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C15/44b The Social Movement & The Power of Peace

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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Kaare Long aired from November 3rd on. 

Named after a famous Viking Warrior I had a lot to live up to.

80da60ce48d12a3392b8d374385fa483I think I’ve done pretty good, and lived up to the tenacity, passion, sardonic humour, boat rocking and deep loyalty that my name engenders.

My life has been pretty hectic, messy, scary and full of incredible moments. These repeated, and so-called ‘failures’ I’ve experienced have culminated in a full life thus far. They’ve informed, crafted and transformed me in some incredibly profound ways. Now that I am in my 40’s – mid-life, and all that – I realize how important all those failures, heartaches, heartbreaks, mistakes, wrong choices, BAAAD choices and everything thing in between have been. A survivor of abuse and heartache everything is a lesson in THRIVAL. All that I have been through has designed the person I am proud to be today – and it’s pretty KICK ASS if I say so myself.

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405465_10150548773215589_630255588_11033886_2090001168_nKaare Long is a single mom to two beautiful daughters who are growing up quickly. She is the Creative Director of her own Business, a Cue Creative Consulting, an online digital communications agency and the executive director and founder of the Social Movement ‘#sayhitoastranger’ which has become a popular event in the City of Vancouver, B.C. and has recently been nominated for the ‘Power of Peace’ award from the YMCA. Kaare is also a professional performer—musician, actor and vocalist. Creativity is her driving force, along with Community and Connection. She believes that we can do so much more working together than we can in competition to each other. Kaare mentors younger cohorts and believes that sharing what she has learned with vulnerability and authenticity is the best way to have it serve a deeper purpose. “I’ve struggled along the way, but we all do. And if we can understand early in our lives that failure is the most important part of our growing up, then perhaps we might enjoy it a bit more. I’ve made it my mission to share this philosophy and guide and support and empower as many women in business as I can.” ~ Kaare Long

Kaare’s Empowering story of surviving abuse and who it has led her to be today.

12115554_10156104499705316_7456275123625023208_nNote: I write this article based on my own experience and perspective as a woman with a man, but men can also be the victims in this dynamic and same-sex relationships can have this dynamic.  

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C15/45 BEabove and Know Where You Are

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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Ann Betz aired November 10th

At BEabove, we help people understand that the most important thing is not what we DO, but who we ARE. 

7Level-Poster-8.5x11Through our Seven Levels of Effectiveness, we provide a road map of human effectiveness which elegantly and clearly shows us not only where we are, but where we want to go to find that new level of thinking so badly needed in today’s world. We undergird this roadmap with current research on neuroscience and psychology, providing an easy to understand comprehensive model of human transformation.

Ann Betz, CPCC, PCC, CNTC, is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and an international speaker and trainer on the intersection of neuroscience, coaching and human transformation. Ann serves as the neuroscience consultant to The Coaches Training Institute (CTI), and provides neuroscience, leadership and coaching consulting to many other corporations and non-profits.

Ann say “I have always been passionately interested in the human spirit, from studying philosophy in college to becoming a coach back in 2001 to developing a powerful model of consciousness with my business partner, Ursula Pottinga (see BEabove Leadership for more on this!)  Lately, these explorations have taken me deep inside the brain through studies in neuroscience.”

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Ann-Black-and-White--200x300Ann is also the co-developer/leader of BEabove Leadership’s popular training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching, currently available in the U.S, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, China, Norway, and the U.K.

A certified professional coach for over 14 years, Ann is the author of a groundbreaking white paper on brain research and coaching. She contributes to Choice Magazine, Coaching at Work, Coaching World, the International Coach Federation’s and CTI’s blogs, and other coaching and HR publications.

Ann is the lead author of Integration, the power of being Co-Active in work and life, an exploration of consciousness and the future (John Hunt Publishing, 2015). She is also an international speaker on neuroscience, leadership, and coaching, and she excels at making the complexities of the brain come to life with depth, humor, and simplicity.

She lives in Celebration, Florida with her two very enlightened cats.

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C15/43b Out of the Transylvania Night

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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Aura Imbarus, originally aired October 27th

A Story of Tyranny, Freedom, Love and Identity by Aura Imbarus

OUT OF THE TRANSYLVANIA NIGHT explores tyranny and freedom, love, success, and the price paid for misaligned dreams in an epic tale of identity and the human spirit. It is a deftly woven narrative about finding greater meaning and fulfilment in a free world, and an exploration of how social issues affect the human spirit. An incredibly powerful memoir.

shapeimage_1I’d grown up in the land of TRANSYLVANIA, homeland to Dracula, Vlad the Impaler, and, worse, the Communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu—who turned Romania into a land of gray-clad zombies who never dared to show their individuality, and where neighbours became informants, and the Securitate made people disappear. Daylight empowered the regime to encircle us like starved wolves, and so night had always been the time to steal a bit of freedom. As if bred into our Transylvanian blood, we were like vampires who came to life after sundown. I buried the family heirloom jewels, tucked the flag into my sweater and left my outpost to join the action . . . tonight Ceausescu would die!

Known for using stand-ins to pose for him, Aura doubts if it was even Ceausescu himself who was killed that night. Nevertheless, when her countrymen topple one of the most draconian regimes in the Soviet bloc, Aura Imbarus tells herself that life post-revolution will be different. But little in the country changes. With two pieces of luggage and a powerful dream, Aura and her new husband flee to America. Through sacrifice and hard work, the couple acquires a home, cars, and travel—but trying to be Americans is much more complicated than they expect. More difficulties set in the stock market crash takes their savings, house, and cars; thieves steal three centuries’ worth of heirloom jewels, and Aura’s beloved mother dies.

Aura’s marriage crumbles under the stress. Devastated, she asks herself, ‘How much of one’s life is owed to others?’ Tested even further by the vagaries of fate, Aura discovers a startling truth about striking a balance between one’s dreams and the sacrifices and compromises that allow for Serenity, selfhood, and lasting love. More resolution comes when in 2010, Ceausescu’s body is exhumed to answer questions of a cover-up, and Aura can finally lay to rest the haunting mysteries of her past.

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shapeimage_4“Aura Imbarus, Ph.D. is an awarded educator, freelance journalist, and author of “Out of the Transylvania Night,” a memoir detailing her life in Romania during the communist regime.   Her latest work, “Returning Home: A Journey of Finding Oneself” is due out in early 2016.

She has a BA in Foreign Languages; MA in American and British Literature; Ph.D. in World Humanities. She has been teaching high school and college level classes in So Cal since 1998. Aura was featured on NBC, CNBC, ABC, CNBC, Good Morning San Diego, Forbes Romania, etc.

She is the President and Co-Founder of RAPN- Romanian-American Professional Network. She is on multiple boards including Wesley Foundation UCLA serving underrepresented students; Scott J. Schwartz Foundation helping children with disabilities.”

Author of “Out of the Transylvania’s Night” and “Returning Home: A Journey of Discovering Oneself”

She writes for The Global Woman Magazine in London, Eden Magazine in LA; Beverly Hills Times Magazine, The Immigrant, Hermannstadter Zeitung in Transylvania and she also works as a freelance journalist for Entertainment and Sports Today!
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C15/42 Rocking The Stage with Karen

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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy  and her guest  Karen McGregor aired from October 20th

Public speaking is an art. Some people come by it naturally, and some have to learn the skill. Karen is not only skillful but also guides others in the art of selling themselves on stage.

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International Speaker and Best Selling Author Karen McGregor shares with us how to Make Money Speaking (even if you’ve never spoke before or don’t like speaking!) Learn how to Triple Your Income Through Speaking by having prospective clients say YES to your offer long before you ever sell anything! The best part is, feel good about sharing your message and selling from the heart while the audience feels cared for and in gratitude for your presentation.

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What are some common mistakes entrepreneurs make when they try to sell on stage, whether for 5 minutes or 2 hours?

karenKaren McGregor is an international speaker and bestselling author, sharing the stage with luminaries such as Deepak Chopra, Michael Beckwith and David Wolfe. Her passion is to help conscious entrepreneurs build their businesses and spread their much-needed products and services far and wide … through one of the most powerful avenues available to them…. speaking!

She currently mentors some of the top entrepreneurs in Canada to develop and deliver their talks and build their speaking business, including Olympic athletes, health gurus, elite artists, musicians, coaches and real estate experts.

Karen’s expertise as a former business development trainer, corporate public speaking coach, and top sales associate have made her signature Rock the Stage program one of the most highly regarded training available for entrepreneurs who speak.

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C15/40b Cooking changes Everything

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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Darya Rose originally aired October 6th/15

Cooking changes everything says Darya Rose who is the creator of Summer Tomato.

The quality of time you spend in the kitchen is just the start of how learning to cook without recipes will change your life.

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Health is central to the Foodist Kitchen philosophy

Although I have come to enjoy cooking for its own sake, and for the sense of warmth and connection it brings to my home, eating more Real Food and avoiding processed foods is still my top motivation for cooking.

It’s simply impossible to make the best food decisions on a regular basis unless you can cook and prepare Real Food. Foodist Kitchen will support you on this mission and help you build meals based on the Foodist Plate.

Darya is the author of Foodist and creator of Summer Tomato, one of TIME’s 50 Best Websites. She received her Ph.D in neuroscience from UCSF and her bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley.

Darya helps people get healthy and lose weight without dieting. Because life should be awesome.

She spends most of her time thinking and writing about food, health and science. She eats amazing things daily and hasn’t even considered going on a diet since 2007.

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I’m also a neuroscience Ph.D and the author of Foodist. I recently moved from San Francisco to New York City with my husband Kevin Rose and our insanely adorable mini labradoodle, Toaster.

ROSE_Foodist_PBI spend most of my time thinking and writing about food, health and science. I eat amazing things daily and haven’t even considered “going on a diet” since 2007. I hover about 5-8 pounds below my original goal weight without much effort and am in better shape than I was at 20, which is totally awesome.

In 2010, I completed my Ph.D in neuroscience at UC San Francisco––my diploma is signed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. A little over a year before graduating I started writing about food, health and weight loss here at Summer Tomato, and by the time I graduated I had a new career.

My writing has been featured in several well-known publications and is frequently mentioned by many more. I received my bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley and was recognized as one of the top students in my graduating class of 2003. I also play Zelda.

As you can see, I’m a total geek.

For 10 years I studied basic science in labs at UC Berkeley and UCSF. I have worked extensively with both human subjects and experimental animals, using a wide range of techniques to explore the basic biological functions of the brain.

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