C21-49 Heather Dugan, Surviving the Holidays when you are Alone.

December 6, 2021November 30, 2023Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Heather Dugan, on air from December 7th
~Tips and advice from relationship expert and award-winning author Heather Dugan on how to keep loneliness at bay~

Heather says that loneliness is a personal concept. While some people don’t need a lot of social interaction to be happy and healthy, others may have contact with friends and family members all the time and still feel alone. “Loneliness happens when you feel socially isolated, and it can have a powerful impact on your mental health. You need to plan for low moments and make the most of situations that are beyond your control,”

The holiday season should be a time of joy and love, but it can also be a time of loneliness for many people. As we gradually crawl out of the pandemic, the uncertainty around traveling and vaccine hesitancy among Americans may force people who live far from family to stay home and miss seeing their loved ones. “For those who feel a sense of loneliness, holidays can be a time of major additional stress,”

Dugan. “You can still make memories for yourself by being creative and flexible. Build new “traditions” and find ways to embrace rather than avoid the alone time.”

Some useful suggestions from Heather to add some cheer to solo holidays:

Refrain from comparing yourself to others and assuming they are doing great
Focus on the brighter and positives of the situation
Volunteer and offer your service to someone in need

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Heather Dugan, a resilient single mom of three, relationship expert, and award-winning author of Date Like a Grownup: Anecdotes, Admissions of Guilt & Advice Between Friends and The Friendship Upgrade, which offers solutions for the socially sidelined. “It’s also common for people to feel emotional distance from the people they’re with, which can result in feeling lonely even when in a room full of people.”

Award-winning author, media commentator, and speaker Heather Dugan, pinpoints causes of isolation and offers life-changing solution steps for the socially sidelined as well as those seeking deeper, more meaningful friend connections

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21-49 The Giving Gift

December 6, 2021December 10, 2025Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from December 7th

Are you in flux this year on what to give for Christmas? Are there shortages of products where you are? or do you simply have no idea what to give everyone? Here are some suggestions and ideas from me of what you can give this year, but mostly how you can step into caringness, kindness lovingness to you and all your care for.

Here in BC, Canada, we’ve witnessed the harsh reality of an overwhelmed landscape: whole towns threatened by rising waters, farms destroyed, livestock lost, vital roads and railways washed out — the very infrastructure we rely on for survival gone in the blink of an eye. The Weather Network+2Emergency Info BC+2

When the scale of suffering feels too big and it seems like there’s nothing we can do, it’s easy to feel helpless. But there is something we can do. We can stand with those in crisis — we can support organizations working on the ground. We can make donations in the names of our loved ones, turning our gift-giving into a powerful act of hope and solidarity.

By giving in this way, we help rebuild communities. We help provide shelter, food, care — and most importantly, love — to people who are feeling lost, frightened, lonely, or abandoned.

This Christmas — let your gifts not just be things wrapped in paper, but gifts of hope and compassion. Together, we can make a difference.

What is gifting it forward? It is gifting a donation to an organization in someone’s name and giving them that gift for Christmas, it becomes a gift of giving that keeps on giving. BOOKS IDEAS HERE and HERE

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Support your local food banks, think of the homeless, the lonely, the single parents, the elderly, the singles and the children. Every drop counts so please donate, money, or time, of items, and hope.

Good gifts to also give as a family is food, hats, scarves, socks, coats, blankets, sleeping bags, kids’ toys, art books crayons, books to write in, novels for parents, toiletries, and so much more.

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Your donation ensures our programs and committees receive the funding they need to provide life-changing aid to Ukraine, especially during these troubled times

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Compassion Canada

A Child’s Life Changed – Transform A Child’s Life

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Each child is known, loved and protected in Compassion’s proven child development program

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Sleeping bag coats for the homeless streetsleeper.org

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Goats make great gifts! When you buy a goat, sheep, donkey or chicken through Unwrapped, you are supporting Oxfam’s programs. These gifts are not just about food security – they’re also about ensuring communities have access to marketable products, like milk, wool or eggs. A single goat can create greater self- sufficiency, self-esteem and educational opportunities for recipients and their families. – See more at:

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Rev. Rick Cole. Incarnate: Jesus Among the Broken HELPING THE HOMLESS OF Sacramento.

A Forever Family by Rob Scheer all about fostering and adopting children as guy men and the childhood abuse that Rob grew up with, a story of courage love and caring and making a difference in the lives of foster children with COMFORT CASES. for our Children.

Children of the Revolution A Spiritual Journey to Burma and Buddhism – A Powerful and Compelling Story of Heroism & Hope By Feroze Dada.

Women for Womenhttps://giving.womenforwomen.org

Rush your support to women in need this holiday season and your gift will be 3X…

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A GIFT OF CARING FOR THE LONELY. Let us not forget those who are alone this year and gift them with your presence. -ask-sara-about-the-lonely

KIDS YOUR PARENTS WERE KIDS TOO, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE GIFTS.

S UPPORTING THOSE WHO ARE SPUPORRTING OTHERS SHOWS AND PLATFORMS.

CHRISTMAS SHOWS I HAVE DONE.

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YH21-49 MICHELE DRAKE. Master Your Habits.

December 6, 2021December 7, 2021Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Your Health is Your Choice, with Sara Troy and her guest Michele Elizabeth Drake., on air from December 7th

Master Your Habits – Elevate your Life. It was in my mess that I found my message and have guided thousands to find their sanctuary in life. It benefits anyone that has not yet allowed the power of consistency in thought and action to assist their elevated existence and overwhelm and stress have been
running their show. I love being witness to a blossoming life and people reclaiming youthful vitality.

Developing a new wellness practice is hard. We often struggle to realize our aspirations, and if we do get started, staying consistent remains difficult in forming a new habit.

We have made practicing a new behavior fun & easy for you!

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AK21-49 Tom Leihbacher, A Gift Most Rare.

December 6, 2021November 15, 2023Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Tom Leihbacher,, on air from December 14th

Tom Leihbacher, author of A Gift Most Rare, the heart-warming yuletide novel, focusing on a young boy, a guardian angel and a quaint New York village that needs Christmas spirit.

It’s Christmastime in the pocket-sized village of Briarcliff Manor. With yuletide spirits flying high, life seems close to perfect in this quaint suburb of Manhattan.

But not everyone feels the holiday cheer. While most go about their joyful holiday pursuits, young Charlie Riverton is restless. Compassionate by nature, he’s especially mindful of the lonely and forlorn.

At the same time, he’s the unofficial leader of a close-knit group of sixth-grade buddies. Together they grapple with pre-teen hijinks, newfound freedoms and an emerging, nerve-wracking interest in girls.

Meanwhile, there’s a curiously gifted newcomer in town. Charlie develops a special friendship with the handsome stranger and together, they set out to craft a Christmas gift for the whole community. Along the way, lives are changed, and people begin to look at Christmas a little differently.

Come spend the holidays in Briarcliff with this feel-good, coming of age story set in small-town America in the early 1970s.

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“Congratulations to Tom for writing a heartwarming Christmas story that evokes the traditional Christmas spirit. A Gift Most Rare focuses on a God-honoring relationship between a young boy, a guardian angel and a whole village that rediscovers how best to celebrate Christmas.” – Kevin Sorbo, Actor, Producer, Director

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Tom Leihbacher has lived in Briarcliff Manor, New York for most of his life. After graduating from Briarcliff High School and then the University of Florida, he returned home and began a career in the media and advertising sales business. He and his family live in the Tree Streets and enjoy a rich life filled with church and community involvement and great friendships. He listens to Dr. Cook’s Walk with the King broadcast each morning before boarding a Manhattan-bound commuter train at Scarborough Station; passes through Law Park and the Pine Forest frequently; enjoys membership at Sleepy Hollow Country Club; stops for sunsets over the Hudson River and once in a while can be found skating at one of the frozen ponds in town. After more than 35 years in the corporate world, A Gift Most Rare is his first novel. A summer sequel will be ready soon.

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AK21-49 Keith Leon S. authoring Walking With My Angels.

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Keith Leon S, on air from December 7th

After his first book seemingly failed, Keith Leon S. used his second book to build a massive platform, skyrocket his business, and he ended up with the 3 mentors he always wished for. Since then, he’s been sharing how he did it with up-and-coming speakers and authors with inspiring missions and a message that needs to be shared! Keith’s passion is teaching people how to go from first thought to bestseller and how to manifest the life of their dreams.

Keith Leon S. is a multiple international bestselling author, co-owner of a successful book publishing company, and he’s an international speaker who’s spoken at events that included Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, Neale Donald Walsch, Barbara De Angelis, John Gray, Joe Vitale, and Marianne Williamson. He’s appeared on many TV & Radio shows, including The Jenny McCarthy Show, and his work has been covered by INC Magazine and Huffington Post just to name a few.

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Keith recently completed a book, media, and LIVE event tour in the U.S. with his book called, Walking With My Angels: A True Story. Keith has two passions in life, one is to connect you to your inner guidance system, which he calls angels, and the second is to help you get your mission and your message out to the world, with YOUR VERY OWN BOOK, which Keith calls, The World’s Greatest Business Card! Please help me welcome Keith Leon S.