C26-32. Michael Wood, Learn To Love Being You.

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C26-32. Kathleen Tonnesen -Art Beyond Sight.

August 10, 2026August 5, 2026Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast Leave a comment

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Kathleen Tonnesen ie Katon. On air from August 11th

An Artist’s Search for Creative Ways to Overcome Life’s Obstacles: How Shioda Yoshinkan Aikido Helped Me See Beyond the Light

In our previous interview in 2018, Kathleen Tonnesen publicly shared her journey with vision loss—an experience she found deeply helpful. Since then, practising Shioda Yoshinkan Aikido has opened a new path in her rehabilitation and artistic development.

Kathleen believes the discipline and intense focus of Aikido have helped her retrain her right eye to read, draw, and paint again. Although this is her personal experience rather than a medical conclusion, she feels the practice may have helped her brain develop new pathways and delayed the progression of her vision loss.

Since 2023, Kathleen has continued forging a new artistic path. Her work reflects her changing vision and explores light, balance, geometry, human interaction, and connection beyond sight. Her focus is on developing skills that expand the creative boundaries of the heart and mind.

As Kathleen says, “Your life is an unfolding rose in the bouquet of God’s love.”

Current Art Exhibition: Energy

August 7–29, 2026
Mole Pop-Up Gallery
Rear of 1157 Pendrell Street, Vancouver, BC
Access through Jepson-Young Lane
Curator: Quentin Wright

In this solo exhibition, Kathleen explores the felt sensations of balance, timing, posture, and geometry found within Shioda Yoshinkan Aikido. These works are presented alongside large botanical paintings celebrating colour, creativity, resilience, and the continuing evolution of her sight.

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Kathleen Tonnesen, known artistically as Katon, is a Canadian self-taught painter, sculptor, author, poet, and inventor. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she immigrated to Canada in 1998. A professional artist since 1990, Kathleen creates meaningful, thought-provoking work that enriches public spaces and connects communities.

She is also a certified Shioda Yoshinkan Aikido instructor and Shodan—first-degree black belt—currently preparing for her Nidan, or second-degree black belt, test. Drawing upon her experience in psychology, early childhood education, performing arts, visual art, and martial arts, Kathleen inspires personal growth and encourages adults to rediscover their inner child.

Following vision loss, Kathleen used the discipline and intense focus of Aikido to support her rehabilitation. Through consistent practice, she retrained her right eye to read, draw, and paint again. Since 2023, her evolving artwork has explored light, human connection, and perception beyond sight.

Kathleen’s artistic roots were inspired by the charcoal portraits of her South African grandfather, Charles Holton Peers.

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C26-30. Ilene Dillon, Emotional Realignment

July 27, 2026July 22, 2026Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Ilene Dillon. On air from July 28th

Emotional Realignment is about developing the ability to work with the emotions we feel the way they are designed to work for us. My investigation began 55 years ago when my husband decided to divorce me, leaving me with a 10 month old child. I was incredibly angry—and alone with a small child. I couldn’t subject her to the on-going anger I was spewing. I set out to find answers: “What Causes Anger? Why do we have anger? Does Anger have a purpose? Can we get rid of it?” There were NO answers (social scientists did not study emotions separately from psychiatric diagnoses, I discovered), After nine years, I had found answers, tried them for myself, then shared with my psychotherapy clients who volunteered to try them. What I discovered worked for all of us! That led me to discover an entire system for how emotions work, which I’ve been working with, teaching and sharing ever since. Published my book in 2019 (Emotions in Motion: Mastering Life’s Built-in Navigation System), which talks about 12 different emotions. I’ve also developed proprietary understandings and systems for “Outgrowing Manipulation” and “Parenting Consciously.” I’ve been sharing my discoveries with the world for 45 years. I’m now 83 years old, still writing, broadcasting, speaking and appearing on podcasts, spreading the word!

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I’m a “Recovered Angry Person,” something I became as a result of my quest to get in charge of anger that spewed from me for nearly two years back in 1971. Already licensed as a Clinical Social Worker and Marriage and Family Counselor, I developed an understanding of what emotions are, what they’re for, and how they work, which I’ve been teaching to myself and thousands of others for the last 45 years. For 27 years I was an International Professional Speaker (NSA member), for 15 years a podcaster (Full Power Living and Building Conscious Families), and now for 54 years a therapist/Counselor/Coach—still working! I published “Emotions in Motion: Mastering Life’s Built-in Navigation System” in 2019 and am currently writing “Outgrowing Manipulation.” Through collaborative books I’m also a nine-time Amazon best-selling author. In April/May of 2026 I spoke at the “Soul Treat” Conference of The Wellness Universe, speaking about “Outgrowing Manipulation.” And for Hawk’s Nest parents (a private school in Jupiter, Florida) I gave a series of talks on “Parenting Consciously,” “Life Tasks for Children’s First Nine Years of Life,” and “Protecting Self-Love.” My husband, neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Fink, died in 2016. In 2017 I sold our home, bought a 24 foot RV and have been roaming North American in that van ever since. I’m mother of 6 adult “children”—2 birth, one adopted, three step—and grandmother of 5. Since 2017 I treated a breast cancer for a year, attempting to heal it (I didn’t heal it; but it did not grow—at all—and was surgically removed without chemo or radiation). I also traveled to Jordan, Egypt, Japan, Viet Nam and Cambodia in 2021 and 2022. I’m an organic veggie/fruit gardener (when I stay in one place long enough), and am an alternative medicine person who, at age 83, takes no prescribed drugs and has only had a cold/flu twice in the past 11 years.

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C26-30. Laura Doman & Self Reinvention

July 27, 2026July 26, 2026Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Laura Doman. On air from July 28th

For years, I thought success meant climbing the corporate ladder and checking all the right boxes. Although I had a successful career, something inside me kept whispering that there was more I was meant to do. In my fifties, I made the terrifying decision to reinvent myself, becoming a professional actor, voice actor, and eventually a communication coach. What I discovered wasn’t just a new career. It was my authentic voice and the confidence to finally become the person I was always meant to be. Today, I help others communicate with greater trust, confidence, and authenticity because I’ve learned that reinvention isn’t about becoming someone new; it’s about having the courage to become who you’ve been all along. My hope is that anyone listening who feels “too old,” “too late,” or “too comfortable” will realize that their next chapter may be their most meaningful one yet.

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Laura Doman knows firsthand that life doesn’t always unfold according to plan — and that’s often where the best stories begin. After building a successful career in corporate sales and leadership, she made the bold decision to pursue acting, eventually becoming a professional film, television, commercial, and voice actor. Along the way, she discovered that the skills actors use to build genuine human connection could transform the way professionals communicate. Today, Laura helps executives, entrepreneurs, speakers, and business leaders become more believable, trustworthy, and influential, both on camera and in person. Her work is built on one simple belief: it’s never too late to reinvent yourself, and the life you’re meant to live often begins just beyond the one you’ve outgrown.

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C26-25. Bernadette Broderick is Navigating Life After Work

June 22, 2026June 24, 2026Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Bernadette Broderick. On air from June 23rd.

At the heart of my work is the belief that life after work deserves better language than simply “retirement.”

My book, Navigating Life After Work, is for accomplished women who may be leaving a demanding career, approaching retirement sooner than expected, or wondering what comes next after years of being defined by responsibility, achievement, and usefulness. I want to be a guide for women in this transition—not by telling them what to do, but by helping them hear themselves again. This season can bring grief, freedom, confusion, relief, possibility, and reinvention all at once, and I want women to know they are not alone in that complexity.

The message I hope to share is that this chapter is not about disappearing or becoming less relevant. It is about discovering what still matters, what still calls to you, and how you want to live, contribute, and belong on your own terms.

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I started in a non-traditional career in the maritime industry, in a world of ships, systems, technical work, and high expectations. It was practical, demanding, and often intense, and it taught me how to think clearly, solve problems, and pay attention to what others might miss.

Over time, I found myself drawn more toward communication — helping people explain complex ideas, shape their message, and find language that felt true. (I started a side business long before the words “side hustle” existed.)

But the deeper shift happened as I began asking my own questions about life after leaving full-time work.

I realized that many accomplished women reach this stage with experience, intelligence, and energy still intact, yet very little meaningful language for what to call this stage of life, or what comes next. That is what brought me to my current work and to my book, Navigating Life After Work.

Behind the profession, I am a woman in transition too: curious, funny, reflective, sometimes impatient with old rules, a mother of two and a grandmother of two (funny story – I became a mother and a grandmother on the same day, 30 years apart – September 22) and deeply committed to honest conversations that help women hear themselves again.

beebroderick@gmail.com

My free offer (a webinar) and 2) a paid offer (a two-session (90 minutes each) workshop at $299 USD. It includes 2 workbooks and a plan for the next 60 to 90 days.

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