Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from July
Why do we feel guilty in taking time for our selves? Why do we feel pressured to be active every moment always doing never still? It is because we have bought this idea that we need to be always building in order to achieve. I disagree, stillness, taking time away, reflection, re directing it essential in our success and guides us on a path that we are meant to be on, not a societies dictation.
I am shutting down for 3 weeks in the summer, one week to see family and friends, 2 weeks to write my book ( or get as much as I can in that time) I have started, but always there is something else I am meant to do, like shows, looking after my Grandson (which I love to do) and attending to my senior lady friend who always wants to go out.
It is ok to say NO, not now, I need time, got something else on, maybe later, or I simply can’t do it. It is your boundary, your choice and you have the right to do it. Time management is so important, equally so when it allows you to just have time to be you, or do that something you want to do, but life has got in the way of.
So I will not be bringing you shows after July 28th until August 30th, and I will be concentrating on my book, and the book invite for the Forgotten Children book series.
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Your Health is Your Choice with Sara Troy and her guest Jenny Watson, on air from July 12th
As a new mom, I was desperate to find these ways to help my children feel their best and build strong immune systems, but I didn’t know where to turn. Elderberry Syrup helped me feel empowered as a mom to fuel my children with natural ingredients. Our company started from a simple Facebook post in 2017 where I wanted to share this incredible remedy with other moms looking to keep their families healthy. From that Facebook post, I grew this business from my home kitchen with customers walking up to my front door to a nationwide brand shipping directly to our customers in all 50 states (and now in Canada too)! And we still make the same small batch, hand crafted, fresh and delicious Elderberry Syrup every single week! Our small team puts their heart and soul into every jar, and we are honored to help so many families discover the benefits of elderberries.
Jenny Watson is the founder of The Elderberry Co. The wife of a pastor and stay-at-home mom with two small children, she was looking for ways to keep her family healthy, naturally. She started making Elderberry Syrup in her kitchen and found they were no longer fighting colds or flu. Friends and family were her first customers, but soon, it got to the point where strangers were showing up at her doorstep at all hours wanting to buy the magic elixir. Within a year, Jenny was making the syrup in mass batches in a commercial kitchen, and today, is managing a multi-million dollar business with a line of products and 11 employees.
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Authors Kiss, with Sara Troy and her guest Bill VanPattern, on air from July 12th
Bill VanPatten is a brilliant expert on language acquisition and bilingualism, he tells hilarious jokes on stage, creates movies and a telenovelas and writes well-crafted mysteries with a social message. Meet Bill VanPatten. Language has been his life’s passion for nearly four decades. He taught linguistics, Spanish, and second language acquisition at Michigan State University, Texas Tech University, and University of Illinois for over 30 years, traveling around the world to deliver over 1,000 lectures, publish 200 articles, and inspire thousands of students. He retired in 2018 from that chapter in his life, only to write another. His third novel, A Little Rain, was just released.
“Language is a very powerful means for expressing who we are,” says VanPatten. “After teaching about language for so many years, I love the freedom to now use it to tell stories that both enlighten and entertain readers.”
“As a gay and Latino man,” says VanPatten, “my books shed light on two communities that are often marginalized and misunderstood. But I also provide a great escape to readers who want to enmesh themselves in the lives of others, who struggle to find their way in a complex world.”
How his books provide opportunities to share meaningful messages and address social issues
Why Americans enjoy tales of murder, revenge, and secrets
How he transitioned from being a scholar to a writer of mystery novels and thrillers
How he uses the power of language to deliver realistic, intense scenes
Why gay and Latino characters are central to his fiction
Bill VanPatten has been an internationally-acclaimed professor and scholar of language acquisition and bilingualism. In his career that spanned three decades, he has presented over 1,000 lectures, written over 200 academic articles, and has hosted two podcasts for five years. Bill VanPatten now writes fiction in English and Spanish.
His first novel, Seidon’s Tale, received the 2019 Kops-Fetherling International Books Silver Phoenix Award for “Best New Voice in Fiction.” His second novel, Looks Are Deceiving, has garnered positive reviews from Kirkus, Reedsy Discovery, Prairie Book Reviews, Writer’s Digest, Readers’ Favorite, SPB, Indie Readers, among others. A Little Rain was released this Spring and is his newest book.
As an #OwnVoices author, gay and Latino characters are central in his fiction. Bill has always had a passion for stories and is the award-winning academic who co-wrote the best-selling educational telenovela, Destinos, as well as the movies Sol y Viento and Liaisons.
His work in academia led him to lecture in almost every state, as well as Europe, Australia, South America, and Mexico. A former professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at Michigan State University, he specialized in second language acquisition, which he investigates on both theoretical and practical levels, using approaches from linguistics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology. Bill earned his MA and Ph.D. from The University of Texas, and his BA from The University of Santa Clara.
While living in Chicago, he performed as a stand-up comedian at comedy clubs on occasion, and is known to always be ready to tell some jokes. Bill lives in the Central Valley of California.
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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from July 4th
Quite simply my body belongs to me and my choices are my own….not anyone else’s.
I am not anti-pro-choice, but I am anti-birthing when it is forced on someone who can not for some reason raise a child. Women who have been raped, incest, pressured into sex by a partner, or medically, emotionally, and financially can not support a child which is a lifetime commitment. Who are you to decide what is best for them?
Being a Mother is truly a wonderful experience, but it is a long one, a life time, and unless the man who got her pregnant is willing to step up with funding, support, and time to raise that child, then who are we to demand she has a child she can not take care of.
My idea is two fold, 1. NO SEX UNLESS THE MAN SIGNS A LEGAL DOCUMENT STATING THAT IF SHE GOT PREGNANT THAT HE WOULD FINANCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYICIALLY BE THERE TO HELP RAISE THE CHILD AND MAKE IT MANDITORY. 2. Demand a man have a vasectomy if he wants sex without protection.
There is NO accountability for the man who got a woman pregnant, she did not get pregnant on her own, so why is he not paying the price too? Having an abortion is not easy, so many emotions and conflictions and pain involved, and yet the man has nothing to go through? If a man does not want children and enjoys sex with consenting partners, then get a vasectomy. Free sex has a price too.
Women, we are so strong, so smart, so resilient, so empowering, so capable and so not going to give in to this. So lets us rise up and create our own laws ( like no sex until sign) and show the men that they to must step up and hold some responsibility for their actions too.
We as women have worked hard to have rights to be a woman, to be seen, heard, e qualified and that we are a force to be reckoned with. Don’t not mess with our minds, bodies, hearts, souls, spirits, for you will lose. We are mighty and we are not going to stand for this intrusion into our womanly rights any more on any level no matter how big or small.
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Our Global Veteran with Sara Troy and her guest Major Fred Galvin (USMC-Ret), on air from July 4th
A Few Bad Men is the incredible true story of an elite team of U.S. Marines set up to take the fall for Afghanistan war crimes they did not commit—and their leader who fought for the redemption of his men.
Ambushed in Afghanistan and betrayed by their own leaders—these elite Marines fought for their lives again, back home.
A cross between A Few Good Men and American Sniper, this is the true story of an elite Marine special operations unit bombed by an IED and shot at during an Afghanistan ambush. The Marine Commandos were falsely accused of gunning down innocent Afghan civilians following the ambush. The unit’s leader, Maj. Fred Galvin, was summarily relieved of duty and his unit was booted from the combat zone. They were condemned by everyone, from the Afghan president to American generals. When Fox Company returned to America, Galvin and his captain were the targets of the first Court of Inquiry in the Marines in fifty years.
Fred Galvin served for over 26 years as a enlisted and Marine Corps officer including assignments in the infantry, reconnaissance, force reconnaissance and Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC/Marine Raiders). He led hundreds of combat missions including raids, deep reconnaissance, ship seizures, and ambush operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and in the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Aden. The Marine Corps selected Galvin to command the first Marine Special Operations Task Force to deploy to combat. While conducting a combat mission in Afghanistan, Galvin and six other Marines were falsely accused of war crimes which led to the longest trial in Marine Corps history that led an acquittal.
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