Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest David Wick, on air from November 12th
Join the PeaceWave and Make Some Waves. Become a Peacemaker in your Life and Community. A culture of Peace is built from the inside out. Dedicated to Peacebuilding since 1978, the UN-designated Peace Messenger organization Pathways To Peace provides the tools, resources, and support necessary for individuals to engage in meaningful peacebuilding efforts in their own lives and communities.
The significance of both individual and collective peacebuilding lies in fostering a culture that values and actively works toward peace. Strategies for cultivating such a culture are essential, and one simple yet impactful practice is the PeaceWave. Established in 1983, the PeaceWave invites people worldwide to pause at 12:00 noon in every time zone, creating a continuous wave of peace around the planet. By observing a minute of silence for peace, individuals nurture their inner peace and contribute to a global field of positive energy. This demonstration of practical peace in everyday actions encourages peaceful practices across all areas of human life.
About Pathways To Peace: Initiated in 1978 and incorporated in 1983, Pathways To Peace (PTP) is a UN-designated Peace Messenger organization, has Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNESCO), and works with the UN Centre for Human Rights, UN Centre for Human Settlements, UNESCO, UNICEF, and other agencies. As an international Peacebuilding, educational, and consulting organization, PTP has dedicated itself to expanding the understanding and expression of Peace, fostering Peacebuilders and Peacebuilding activities, and building an integral movement for a Culture of Peace. PTP is a tax-exempt, Social Profit, Non-partisan 501(cX3) Corporation (tax-exempt ID# 68-0015625).
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Your Health is Your Choice, with Sara Troy and her guest Michaela Gaffen Stone, on air from November 12th
The Immunity Code: Fuel Your Body’s Defenses with Food and Lifestyle By Michaela Gaffen Stone
In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining strong health has never been more crucial. With increasing stress, environmental toxins, and processed foods, many people find their immune systems compromised without realizing it. The Immunity Code: Fuel Your Body’s Defenses with Food and Lifestyle is here to change that narrative.
Written by seasoned nutrition coach and Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Michaela Gaffen Stone, this comprehensive guide offers readers practical, science-backed strategies to strengthen their immune defenses through nutrition and smart lifestyle choices. Stone, with her extensive experience in helping individuals transform their health, brings together her knowledge of behavior change, holistic wellness, and global nutrition practices to offer an insightful, actionable resource for anyone looking to improve their immune health.
This book simplifies complex nutrition science into easy-to-understand guidance for optimizing your body’s natural defenses. With a focus on real, nutrient-dense foods, it outlines the essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants your body needs to stay resilient. Readers will discover how critical nutrients like Vitamins A, C, D, E, Zinc, and Selenium play vital roles in maintaining immune strength—and more importantly, how to incorporate them into everyday meals.
But The Immunity Code goes beyond diet. Michaela emphasizes the powerful connection between lifestyle habits and immune health. From the importance of regular exercise and quality sleep to the benefits of reducing stress, this guide covers all aspects of wellness. You’ll learn how to nurture your body with effective stress management techniques, improve gut health with probiotics and antioxidants, and build long-lasting habits that support a healthy immune system for years to come.
For those who want to take immediate action, the book is packed with a collection of easy-to-prepare immune-boosting recipes. These family-friendly dishes are not only delicious but are designed to make incorporating immune-supporting ingredients into your diet effortless. From smoothies packed with antioxidants to comforting, nutrient-rich dinners, Michaela provides inspiration that will fuel your health and satisfy your taste buds.
Whether you’re looking to enhance your family’s overall well-being, boost your own immune defenses, or simply gain a deeper understanding of how your body protects itself, The Immunity Code offers the knowledge and tools to make informed, lasting changes.
Empowering, practical, and deeply informative, this book is your go-to resource for understanding the immune system and nurturing it through food and lifestyle. Unlock the secrets to a stronger, more resilient you—starting today.
The summary version:
“In today’s fast-paced world, maintaining a strong immune system is more important than ever. Michaela Gaffen Stone’s new book, The Immunity Code: Fuel Your Body’s Defenses with Food and Lifestyle, provides a clear, practical guide to boosting your body’s defenses. Drawing on her extensive expertise in nutrition and behavior analysis, Michaela breaks down the science behind immune health, focusing on nutrient-dense foods and key lifestyle habits like sleep, exercise, and stress management. The book includes easy, family-friendly recipes designed to seamlessly incorporate immune-boosting ingredients into everyday life. Whether you’re looking to improve your own health or support your family’s wellness, The Immunity Code offers actionable insights to help you live a stronger, healthier life.”
Mikki contributed to the Our Forgotten Children book series, addressing current challenges in raising children and advocating for changes to better serve their needs.
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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from November 12th
I recently had a wonderful conversation on my podcast with David Wick, a dedicated peace advocate who’s been with the UN and involved in global peace efforts for over 40 years. It’s a conversation on peace—its possibility and its necessity in today’s world. So often, people think of peace as a distant ideal, something that may never be achieved. But I believe peace is not just an idea; it’s a way of being, a state we cultivate within ourselves and share with others.
True peace starts within each of us. When we cultivate peace, love, and purpose inside, that energy naturally radiates outward, creating a ripple effect that touches everyone we encounter. This doesn’t mean ignoring the world’s challenges; rather, it’s about seeing the issues clearly so that we can address them from a place of compassion and conviction. In our world today, we’re often sold illusions, particularly in areas like healthcare, where profit sometimes overshadows true wellness. It’s vital that we hold these systems accountable, advocating for practices that honor holistic health and well-being. Restrictions on healthcare choices, especially those that impact women’s health, call for our attention and action.
Living peacefully isn’t about having everyone agree. It’s about approaching each other with openness, compassion, and understanding. Life will always bring challenges—unexpected twists and hardships. But when we’re grounded and centered in peace, we see through the fog. Instead of reacting with fear or anxiety, we can move forward with purpose, finding creative solutions and choosing a balanced, harmonious way to live.
If we’re serious about giving peace a chance, we must start within ourselves and allow it to expand outward. Together, we can shape a world where peace is more than just a vision; it’s a way of life.
Today brought me unexpected news—not the kind I wanted. America has taken a turn not for the better, and, on top of it all, I now face a hefty bill for a new heating pump. So, how do we move forward? We’ll need to look at options, explore costs, and check payment plans. Many of us are facing financial strain, and fortunately, businesses now offer more flexible payment options to help ease the burden.
Life throws unexpected challenges our way, and while we can’t control everything that happens, we can control our response. When something goes wrong—like losing a heating system—it’s natural to feel worried. But instead, I take a moment to pause, breathe, and think it through. Yes, it’s an expense I hadn’t planned for, but approaching it calmly allows me to focus on solutions, not stress. The peace we bring to each situation shapes the outcome, helping us see possibilities rather than limits.
From health scares to financial hurdles, life will always bring obstacles. We can’t avoid every hardship, but we can choose how we respond. Sometimes, we need support; other times, we might just need a breather. The journey can be tough, but it also teaches us resilience. When we choose to meet challenges calmly, anger and stress don’t consume us. Instead, we find clarity and strength, which is where true peace lies.
Here’s the choice we all face: we can dwell on what’s wrong, or we can focus on our options and move forward with peace. True peace doesn’t come from avoiding life’s challenges but from staying centered and open to solutions. In that calm, we often find the answers we need.
Peace isn’t just a lofty idea—it’s a choice we make to step into calm, clarity, and centeredness no matter what storm we face. When life throws curveballs—financial struggles, health diagnoses, unexpected twists—it’s natural to feel overwhelmed, anxious, or even angry. But here lies our power: in our ability to pause and find that inner sanctuary, that core of calm that supports us through anything.
This calmness isn’t passive; it’s a foundation, a conscious decision we return to whenever we feel overwhelmed. In that calm, we see solutions we might miss in a panicked state. This core of peace lets us respond wisely and act from strength.
We each play a role in creating peace in the world. When we choose calm, compassion, love, and patience over anger and resentment, we lift not only ourselves but those around us. It’s not about ignoring our emotions but about choosing not to meet anger with anger, or hate with hate. When we do, we avoid getting lost in the chaos.
Instead, let’s be the peace we seek. Let’s live it, breathe it, share it, embody it. We are the creators of the love, kindness, and calmness we want to see. It’s up to each of us to be that higher frequency, that example that helps elevate ourselves and others.
When you walk in this divine calm, you become a beacon for others. You’re living proof that life can be filled with compassion, joy, and connection. You’re inviting others to rise, to find their balance, and, together, to build a world built on peace and love.
I invite you: take this journey. Embrace the peace, live the love, and let’s transform the world one calm, compassionate choice at a time. Because that’s what living truly means.
When anger arises, let it out. Feel it fully, then let it go. Take a deep breath and ask, “What can I do about this?” If there’s something you can change, take action. If not, sometimes the best choice is to simply walk away.
Peace is a choice we carry within us. It’s a state of being that we each have the power to access. This peace and love isn’t external; it’s within. Tap into it, let it flow, and share it. When you do, you create a ripple effect, an invitation for others to step into that calm alongside you.
By being this light, this vibration of peace, we become the solutions this world so urgently needs. Let’s approach life with calm strength, becoming the peace we wish to see.
Until next time, I wish you a beautifully peaceful journey.
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Raising Our Gifted Children with Sara Troy and her guest Amy Meislin Pollack, on air from November 9th
Coming-Of-Age Book Series Helps Middle-Graders Navigate The Challenges Of Growing Up
Amy Meislin Pollack, author of The Adventures of Jelly Bean series? Ever since she was in fourth grade – back in 1960 – Amy Meislin Pollack was writing and telling stories about a character named Jelly Bean. She never stopped telling those stories, sharing them with her students over a teaching career that spanned 40+ years. She shared them with her three children when they were younger – and then with her seven grandchildren. Now her stories have been made available to everyone with the recent publishing of two coming-of-age books intended for middle-graders.
“My books touch upon topics of friendship, popularity, death, race, drugs, alcohol, feeling neglected, family issues, and the types of things many kids today are confronting as they look to find their way in an ever-changing world,” says Pollack.
Retired Teacher & Grandparent Amy Meislin Pollack
The Adventures of Jelly Bean and The Further Adventures of Jelly Bean are the stories of a fourth-grader who faces challenges that just about all children her age can recognize. Her parents don’t approve of her favorite friend in the whole world. She has trouble getting along with the brother who is closest in age to her. The uncle she loves so much is about to marry the most awful woman she could ever imagine, and the girl who used to be her best friend has turned on her. Jelly Bean faces these and other stumbling blocks, including: the difficulties in achieving and maintaining popularity and how important having certain friends should be to her; difficulties inherent in relationships with various friends and family members; and learning how to make decisions on her own. In these first two books of my middle-grade series, Jelly Bean comes to understand that much of life is trial and error, and that the only constant in life is that it is always changing.
Coming-of-age stories remain essential for children, offering guidance on friendship, popularity, and navigating life’s challenges. Parents may find helpful insights on managing disagreements with their children, raising healthy and successful kids, and supporting them in facing today’s issues. Grandparents, too, play a role in guiding youth through these formative years. One retired teacher and grandmother of seven recently published her middle-grade fiction, a story developed 60 years ago, aiming to inspire meaningful family dialogues and pass down generational wisdom to today’s young readers.
“Because I was a teacher for 40 years,” says the author, “and because I raised three children and am now an active participant in the lives of my seven grandchildren, I have observed and dealt with many different individuals, a potpourri of whom are depicted (and hopefully immortalized!) in my books.
I have been told my Adventures of Jelly Bean and The Further Adventures of Jelly Bean are reminiscent of Judy Blume’s and S.E. Hinton’s books. Many “middle grade” boys and girls – as well as their parents – have found my stories compelling. I hope others will too.”
Amy Meislin Pollack was a teacher for over four decades, raised three children, and loves to play with her seven grandchildren. From her own childhood to the classroom and as a parent and grandparent, she is perfectly positioned to pen her coming-of-age book series.
The Adventures of Jelly Bean, followed by The Further Adventures of Jelly Bean, first came into being when the author’s fourth-grade teacher used to ask her to get up in front of the class and tell the stories about this character she would make up as she went along.
Several years later she started writing these stories down, and would work on them periodically in any free time she had during her teaching career and raising her three children.
Now retired from a 40-year career in teaching – spanning a wide range of subjects and grade levels – she has embarked on a lively writing career. The silver lining of the Covid pandemic for Pollack was that she was more or less forced, after approximately 60 years, to finish her Jelly Bean books. Her books are about a young girl whose life is always changing and how she adapts to these changes. She tries to work out relationships with her friends, her parents, her older brothers, her uncle. Her parents do not want her best friend, who is of mixed race, to visit. Another friend is anorexic. One brother drops out of school. A grandparent dies.
Pollack earned a BA in English from Goucher College in Baltimore and received her Master’s in English from University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. She was certified as a secondary education and reading specialist for grades K-12 and earned a special education teaching degree from NYU, allowing her to teach disabled students. For six years she was a professor of writing, and a teacher in the tutoring center at Montclair State University in NJ. She lives in central New Jersey with her husband and their dog named Bunny.
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Mental Health Awareness with Sara Troy and her guest Jenny Garufi, on air from October 29th
I’ve used Mindfulness to heal myself of physical disease, to manifest the love of my life, a book deal and so much more. My books Mindfulness Exercises for the Shower are 21 days of Mindfulness exercises to help the reader harness the power of their mind to find peace and create the life they want. It takes a few minutes a day, utilizes the powerful healing element of water and is tapping into time you already have where you are alone to focus your energy.
Jenny Garufi’s spiritual journey began with a healing experience that dissolved seven years of illness in just three weeks, sparking her profound life purpose. In the last 20 years she has been dedicated to gathering tools. She is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, teacher, and healer. Jenny empowers individuals with accessible tools, fostering self-love and self-worth, while dismantling obstacles to attract aligned relationships and life circumstances. Her latest book, the first in the series; Mindfulness Exercises in the Shower offers 21 days of easy exercises and a practical way to begin your mindfulness practice.
For the last 18 years I have worked as an Intuitive Healer, Speaker and Mentor with thousands of clients whom I’ve assisted in reawakening their energy and true potential. What I mean by reawakening ?energy is? the process of looking inward and awakening into ?your own ??self?-?worth and empowerment to transform the energetic blocks ?that previously limited ?you. This allows for freer energy flow and new creation. It feels like a “remembering” of sorts. A “returning to peace.” Remembering how powerful you are. Remembering you deserve true happiness in all aspects of your life. Remembering there are easy tools to keep this energy going.
It’s my mission to simplify this process by offering step-by-step guidance and the practical tools needed to reawaken and realign your energy to its highest potential. I believe truly owning your self?-?worth and aligning ?your energy to resonate ?from peace is the foundation for deep inner healing.
I love offering tools to help clients remember JUST how beautiful life can be! The power is always within, I am someone who can help you tap back into it with ease and grace.
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