Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Steve Rosenberg aired from June 28th
InFocus Film School is Western Canada’s premier centre for independent film and media. Our programs provide intensive, hands-on training in filmmaking, and are taught by award-winning industry professionals.
Our mission is to provide a superior film education through accelerated, hands-on learning. InFocus instructors mentor students through multiple assignments that culminate in a polished student portfolio. We encourage students to grow as visual storytellers; to realize their personal artistic visions, and maintain creative autonomy.
Limited students per intake: student to instructor ratio is 14 to 1 with an additional tutorial assistant for film exercises. Creative space: a historical heritage building in the heart of Vancouver Ongoing mentorship: alumni receive ongoing mentorship from instructors Competitive pricing: programs are affordable, with different financing options available
Steve Rosenberg is an award-winning writer/director based in Vancouver, BC. His dramatic shorts, Corona Station, Watching Mrs.Pomerantz, Vannica and Divine Waters have screened at various prestigious festivals around the world. In 2000, Watching Mrs.Pomerantz earned him numerous international awards, including the award for Best Director at The Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival. His films have played on The Sundance Channel, CBC, WTV and Bravo. In 2006, Steve directed his first documentary A Mature Laugh which is about to travel on the festival circuit. He also hosted and produced Blink, a weekly TV talk show devoted to obscure films that come and go in a blink. He is the founder of INFocus Film School in 2009 and has produced more than 200 student films.
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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and Donald Newson aired June 7th-13th
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Some will ask why I, your host today Sara Troy with her own radio station would celebrate another radio station, it is because I celebrate liberty and freedom of voice, we all have a story to share and the more we do the more we change lives for the better.
Donald Newson says “I am an entrepreneur and have worked for myself, and with my family, since 17 years of age. I have started several companies, joint ventures, public & private, and helped finance, operate and manage some of those entities until they were successful. I have been an original participant in all ventures I worked on, tending to many of the tasks required for a corporate structure to operate, from inception to its fruition. This involves numerous skills and abilities that are quite diverse and encompassing. These ventures were mostly in areas of new technology, product manufacturing, internet media, natural resource mining and oil drilling.
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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Beth Hudson aired May 17th-23rd
“It is about sharing our collective wisdom. It’s about empowerment.
It’s about connecting to our heart and soul.
I believe that we are all sparkly, beautiful souls and are here for a reason. I believe we are meant to have an amazing life of joy, full of abundance, that we are not meant to struggle
It is only our own fears that hold us back….that and not being aligned with your hearts and souls.
Through my intuitive clarity coaching, I get the amazing opportunity to see magical, beautiful awakenings happen inside my clients, as they connect and see the whole picture for the first time.
They suddenly connect with their purpose, see their true worth, let go of their core fears that have been holding them back since childhood and see everything very clearly.
It’s so powerful and absolutely life changing!
I have gone through this process myself, and through my experiences, learning and intuitive writing, and know it can change your life. Through my experience, I have created a simple system to help other women do the same; to step in to their power, remove all barriers and blocks and live the purposeful life that they are meant to live.
When gifted women gather together, amazing bonds are formed and an expanded consciousness is the inspiring result.
I am an Intuitive Clarity Coach at SoulMap.ca and the Founder & President of Answers For Women.
Through a variety of creative modalities, I connect, inspire & empower women.
Because of my journey, I am passionate about helping women to connect with their soul, step into their power, raise their vibration & create their life of joy. As an award winning community leader, event planner, author, public speaker & graphic designer…I love to create and connect people, expanding hearts and changing the planet for the better.
I believe in being transparent, as I share my stories & struggles, personal growth & lessons learned; inspiring other women to share, learn, grow & expand; so they too can make a difference in the lives of others. For many years I struggled. My core fears held me back. I felt unlovable & unworthy. This affected every area of my life. After an a-ha moment, I changed gears, stepped into my power & focused on making a difference. I connected with my soul & let go of my core fears.
This catapulted me into a new life, as the founder and Executive Director of a non-profit organization, Intuitive Clarity Coach and Reiki practitioner. I currently facilitate SoulSpa workshops, events and expos throughout Ontario, for my Answers For Women tribe.
My books include “Create Your Dream Life, With Purpose, Passion And Excitement”, as well as “This Year Is Mine: Designed With Love For The Selfless Single Mom”.
I freelance as a Graphic Designer & Clarity Coach though SoulMap,ca, as well as design and publish a magazine ANSWERS FOR WOMEN; a one-stop-shop for the heart & soul women. Click on Book to Buy
I am passionate about helping women to create clarity and discover what they truly want!
I currently reside in Burlington, Ont. in Canada & travel across the province connecting women, giving them a voice & providing opportunities for personal growth and expansion. I love spending time with my friends and family. In my spare time, I visit Italy (my happy place), as well as enjoy graphic design, photography, nature, gardening, jazz & all things water!
The success of her venture has motivated Beth to broaden her vision with the launching of her Answers for WomenMAGAZINE focusing on inspiration, empowerment and raising vibrations, connecting women across Ontario and beyond. Additionally, women in other parts of the country will have easy access to a directory on the AFW website to find experts in their own community and beyond, as well as savings coupons to make the help they need both affordable and accessible.
Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guestGulrukh Khan aired May 10th-16th
“ALL HUMANS SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER”
When Gulrukh was growing up she was not sure what path she wanted to follow as there were so many options available. She was fascinated by music, theatre, film, books and also esoteric and metaphysical subjects. She used to watch a lot of films and documentaries and was especially mesmerised by stories to do with our planet and ecosystem. She also thrived on watching science fiction and romances. She grew up in a professional family and her father was very proactive in promoting visiting artists and musicians from the subcontinent. These artists were either very well known or went on to become big names in their various fields.
In her formative years Gulrukh discovered she had a high degree of sensitivity towards people who were suffering from ailments. She seemed to be able to tune into their pain and facilitate the healing of it; either through listening to them and offering quite advanced advice or by being able to lay her hand on the part of the body where they were experiencing pain – and somehow being able to facilitate its healing.
While travelling about Asia and South East Asia. I remember standing on a beach in Thailand as the sun was setting and receiving a strong message in my heart that I was to follow the family lineage and professionally assist people to heal. My grandfather was an esteemed Holistic Practitioner in India and used to treat the President of India as well as the Nizam of Hyderabad (the world’s richest man in that period) with Unani or Ancient Greek Medicine. So it seemed inevitable that I should carry this lineage forward. But I wasn’t sure how to go about it.
I got the opportunity to work for one of the top Advertising Production Companies in Bombay and learned hands on video production. I decided, at that point, that I should make short films to start off my career. Airlines were on the lookout for short films and Cathay Pacific purchased them to show on their planes. After 4 years or so of freelancing for others, I went on to script, direct and produce my own independent documentaries which covered areas that deeply resonated with me. My involvement in holistic therapies appeared at the same time as I began my film career in London following a sudden car accident – where I couldn’t work for a few months due to bad whiplash. The insurance payout was fairly hefty at that point and I decided to use this time off to begin qualifying in the holistic realms.
My motivations in facilitating others to operate from their highest levels and to heal, is self- explanatory. My motivations in making films is driven by the knowledge that film is an important all round medium and can spread its message internationally to potentially millions of people. People often ask how I can do two things which ‘seem’ to be so far apart from each other. My perception of this is – that we are all multi capable.
So I was invited to be and accepted the kind invitation by Dr Harbeen Arora, the dynamic founder of ALL global and the Women Economic Forum, to become Chair for the UK Chapter last year, after being invited to attend their Inaugural event in Goa in 2015. I have always had a vested interest in the development and liberation of women. Originating from an Indo-Pak-Afghan background, and growing up in the West, I saw a lot of cultural polarities in the way women were treated – regarding expectations being placed on them to behave in a certain way.
The Women Economic Forum (WEF) is the largest all-inclusive chamber of women in the world currently. It is part of ALL (All Ladies League) global which has over 75 international chapters. In May 2015, the inaugural WEF was held at the Hyatt Hotel in Goa and was a phenomenal success, bringing together women from all over the world in a 5-day event.
My vision for ALL LONDON is to mobilise women and bring them together. To visibly celebrate female achievements as well as inspiring other women – by showcasing successful women. This will be done through ‘signature events’ that will bring together various women, (and men who support women’s empowerment), via business, holistic, fashion, film and music events; as well as through youth leadership and mentorship programmes.
Gulrukh is a fully qualified Holistic Practitioner in several modalities. She is also an award-winning, International filmmaker. She has directed, produced and scripted a diverse range of short films, education videos and documentaries. She is currently in post-production for a major new docu-feature coming out called ‘Spirit2Power’ featuring many highly acclaimed World Champions, Masters and Celebrities on Martial Arts.
In addition, Gulrukh is currently also in production on a documentary feature about the Mystery of the Bosnian Pyramids. Robert Watts, the Producer of the ‘Star Wars’ Series, ‘Indiana Jones’ series and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ is Executive Producer for this documentary feature – to be finished in 2016. Gulrukh made a 4 x 1 hour documentary series on dolphins, marine life and human impact. This won Best Documentary Award at the Moondance Film Festival in NY in 2012. Richard O’Barry, the main subject of this series (‘Blue Velvet In Sinai’), who trained the Flipper dolphins for the popular TV series “FLIPPER’, collected the Oscar for Best Documentary Film for ‘The Cove’, at the 2010 Oscars. (www.bluevelvetinsinai.com)
She produced and co – scripted a short film on Relief Advertising called ‘Mantra for the New Millennium’, along with the (late) award-winning director, Michael Portelly. (Best remembered for his award-winning film, ‘Oceans Daughter’and acclaimed Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society TV advertisement – of a boy diving for a pearl). ‘Mantra for the New Millennium’ was shown in the presence of ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair and business leaders, at “The Festival of Light” in 2000 – at Alexander Palace. The film was subsequently also shown at the UN Peace Summit the following year, in the presence of Kofi Anan, and at International ‘ocean related’ festivals.
Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Ileana Collazo aired September 22nd and now.
Human Woman: The Female Identity, which I aim to grow into a worldwide collaboration with other artists that will be geared towards donating a portion of the proceeds of sales to women in need around the world. Together we can make a difference that will give liberty, freedom, dignity and purpose to women globally.
Memory Ghosts, a digital photography project still in its infancy.
Memory Ghosts
COMMUNITY & PERSONAL INTERESTS
Artist (paint and mixed medium)
Poetry and fiction writer
Little Havana and City of Miami’s Artistic Ambassador, Advocate, Activist
Life is Art board member In the process of joining the Viernes Culturales Board
Volunteered for Hands On Miami
Philanthropist that donates 40%of the proceeds of the sales of any art piece sold through a partnership with a nonprofit entity to their organization
(Great last minute news: the projects will be previewed at Spectrum 2015, alongside my piece that will be exhibited at the Nepal collective mural.
I learned all I needed about creating art as a young girl in my grandmother’s garden—where I sat doing what as an adult I call meditating—that quiet spot, became my temple.
Many years passed before I began to birth the creations conceived in my early daydreams. I started to write fiction and poetry, and then my mind exploded into a galaxy of colors, shapes, and, movement, as I started to paint (on surfaces, digitally, and then included digital photography to my artistic spectrum); creating dream worlds that entice observers to travel through my work surface has become one of my key life purposes. My art is representative of the twists and turns we take in the course of our daily lives, and of the awe-inspiring beauty that surrounds us.
My work is my gift to the world, and to everyone who falls in love with it.
I was born in Cuba; and have lived in Spain, New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts. I now reside in Miami, Florida where I work and play at Collazo Art Studio with my artist husband Miguel, three dogs, and a cat named Monkey.
This is a long-overdue project the artist has been sub-consciously creating since her childhood, and one she plans to continue working on for the rest of her life.
Her hope is to create a collective of like-minded men and women creatives to collaborate on a global project that will yield funds through art sales/sponsorships which will be partially donated to improve women’s lives around the globe; as well as provide well-deserved revenue for artists that dedicate their lives to creating thought-provoking, life-impacting works that benefit society at large.
To view more images of the project refer to the first article published in
Most that read my biography will undoubtedly be knowledgeable and caring individuals that wish to expand their horizons and get the word out, whatever that word may be. Those people should consider appearing as a guest on one or more of our BBS Radio talk shows (we have approx 95 weekly live broadcasters). Visit the link below and answer a couple of questions.”
It is only our own fears that hold us back….that and not being aligned with your hearts and souls.
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