, BC. After years of people-pleasing and over functioning, she discovered the transformative power of nervous system regulation through breath. That awakening inspired her to found WithinBreath, where she now guides individuals and groups through embodied breathwork practices and transformational programs designed to help people address anxiety, regulate their nervous systems, and reconnect to themselves. Beyond her work, Tara is a mother, partner, daughter, and sister who loves the raw, real moments of human connection—whether through laughter, tears, or breath. Her life’s mission is to help others find the safety and freedom to be and express themselves fully, rooted in self-honour and carried by the breath.

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SE25-35. Sue William Silverman’s Mercy of the Reader

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Sensual Expression with Sara Troy and her guest Sue William Silverman, on air from September 2nd

The award-winning voice behind Love Sick:  One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction (which was adapted into a Lifetime movie) and How to Survive Death and Other Inconvenience now new book Selected Misdemeanors: Essays at the Mercy of the Reader, Sue Williams Silverman.

A master of metaphor and a longtime teacher of creative nonfiction, Silverman uses each essay in Selected Misdemeanors to reveal a kind of emotional misdemeanor—a misstep, a moment of contradiction, a wound we give ourselves while yearning for something more.

In this collection of flash nonfiction “misdemeanors,” she explores small yet shimmering moments where home and belonging weave themselves through life’s contradictions. The brevity of the flash form allows her to capture meaning with precision—each piece a distillation of memory, metaphor, and subtle irony. She chose this form for its ability to hold something so short yet resonant, a space where metaphor deepens the emotional truth and irony reveals the complexity of human experience. These stories often pivot on contradictions—those universal tensions we all contain—and invite readers to see themselves within them. As she says, “I never wanted to drink crème de menthe, I just wanted to admire it. Some things are better left imagined,” a line that reflects both the restraint and the richness at the heart of her storytelling.

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Silverman is best known for Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey Through Sexual Addiction, which was adapted into a Lifetime movie, and Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You, winner of the AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction. Her previous book, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences, won the gold Foreword INDIE Book of the Year Award and the Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature. She is also the author of the craft book Acetylene Torch Songs: Writing True Stories to Ignite the Soul, which won the IPPY Silver Award and was a finalist for two Foreword INDIE Awards. 

Sue William Silverman is an award-winning author known for her fearless explorations of trauma, identity, and personal transformation. Her latest book, Selected Misdemeanors: Essays at the Mercy of the Reader, showcases her signature blend of lyricism, insight, and unflinching honesty. She co-chairs the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and has appeared on The View, Anderson Cooper 360, and PBS Books.

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