Ignite your heart and soul with Sara Troy and her guest Linda Grace Farley. On air from August 11th
Linda says ” I’m saddened to see how many people are suffering and wanted to do something about it . I work with people to free them from the unconscious identities that quietly sabotage their potential, so they can rise into the clarity, courage, and self-authority their life has always been calling them toward.”
Linda Grace Farley is a transformational mentor, Quantum Human Design Specialist, and founder of Cycles of Life Management Services. With more than three decades of experience in human potential, energy medicine, and identity transformation, she helps individuals dissolve unconscious patterns and reclaim their authentic inner authority. Linda’s work bridges science, spirituality, and psychology, guiding people to discover the deeper truth of who they are and to live with clarity, courage, and self-generated wisdom.
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Your health is your choicewith Sara Troy and her guest Ruth Minnis. On air from August 11th
I believe my calling is to bring healing and shine light into places where pain, fear, and darkness have taken hold. It has been the thread woven throughout my entire life and the work I was created to do.
Whether through massage therapy, Reiki, energy healing, intuitive guidance, sound, or simply holding compassionate space, my purpose is to help people reconnect with hope, awaken their innate capacity to heal, and remember that they are far more resilient and whole than they may believe.
Every session is an invitation to quiet the noise, restore balance, and rediscover the wisdom that already lives within them.
My life’s work has always been to carry light into dark places until others can see their own light again.
There is no greater privilege than witnessing someone leave feeling lighter, stronger, more peaceful, and deeply connected to themselves.
Ruth Minnis is the founder of Ruth’s Healing Arts, where she has dedicated her life to helping others restore balance, discover hope, and reconnect with their authentic selves.
A Licensed Massage Therapist, Reiki Master Teacher, and intuitive energy practitioner, Ruth weaves together therapeutic massage, Reiki, craniosacral therapy, reflexology, sound healing, aromatherapy, and other restorative modalities to create deeply personalized healing experiences.
Known for her compassionate heart, calming presence, and intuitive insight, Ruth believes true healing begins by addressing the whole person—body, mind, heart, and spirit.
Her passion is creating safe, nurturing spaces where people can release what no longer serves them, remember their inner wisdom, and move forward with greater peace, clarity, and purpose.
Above all, Ruth believes that every person carries within them the capacity for healing. Sometimes all they need is someone willing to hold the light until they can see it for themselves.
When she isn’t working with clients or teaching, Ruth can often be found exploring the beauty of nature, collecting stones and fossils along the Oregon coast, studying personal and spiritual growth, and continually deepening her understanding of the many ways healing unfolds.
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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.
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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Sara’s View of Life, with Sara Troy. On air from August 4th
Your words, thoughts, and actions toward yourself are reflected outwardly. Be kind, considerate, and compassionate with yourself, so you may discover the love and light that already live within you.
What you feed will grow. Our thoughts, words, and actions shape how we see ourselves, how we move through life, and how others receive us. When we continually criticize ourselves or become consumed by the negativity around us, we give it the power to define us. But when we choose encouraging words, compassion, gratitude, and hope, we begin creating a healthier and more positive life.
Self-love does not mean ignoring life’s challenges or accepting poor treatment. It means honouring your worth, setting healthy boundaries, learning from your mistakes, and surrounding yourself with people who lift you rather than diminish you. Some people will be inspired by your light, while others may try to extinguish it—but you do not have to make yourself smaller to make others comfortable.
I also reflect on the lessons within Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese? When something familiar disappears or life suddenly changes, do we remain angry and demand that everything return to the way it was, or do we adapt and search for what comes next? Perhaps we will not find more cheese; perhaps we will discover something completely new and even better.
In this week’s show, I explore positive self-talk, resilience, change, gratitude, and living in flow. Be mindful of what you say to yourself, because your thoughts create and your actions shape. Speak kindly, protect your peace, embrace change, and remember: you are the love, wisdom, and light you seek.
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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guests David Kaye and Elle. On air from August 4th
“Did you know wind makes sound?”
After being diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and a rare genetic variation, Ella Coonen learned that she would eventually lose her hearing completely. In early 2025, she received her first hearing aids and, for the first time, heard the world as others do. Knowing time was limited, Ella created a bucket list of sounds she wished to experience for the first—and perhaps last—time. This film follows her moving journey to fill her heart with the beauty of sound while she still has the chance.
Ella Coonen is a recent high school graduate living life with profound hearing loss and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. She has spent the last year going on a journey of sound discovery. David Kaye is a filmmaker and longtime family friend of Ella and her mother. He has had films in festivals throughout the United States, as well as in Canada and Australia. The Sound of a Bucket List is his first feature.
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