LauraBeth Ryan is the owner of Cheerful Hearts. A company created to inspire, educate, and empower women. She is an international empowerment coach, speaker, and author. Learn how I share my inspirational journey of faith [from heart wrenching despair to finding new purpose and hope] through motivational speaking opportunities around the country. If you are looking for a dynamic speaker for your next event, please contact me for details about how I may encourage and inspire your audience. If you seek Life Coaching, learn how to become empowered and have a Cheerful Heart in your professional and personal journey. I offer self-growth on-line adult training programs and one-on-one coaching to help you define your path to a successful and fulfilling life.
We are on 5 sites and 16 audio and 2 video platforms as seen here.
Living on her own by 16, surviving a life altering car accident at 18, and then becoming debilitated from a spinal injury at 28, LauraBeth knows well the adversities that life can present. Her faith in God was tested as her entire world crumbled, and she went from being a hands-on mom to 4 sons, ages 8 and under, to being confined to bed due to chronic pain.
In her darkest hours, she cried out to God, and found solace and comfort in words that came to her in the form of poetry, prose, and songs. Given time, she overcame her despair and pressed into God more deeply, learning to accept her situation, and determined to make the best of life, despite its difficulties.
She thought of creative ways to parent her children, and spent a lot of quality time with them in her room, which now became “the family room”. Reading stories, playing board games, doing homework, check in points, talks, and watching favorite shows were now the norm.
Once the boys were older, LauraBeth knew she was being called to share her poetry, and her story with others, to offer anyone going through difficulties a sense of comfort and hope! She had been given the name “Cheerful Hearts” about ten years prior as a vision. And knew one day she would have a company that provided “Good Medicine” to the soul.
In 2006, while still confined to four walls, that dream was realized, as she turned ten years’ worth of writing into an inspirational greeting card, gift, and keepsake line! She also began sharing her story as a motivational speaker, encouraging others that no matter their circumstance, with perseverance, faith, and determination, that they can overcome any difficulty they face! In 2009, she became a Live Your Best Life Coach, offering those going through their own challenges a clear path, with strategic steps to move forward to live their own inspired life full of possibilities!
It is her heart’s passion to encourage, uplift, inspire and motivate you, wherever you are in this journey of life! She genuinely cares about people, and wants to bring joy to others through her work.
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Holly Penney, on air from June 28th
Holly Penney is a mom, finance enthusiast, speaker, writer, self-love advocate, 4-time ovum donor, travel addict, minimalist and lover of all things chocolate. Experiencing childhood trauma and then as an adult, Holly began to realize there were negative patterns in her life. One day, as she calls it a “low point,” she decided to take matters into her own hands and dive deep into personal development. This was the beginning of her healing journey. Growing self-awareness, Holly came to realize that for the first 30 years of her life, she didn’t know the meaning of self-care. After attending a retreat in 2019, Holly fell in love with herself and found a passion for journaling. Since 2019 she has made a commitment to prioritize self-care. Whether that’s going for a run, taking a long hot bath or journaling.
Holly started a successful professional bookkeeping firm (NovaRidge Bookkeeping Ltd.). Being able to support people was another passion of hers. Holly decided to make it her mission to support them anyway she could. She began creating a journal (launching June 2022) in hopes of inspiring women to fall in love with themselves. In 2021, Holly launched a book club called As The Page Turns, creating a safe space for like-minded women to talk about personal growth. She continues to share her story by speaking and writing. Holly is dedicated to supporting women on their self-love journeys by creating community through her workshops, retreats and journaling.
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Georgie Holbrook, on air from June 21st
“Determine to Heal Despite Appearances” giving hope and encouragement to others. At age 36-41, I went from taking allergy shots to having a tragic deforming disease on my face that caused me near blindness. I knew that medication wasn’t what I was lacking but had no understanding of my body/mind/spirit connection. It was my spiritual awaking! I went on a journey. At age 42 I experienced the natural building blocks of self-healing without taking drugs. My self-healing story has been PUBLISHED IN 23 NATIONAL MAGAZINES. I have written 4 self-help books. The topics I can talk about: 1. My healing story 2. For generations we have been taught as children to not cry, feel, or be real, conditioning many of us to disconnect from our Sacred Self. Many of us have taken on addictions to cover up our internalized disconnected feelings, mine was work- addiction. Teaching how to heal and return to our Sacred Self.
Georgie is a gifted intuitive healer, combining her wisdom with that of her life-long Angel Helpers. International clients rely on her to interpret how to make long-term and everyday decisions from their heart desires. Example, she interprets for others how our emotions manifest in health issues as a language, as our Sacred Self tries to get our attention, wanting to show us a more joy-filled way to live.
Georgie playfully teaches others how to bless their lives, affairs, heal and increase their prosperity, the houses that have been for sale even 3 years, have sold in 3 to 5 days, she gives credit to her Great Divine guidance.
She teaches others how to connect with the Sacred filled with possibilities and love, and how to move out of socially conditioning internalized self-doubt.
Georgie is a proud member of the Ken Honda Arigato Living Community.
Attached find my bio – pictures with me at 42 years old with my face deforming – current picture
Georgie Holbrook is an emotional wellness mentor, spiritual guide, speaker, happiness coach, musician, and author of 4 self-help books. Her self-healing story has been published in 23 national magazines. She can be found on International Podcasts and YouTube.
Georgie is a gifted intuitive healer, combining her wisdom with that of her life-long Angel Helpers. International clients rely on her to interpret how to make long-term and everyday decisions from their heart desires. Example, she interprets for others how our emotions manifest in health issues as a language, as our Sacred Self tries to get our attention, wanting to show us a more joy-filled way to live.
Georgie playfully teaches others how to bless their lives, affairs, heal and increase their prosperity, the houses that have been for sale even 3 years, have sold in 3 to 5 days, she gives credit to her Great Divine guidance.
She teaches others how to connect with the Sacred filled with possibilities and love, and how to move out of socially conditioning internalized self-doubt.
Georgie is a proud member of the Ken Honda Arigato Living Community.
How did you Georgie learn this lesson (my healing story)
Self Discovery, what Sacred Gifts came out of this tragic trauma that transformed your life?
Do you think we all have a purpose and passion and what is yours?
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guests Nick Zafonte and Jacky “J.D.” Singer, on air from May 31st.
At any given moment as they collaborate on everything from successful indie films, music videos, and original web content to a young adult fiction trilogy and children’s picture books, the freewheeling chemistry between Nick Zafonte and Jacky “J.D.” Singer transcends genres and traditional media classifications that Nick has fondly taken to explaining their collective magic in offbeat mathematical terms: “One plus one equals three.”
Best friends since discovering a mutual passion for storytelling and philosophical conversations in college, the two all-around manic-expressives live and breathe their creativity in a safe space where ideas fly freely, random thoughts and notions are never judged (because any may spark their next big scene, chapter, or project) and they never limit themselves to single solutions that could stifle their vibrant exchanges. Nick’s the big picture/concept, three act structure guy who grooves on cool plot twists, flashbacks, and mindf***s of a premise. Jacky is the British comedy aficionado/chief character motivator whose intuitive understanding of psychology lends itself naturally to fleshing out characters and discovering their hidden truths.
While the two are highly successful in their chosen fields – Nick is Group Creative Director of Civic Entertainment Group (a Ryan Seacrest company) and Jacky is a Registered Senior Client Associate at a prominent Wall Street wealth management firm – each new project provides them an outlet for pure storytelling.
To date, the duo’s most impactful calling card has been the independent full length feature film “No Retreat,” which had its premiere at the Austin Film Festival before receiving acclaim on the indie festival circuit and scoring worldwide distribution on Amazon. Written, directed, and produced by Nick and Jacky, it tells the story of two old college friends, both “failed” artists, reconnecting for a weekend writer’s retreat. Their last attempt to do something meaningful and creative with their lives falls apart as old regrets, insecurity, and unfinished romantic business rear their ugly head.
Nick has produced award-winning ad campaigns for some of the world’s most famous brands, including Pepsi, Lincoln, LG, and Target. His Office Max “Elf Yourself” campaign had a record-breaking half a billion hits in less than five weeks. He’s directed commercials, music videos, web content, including a music video/trailer for Coldplay with Amex. His first feature film, No Retreat, made its premiere at the Austin Film Festival before getting worldwide distribution on Amazon. He’s currently a Group Creative Director, overseeing creative campaigns for some of the world’s top tech and entertainment brands.
J.D. SINGER, Filmmaker Jaclyn started her creative career writing poetry, short stories, and fantasy novels before moving into screenwriting, editing, and producing. With a background in the financial world, working at one of the world’s largest wealth management firms, she combines her varied artistic talents with an extensive knowledge of business, finance, and contractual law.
SHARED BIO
Nick & Jacky have been best friends and collaborators since he helped edit her first book of poetry and she performed practically every job (except animal wrangler) on his first music videos. As an advertising Copywriter and Creative director, Nick has produced award-winning work for global brands including some you may know – ever “Elf Yourself”…? While Jacky rose up the ranks as a financial executive, managing the money of celebrity clients, yes, some you may have heard of – sorry, NDA binding. They have written short stories, novels, and together have produced films, commercials, and music videos, including the feature-film No Retreat, that made its debut at the Austin Film Fest. With an equal love for 3-Act Structure (Nick) and British comedy (Jacky), they are drawn to inspirational stories that explore true human psychology.
As they expand their creative and promotional team, Nick and Jacky have been developing a treasure trove of new concepts, with a number of dynamic projects currently “on the front burner” in the development stages. The first, tentatively titled “In The Shadows,” is a feature length horror/psychological thriller film that draws on Nick’s own traumatic experiences of sleep paralysis, a state between waking up or falling asleep in which a person is aware but unable to move or speak. It often involves frightening visual and auditory hallucinations. Beyond being a personal catharsis, the experiences of the protagonist – who returns to his family home after the death of his parents – is culturally relevant in that they connect deeply with those people in isolation felt (and still feel) during the pandemic lockdowns.
Nick and Jacky are also working on a young adult book series. It’s a futuristic trilogy about a man living a nomadic life in the desert during a time when humanity has fallen from its reign of scientific and technological mastery. In a story driven by curiosity and the need for connectivity, the protagonist is exposed to three unique scientific enclaves – pure biology, pure chemistry, pure physics – and contemplates how the human race arrived at this future state. Their interest in stories at all age levels has even led them to write a pair of children’s picture books.
“We have a large back catalog of ideas that interest us,” Nick says, “so when it’s time for a new project, we pull them out and talk about what interests us most at this stage of our lives, which ideas really call out to us and feel right. Sometimes it’s just personal, but often we consider what would fit well with culture right now. Just as we feel the characters we create often guide the next steps in the narrative, the stories we want to pursue feel more natural in one specific medium as opposed to another. Some simply lend themselves to a sprawling novel trilogy rather than a film or TV screenplay.”
According to IMDB, Nick and Jacky launched their unique partnership on the 2012 short film “The First Day.” Off the record and perhaps less glamorously, their creative exchange actually began when he helped edit her first book of poetry and she performed practically every job (except maybe animal wrangler, though you know how some actors can be), on his first music videos. As an advertising copywriter and creative director, he has produced award-winning work for numerous global brands (including Pepsi, Lincoln, LG, Target).
Originated in 2006, Nick’s Office Max “Elf Yourself” campaign had a record-breaking half a billion hits in less than five weeks. Now a perennial experience, it’s an interactive website where visitors upload faces of themselves or friends and have the option to post the creative video on social media. Globally, over two billion elves have been created to date. Starting his career as a copywriter, he soon moved into directing commercials, music videos, and web content, including a music video/trailer for Coldplay’s Unstaged performance with Amex. In his role as Group Creative Director at Civic Entertainment Group, he oversees creative campaigns for Amazon Fire TV, NBC Peacock, HBO Max, Instagram and Facebook (now Meta), and more.
They’re excited to take their next steps. Jacky says, “My favorite part is diving in and realizing that this is the direction we’re going to go in, starting with those random ideas and plot points and developing them in service of the narrative we’re creating. I love being enveloped in all these different worlds.” While Nick adds, “What I love is finishing one project we’ve been immersed in and leaving that topic behind so that we can explore the next character, story, or idea we’re passionate about. Like, we just made that indie rom com type thing, and now we want to do a horror film, or maybe a sci-fi novel.” And it’s that differing approach to storytelling that makes the sum of their partnership greater than the parts.
– No Retreat – Award-winning Feature Length Indie drama
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Dr Marni Hill Foderaro, on air from May 24th
Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro is passionate about handling life’s challenges with honesty, love, compassion, research and self-discovery. Like most of us, her journey has been that of peaks and valleys with many life lessons learned along the way. Staying true to your values and following your passions can help you overcome adversity and live a more fulfilling, self-actualized life. Marni found her survivor voice midlife, after experiencing significant losses as a result of her choosing to leave unhealthy and abusive relationships and doing the inner work to reclaim her life. Our voices and conversations matter because they can inspire others to rise above their challenges to encourage them on their own road to self-discovery.
Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro is an award-winning author, speaker and educator. She earned her doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University and completed postdoctoral studies at Harvard after a very successful and rewarding 35-year career as a high school special education teacher, with 12 years as a university adjunct graduate school professor. Marni’s life was forever changed after experiencing numerous trauma-induced STEs-Spiritually Transformative Encounters, which led her to write her 2020 Best Books Award Winning Spiritual fiction “God Came to My Garage Sale”, which is endorsed by James Redfield, best selling author of “The Celestine Prophecy” series of books. Marni’s latest prominently endorsed 5-book series is entitled: “True Deceit False Love” addressesDomestic Violence, Narcissistic Abuse, Parental Alienation and Intergenerational Family Trauma. Foderaro is a contributing author to numerous anthology books. In January 2022 Marni was inducted into the Bestselling Authors International Organization.
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