“I Didn’t Become Selfish, I Became Harder to Manipulate”
A Powerful eBook & Audio Experience ?
Too many of us know the sting of manipulation… The subtle control, the emotional coercion, and the bullying are masked as love or care.
This isn’t just a book—it’s a movement of truth-telling. In this compelling multi-author eBook and Audio, 27 courageous souls—both men and women from across the globe—have come together to bare their stories. Stories of reclaiming power. By saying “no more,” Of finding their way back to self-worth and soul-sovereignty.
Each chapter is a doorway into personal transformation—raw, honest, and resonant. And it doesn’t stop on the page… This book is paired with an audio version where each author reads their own chapter aloud so you can feel the truth, the emotion, and the breakthroughs in their own voice.
If you’ve ever felt trapped in someone else’s narrative, this book is for you. If you’ve ever been told you’re “too much” or “not enough,” If choosing yourself has been mistaken for selfishness.
You are not alone. These stories are here to remind you: You are worthy. You are powerful. And you deserve to live free from manipulation.
I, Sara Troy, am honored to be a part of this book, as it is a topic often brought up in our shows, placing value upon yourself is not being selfish. Do enjoy.
Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from December 10th
I am a passionate advocate for giving books as gifts, not just at Christmas but anytime. A book is a gift that keeps on giving, offering readers lasting wisdom, inspiration, and joy. It lingers in their hearts and minds, sparking new ideas and delightful moments long after the last page is turned.
Here are some books that would make great gifts and please do listen to their shows with me.
These are only a few of the guests I interviewed on their books this year 2024.
SEE VIDEO/AUDIO SHOW BELOW THE BOOKS.
FIRST UP: OUR FORGOTTEN CHILDREN
I am proud to present this book with 15 co-authors on the systems that need to change around raising our children, let us not leave one behind. This is book one in the series.
Remy has one last obsession – to complete the restoration of his ’57 Studebaker Golden Hawk. He’s planned a road trip to Montreal to find a part he desperately needs. It’s a long way from Florida, his Chevy truck is almost as old as he is. There are doubts that he’ll be able to make the drive, doubts about his bladder, his heart, but he’s determined.
Mission Accepted 262 has 262 powerful women who share their wisdom with us. I am proud to be a part of it. I have also had the honor of interviewing many of the 262 authors on their unique stories.
I have had the privilege of interviewing Feroze Dada many times, and with each conversation, we venture deeper into the realms of heart and soul wisdom.
Dr LaRay Price,Supporting women in learning about self-love and why its important
I have worked as a psychologist for 23 years and I have rarely witnessed women taking care of themselves as as they care for others. My goal is to start a revolution where women learn that self-love extends longevity. Specialty Areas: Trauma Military Medicine. Women’s Issues.
At a time in the Zeitgeist stressing, the urgency for women to stand up, unite and take their power back, Carol Remz isn’t pulling any punches – it’s because menopause hit her early (mid-40s), causing a loss of libido and vaginal dryness over the next ten years. And her being married to a seven years younger husband who wouldn’t accept her declaration that sex wasn’t supposed to matter after menopause.
Elizabeth’s volunteer work with The Immigrant Story, a small nonprofit in Portland, Oregon, inspired her to write I Lived to Tell the World. Through her involvement, she heard powerful stories of resilience and hope from immigrants and refugees who had overcome incredible challenges.
Renaii was inspired to write The Wrong Side of the Flame, which Kirkus Reviews praised for its “literary pyrotechnics,” capturing the intensity and vibrancy of her unique subject matter. She chose to explore the lives of belly dancers, fire spitters, and dominatrixes, characters drawn from her experience as a professional belly dancer and from the vibrant culture of Renaissance Faires.
With warmth, wit, and lyrical prose, Stay offers insight for those facing mid-life challenges, parenting adult children, and battling fear and self-doubt. Above all, it’s for readers seeking to reflect, feel, laugh, and view their own path with fresh perspective.
Jenny Garufi, an acclaimed author, speaker, and healer, discovered her life purpose through a healing experience that cured seven years of illness in three weeks. Over 20 years, she has gathered tools to foster self-love and self-worth, empowering others to attract aligned relationships and circumstances. Her latest book, Mindfulness Exercises in the Shower, offers 21 days of simple exercises to kickstart your mindfulness journey.
Stacia Moffett, author of the Lost and Found in Tennessee series, draws on her experiences growing up in Nashville and studying in 1960s Mississippi. Her two-book historical fiction series, The Missing Girl and Jessa Is Back, explores the South’s cultural and racial legacies through stories of friendship, resilience, and identity.
The Science of Human Possibilities with Dr. Kumar Murty presents a convincing narrative where evolution and spirituality are complementary, not competing forces...
Grinelle “Buzz” Desjarlais, author of Saving KC , the historical fiction novel set against the backdrop of post-Vietnam America which delves into the complexities of addiction, recovery and redemption.
The culture you were raised in has likely obscured your true identity, not just from others, but from you as well. This book will explain who and what you truly are deep inside and set forth a simple process to make the most of what’s now odds-on your hidden potential. If you’re willing to take the time and expend the effort to read or listen to this book, you’ll not only learn why you’re here on Earth, you’ll discover the path to take to create the successful life you may have only dreamed of until now.
Enfant Terrible, a work of rollercoaster literary fiction that took 15 years to complete, got its name after an expression that is normally used to describe a person known for shocking remarks or outrageous behavior, which is appropriate because the story’s main character, Damen Warner, is the front man for a metalcore band.
Colorado native and award-winning author Lee Lindauer is an active member of the International Thriller Writers, has participated on author panels at ThrillerFest, and served as co-editor for The Big Thrill magazine.
Sandra Wasko-Flood, artist, poet, and founder of Living Labyrinths for Peace, inspired labyrinth walking on the U.S. Capitol’s Eastern lawn. Her book, The Labyrinth Path to Light and Peace, shares her vision of healing and peace through this transformative practice.
Hannah Skye, a young woman in search of meaning, receives a cryptic letter from her missing and eccentric Aunt Jewelia. Her experience of a recurring powerful pumpkin patch dream unfolds into a spiritual journey to a mysterious island of eternal autumn, Maple Hollow, where she discovers the mystical Skye Manor and her magickal family legacy.
Barbara J. Taylor, author of Rain Breaks No Bones Set in 1955, this final installment in Taylor’s best-selling Scranton Trilogy explores a family’s legacy of loss and a sometimes mystical vision of a better tomorrow.
THE AUTHOR MEANS IT WHEN HE SAYS YOU CAN BE BETTER THAN EVER. Embrace Your Age isn’t as sweet & forgiving as its predecessor, DEAR OLD FRIENDS. Mr. Flaherty, who says he’s an optimistic 87-year-old-going-on-60, nails your self-doubts and insecurities whether you’re 50, 60, 70, or 80+, with some direct calls to action.
In “Well of course”, author Dr. Tamara Stephens presents a transformative guide that will help you discover the extraordinary lessons that are hidden within the most ordinary experiences.
Social media sensation Marisa McGrady is the Fairy Godmother with a self-help guide that isn’t one-size-fits-all… Modern media makes self-love seem simple. Buy a bath bomb, apply a face mask, and voila! You’ve got self love commodified and canned for your convenience. But self-love cannot be bought. There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to self-care.
Stefani shares how our upbringings, societal norms, lack of self-love and others’ expectations can lead us away from our authentic selves, and how it is never too late to pause, realign and become the creator of the life you really want. Listen for practical guidance on how you can begin to redesign your life at any age and to receive inspiration about why you deserve to create a life you love.
Judy Wilkins-Smith – World-renowned Systemic Work and Constellations Expert, Motivational Speaker, and Author of Decoding Your Emotional Blueprint: A Powerful Guide to Transformation through Disentangling Multigenerational Patterns (Sounds True) offers guidance for disentangling your inherited family patterns so you can transform your relationship with money.
I am a science fiction author, and I specialize in Hopepunk. Why hopepunk, and why me? Look, it’s no surprise that you can look around today and find all sorts of indicators that we are entering Heinlein’s “Crazy Years.” Imagining a dystopian or grimdark future isn’t difficult; all you have to do is read the news. But I think that we are writing the history of the future right now, by the choices we make every day.
Dare To Live Fearless: How We Took Back Our Power From Our Fears And How You Can Do It Too is a powerful compilation of stories from brave men and women around the world. In this book, you get a front-row seat into the lives of each co-author as they tell the tales of their fears and fight for freedom. You will see your fears reflected in the mirror of their stories. It’s okay. You will also find your tools in their stories.
Alexandria, a gem among Our Forgotten Children’s book authors, has dedicated years to youth work.
My Self Discovery to Soul Living. Sara embarks on a transformative journey of self-discovery and positive soul-living. This book navigates her early years in England, South Africa, and the USA before settling in BC, Canada. This narrative is a tale of personal evolution and an account of companionship and adventures with her beloved dogs, Kandy and Kokomo, and her children.
All of our shows/interviews are done by donation, if you enjoyed this show please support us here with either a one-time donation or subscribe and support, thank you. and please support Our Forgotten Children’s anthology and help to bring this book in to awareness.
When the first 262 summits started, I Sara Troy, had no idea it would be so big, so impactful, so illuminating and so exciting. Now that the book is here, with all 262 authors sharing snippets of passion and wisdom, the celebration continues in a big way.
I have had the honor of interviewing many of the authors in this book, and today I share but a few and a snippet of what they are sharing with you. I invite you to take a listen to their shows and hear/see for your self the inspiring knowledge and wisdom they have to share.
Each one has a passion for being and doing what they are called to do, the book reflects that, as do their story’s they share with me. Starting with the amazing Deb Drummond, the seeder of this adventure. Her dedication and passion in getting this book out, and sharing it around the globe, is truly exemplary. She has done six shows with me, each one of them filled with content that will illuminate your way in business and life.
My self Sara Troy and my daughter Tabytha Towe are in the book too, pages 62 and 82, I am very proud of her work as a custom mixologist designing the right cocktail for any event.
Here are but 40+ shows with these inspirational people, do enjoy and do not forget to buy the book and share the shows.
JOIN US FOR THIS INTERVIEW WITH OUR 262 SISTER WHO EXPERIENCE THE EMMYS WITH THIS BOOK. ON AIR NOVEMBER 26TH
Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Ona Gritz, on air from April 9th
Ona Gritz, author of the beautifully written memoir, Everywhere I Look? With an investigator’s determination, Gritz unravels the mystery and tragedy of the murder of her sister, Andrea Susan Gritz, also known as Angie Boggs, while sharing her own awakening to loss, grief, guilt, and the truth. Her story is testament to the idea that grief can be transformative, and that the truth can truly set us free.
On January 11, 1982, Angie Boggs was brutally murdered in her home, along with her husband, Ray, and their eleven-month-old son. She was twenty-five and pregnant with their second child. Six weeks later, Angie’s body was found, stuffed in the crawlspace of the apartment she had shared with her family and her murderers.
When Angie was just a little girl called Andra, she was the first person Ona remembers loving. Gritz was nineteen when she learned of her sister’s murder. “Well, she’s dead,” their mom announced, with a crisscross slap of her hands, later remarking: “A social worker told us years ago that, with the way Andra lived her life, she wouldn’t make it to thirty.” That made Gritz angry, but she wasn’t grief stricken either. After all, she was used to being without Angie. For many years after losing her, all she felt was numb.
When Ona Gritz was in her late forties and the only survivor of her immediate family, a succession of small events began to bring Angie back to her. Suddenly, she was filled with questions about the disparaging view of Angie that, despite her love, she had internalized from her parents. “She’s a runaway.” Growing up, that’s what Ona would answer whenever someone asked, “Where’s your sister?” But what was Angie running from? And why did her parents keep shutting her out and sending her away?
Ona Gritz holds a Master of Arts in poetry from the creative writing program at New York University. She is the author of August Or Forever, a Reader’s Choice and Wishing Shelf finalist in middle grade fiction. Her nonfiction has appeared in Brevity, The Guardian, The New York Times, River Teeth, The Rumpus, The Utne Reader, and been named Notable in The Best American Essays and Best of the Year in Salon. Her earlier books include On the Whole: A Story of Mothering and Disability and Geode, a finalist for the Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award. She won the Poetry Archive Now Worldview 2020 Competition and has received many other honors for her poems, which have been widely anthologized. Ona lives with her husband, writer Daniel Simpson, near Philadelphia.
All of our shows/interviews are done by donation, if you enjoyed this show please support us here with either a one-time donation or subscribe and support, thank you. and please support Our Forgotten Children’s anthology and help to bring this book in to awareness.
Quantum Spirituality with Sara Troy and her guest Catherine Carrigan, on air from February 14th
In Reading the Soul, medical intuitive healer Catherine Carrigan reveals how you may be suffering from a wounded spirit, the karmas your soul may be carrying from this or other lifetimes, the burden of negative spiritual energies and why traditional medicine or natural healing may not be working to clear what ails you.
What is your soul’s purpose? Your soul longing? The stories herein will uplift your soul and help you understand why you were born.
Reading the Soul captures the essence of what all spiritual knowledge is based upon. Catherine gives a clear understanding of your soul’s purpose and the different soul contracts you chose before you incarnated. She fills the holes and questions that most people have about why certain things are happening in their life. Reading the Soul is insightful, and uplifting.
I have a passion for healing, and I can teach you how to become healthy using natural methods, including the very best of therapeutic exercise, nutrition and energy medicine.
Training in Fitness
Certified Personal Fitness Trainer: A.C.E. certified in Personal Fitness Training.
Corrective High-Performance Exercise Kinesiologist Practitioner (C.H.E.K. Practitioner), Level I: Chek Institute.
Certified Group Exercise Instructor: A.C.E. certified in Group Exercise.
A.C.E. Specialty Recognitions: Strength training and Mind-Body Fitness.
Exercise Coach, Chek Institute.
Certified Yoga Teacher: 500-hour Yoga Teacher through Lighten Up Yoga. Six 200-hour certifications through Integrative Yoga Therapy, the White Lotus Foundation, and the Atlanta Yoga Fellowship, Lighten Up Yoga and Erich Schiffmann teacher training, twice.
Practitioner of Qi Gong, Chinese martial arts.
Certified Older Adult Fitness Trainer through the American Institute of Fitness Educators.
Training in Nutrition
Holistic Lifestyle Coach, though the Chek Institute, Level 3.
Certified Sports Nutritionist through the American Aerobics Assocation International/International Sports Medicine Association.
Author, Healing Depression: A Holistic Guide (New York: Marlowe and Co., 1999), a book discussing nutrition and lifestyle to heal depression without drugs.
Schwarzbein Practitioner though Dr. Diana Schwarzbein, M.D., expert in balancing hormones naturally.
Training in Healing
Specialized Kinesiology, through Sue Maes of London, Ontario, Canada.
Self Empowerment Technology Practitioner.
Brain Gym, Vision Circles and Brain Organization instructor through the Educational Kinesiology Foundation.
Certified Touch for Health practitioner.
Thai Yoga Body Therapy.
Flower Essence Practitioner.
Reiki Master, Usui tradition.
Life Coaching through Sue Maes’ Mastering Your Knowledge Mentorship Program and Peak Potentials.
Medical Intuitive Readings and Quantum Healing
Other Training
Health and fitness columnist
Playwright of 12 plays, 3 produced in New York City
Past Spokesperson, the Depression Wellness Network
Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University
Former national spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson
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