RGC23-49. Alexandria Johnson on Faith & Children.

December 4, 2023January 24, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Raising Our Gifted Children with Sara Troy and her guest Alexandria Johnson, on air from December 5th

My ‘why’ for sharing is grounded in my desire to help others thrive. I believe that through information sharing others are able to be equipped with the tools that they need to thrive in their lives.

Alexandria Johnson is from the beautiful islands of The Bahamas. Her experiences throughout her life have sparked a fire to help others. She enjoys helping people live optimally from the inside out. She has an Associate of Arts Degree in Psychology and Sociology, a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, a Master of Science in Child Forensic Studies: Psychology and Law and is completing a Ph.D. in Christian Education. She completed specialized training in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Coordination, Substance Use Treatment for Adolescents and Adults and Non-Profit Management. She completed certifications as a Cognitive Behavioral Life Coach, a Christian Life Coach, and in Youth Leadership. For the past eleven years, she has used her training to help people across the lifespan who are presented with mental health challenges.

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She actively serves in ministry. She is an ordained Youth Pastor and Minister. She enjoys helping others grow spiritually and has received numerous awards for her ministry. For the past 15 years, she has been invited to speak at private and public organizations, clubs, churches, and schools both nationally and internationally. She has also been a featured speaker on webinars, podcasts, and talk shows promoting mental and spiritual wellness. She enjoys sharing messages of inspiration through writing. She is a three-time best-selling author. She is the co-author and author of nine books with a focus on building spiritual and mental wellness. She serves as the Chief Executive Office at Winners Avenue Books, Salt and Light International and Getaway Travel Agency. She enjoys serving others and instilling hope through her work.

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Alexandria is one of our esteemed authors, and their contributions to child care are abundant: click on the picture to see them all.

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Swapna Abraham.

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Multiple World Record Holder & Award Winner, Singer-Songwriter, Actor, Author, Interior Designer, Mentor and Versatile Corporate Professional.

A multiple world record holder and award winner, Swapna Abraham is a singer-songwriter, actor, author, interior designer, mentor, and versatile corporate professional from Kerala with her roots and formation in India and prime experience in the UAE.

Swapna has authored and produced 21 musical albums and performed extensively on the international gospel music platform (www.swapnaabraham.com). Holding 4 world records in singing and songwriting with the Golden Book of World Records (www.1000songsin1000days.com), she has also published a memoir ‘She Played In The Dark’ entailing the journey and lessons through the 1000-day world record journey.

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SHOW THREE. Composed live – music and lyrics, one song everyday for 1000 days from 8 April 2017 to 2 January 2020

This project was an afterthought before embarking on a world record attempt to establish legitimacy in the outcome. And proceeded to be a world record in its own right with the Golden Book of World Records – Longest quotidian feat of composing, producing and publishing children’s song incessantly.

SHOW TWO. ‘She Played In The Dark’ is the story of a protagonist that found her own definition of and path to fulfilment and success if one may call it that. All this with the responsibility of caring for two college-going children, one of which got married and had two babies in the course of the challenge; aged parents who were always at the back of her mind, the hustle with a rather busy day job that paid the bills, health matters, any travel whether it was on the road to work, by air reaching family and friends or in a lift headed for home (and the challenge).

SHOW ONE. To share my story of realizing my calling after having reached what I imagined was a dead end. There are people out there that are probably at that dead end and cannot see the light of day. If mine could help them see and navigate, I’d have achieved far more than I did through my 1000-day challenge that set four world records in singing-songwriting and everything until then.

A mentor in singing and songwriting, Swapna championed the first branded karaoke cafe ‘Kafeoke’ in India with a school for singing and songwriting and a recording studio. She is also known for her acting performances as Donna in the Mamma Mia musical directed by the late Mithran Devanesan, and Meenakshi in the Tamil feature film Nadunissi Naaygal directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. An alumnus of the T A Pai Management Institute and Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, she is the India Country Chair for Media Arts & Communication of G100, a global organization for the equitable elevation of women. Leaving no flair unpursued, Swapna is also an interior designer and member of the Designers Society of America (www.alikainteriors.com).

Her most recent musical work is the 12-song album titled LOVED. One of the songs NO LOVE LOST (feat Devan Ekambaram) received the following awards through 2023:

Silver – One Earth Awards – Best American Roots Song
Silver Medal – Outstanding Achievement – Global Music Awards – Country, Female Vocalist
Finalist – Spring 2023 – World Songwriting Awards – Best Modern Country Song
Official 2023 Finalist – InterContinental Music Awards
Official Nomination – Hollywood Independent Music Awards – Country (Crossover)

She is presently producing the 1000 songs that were written on A Children’s Song A Day through the 1000 days and that set one of the four world records; and is soon expecting it to be published internationally along with the song book in two volumes. This will be the biggest album of original songs made for children in the age group of 4-12.

In culmination, Swapna is the recipient of the NeedStar Award (2010), a Women’s Day Citation ‘Role Model for her progress and success in the field of Mainstream Career, Art & Entrepreneurship’; the Lamp-Icongo Karmaveer Chakra for Gospel Music Maestro Award (2012) for the contribution to gospel music from 1991-2012; the Aspire World Award (2019) for her Passion for Excellence at the 31st Global Women’s Empowerment Summit, Dubai; and the Women of Excellence Award at the Women Economic Forum (2022). Swapna was awarded a doctorate (honoris causa) in music in 2022 from Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (Deemed To Be University).

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Finalist for the World Songwriting Awards, Spring 2023, for Best Modern Country Song

We are honoured to have Swapna join us as an author on Our Forgotten Children’s Book

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RG23-45. Kristina Coderre, parents shed their Mind BS.

November 6, 2023December 30, 2023Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Raising Our Gifted Children with Sara Troy and her guest Kristina Coderre, on air from November 7th

I started this journey with a passion for teaching other parents, teachers, and caregivers the behaviour approach that saved my son. But over the years, things started to shift inside of me and I started to realize that I was not ok; and I realized that the parents that I was serving were not ok either. We were all expected to hold it all together, guide our families through tough situations, and bottle up our own feelings in order to make it through. We searched for and implemented solutions like a freaking hero but inside we were feeling like a total failure. Now I help dedicated parents take care of themselves by providing solutions we can do WHILE we are parenting and maintaining all of our other responsibilities. We became parents to increase the joy in our lives but so often the overwhelm of parenting leaves no room for joy. I help parents bring joy and fulfillment back into their lives so we can enjoy life NOW and model for our kids what living a happy life looks like.

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Kristina Coderre is a proud mom of 2 boys (and step-mom to 2 more!) who is passionate about helping parents shed their Mind BS so they can build a lifestyle that includes joy and fulfillment WHILE tending to the chaotic grind of raising a family. As a Nurtured Heart Approach Advanced Trainer, Kristina has worked with hundreds of parents, teachers, and group home staff who are supporting the most challenging children, and she witnessed first-hand the toll this takes on the caregiver. Drawing on her own transformational self-care journey in raising her special needs child, she is dedicated to creating a clear pathway for caregivers to be able to fill their own cups so they can continue their amazing work without burning out, and model for their kids what living your best life looks like.

I am proud to say that Kristina is an author in Our Forgotten Children book series.

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GC23-39. Buddy C. Thornton on Parenting Changes

September 25, 2023January 13, 2024Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Raising Our Gifted Children with Sara Troy and her guest Buddy Thornton, on air from September 26th

Buddy Thornton and spouse, Sharon, plus their large extended four-generation family have lived in Arizona since the late 1980s. Buddy is a Vietnam-era veteran, earned his BS in Allied Health Sciences (UW-Milwaukee 1984), his MA in Human Services Counseling and Executive Leadership (Liberty University 2014), and is a doctoral candidate pursuing his Human Services doctorate. Buddy has numerous certifications and actively serves on multiple boards in an advisory capacity.

Buddy is the creative mind behind the Slippery Slope series and the author of Book I, Contemporary Society Through the Lens of Applied Ethics, and Book II, Contemporary Society Through the Lens of Applied Morals. Book III, The Optimal Journey to Oneself-Teen and Young Adult Edition, and Book IV, The Optimal Journey to Oneself-Parent-Teacher-Caregiver Edition continue the series.

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Buddy brands as “The Positive Social Change Agent Pro” and has been invited to be a Keynote Speaker and Program Presenter (Conflict Management, Parenting Dynamics, Cross-Cultural Topics), with one notable global invitation to Da Nang Vietnam in November 2017 and invited to speak on cultural topics at the IIRP World Conference in Bethlehem, PA-October 2019. Buddy is a featured regular participant on the Impact of Educational Leadership podcast hosted by Isaiah Drone III.

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We are currently in the process of raising funds to publish this important book. Your support will enable us to bring this project to life and make a positive impact on the lives of children and families. Your contributions will go towards editing, design, printing, distribution, and marketing of the book in all formats, book, e-book, audio. We believe that by coming together as a community, we can make a significant difference in addressing the challenges our children face and advocating for the changes they need.

If you’re interested in supporting our project, please visit [our-forgotten-children-book] to learn more about how you can contribute and be a part of this important endeavor. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of our children and create a brighter future for the next generation.

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RG23-38. William Stevenson & Ricky’s Dream Trip.

September 18, 2023September 17, 2023Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Raising Our Gifted Children with Sara Troy, and her guest William Stevenson, on air from September 19th

William Stevenson, who will talk about how a project created for his grandson turned into the imaginative and historical educational series, Ricky’s Dream Trip. I can send additional copies of the book for listener giveaway.

In the series, “PopPop” travels with grandson Ricky around the world and throughout time, discovering Ancient China, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and Colonial America. They also blast off into outer space and dive under the sea.

In our interview, William talks about how a simple book he created for his grandson evolved into a fully published and highly acclaimed children’s book series; the importance of grandparents reading with their grandkids; and why a sense of adventure and positivity should be a central theme in every child’s life.

How a project created just for his grandson turned into publishing an entire children’s book series

· The “double message” for kids and readers

· The importance of making the child the hero of their own story

· Why it’s important for grandparents to read to their grandchildren

· Why educators love his books—perfect for the classroom and libraries

· William has a doctorate in education which helped him craft the learning aspect of the stories

· The research he did in order to write about historical topics, including Julius Caesar escaping into the mountains as a teenager and King Tutankhamun and his lost cat

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William Stevenson, Ed. D. is an acclaimed children’s book author and a retired award-winning accountant. His doctorate in education along with inspiration from his grandson Ricky, led him to write the Ricky’s Dream Trip book series. In this series, PopPop and Ricky go on adventures and discover Ancient China, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Colonial America, and even blast off into outer space and dive under the sea. The most recent book combines three adventures in Ricky’s Dream Trip: The Ancient Worlds of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

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