Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Graham Connolly, on air from February 11th
Discover mindset shifts and practical strategies to reap the benefit of a plant-based lifestyle without the heavy sacrifice. Graham Connolly shares his journey and approaches to making plant-based cooking and lifestyle sustainable and easy. From keeping daily meals simple, satisfying, and exciting to creating potluck favourites that impress, learn how to lead a plant-based diet without the overwhelm, restrictions, and isolation. Whether you lead a plant-based lifestyle yourself and want to explore more in the kitchen or if you simply want to accommodate friends and family with food they will love, join us as we explore simple mindset shifts and strategies to making plant-based easier.
Graham is a business consultant with a passion for doing things in sustainable ways while also pushing the limits of potential. This passion tends to permeate most aspects of his life, including leading a plant-based lifestyle. Graham has loved cooking from a young age, from cooking at home, and working in restaurants, but has always maintained a focus on simplicity. “From leaving the typical Western diet, I knew that to really make this sustainable and work for me, it couldn’t come with a heavy sacrifice. And that’s the lens through which I made it work and wonderful.” “Now, I just love helping people live the lives they want without the heavy burden of sacrifice.”
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest, Dr. Warren Farrell, on air from February 4th
As Valentine’s Day approaches, romance is in the air. Falling in love is a biological, natural experience, releasing high levels of feel-good dopamine. Staying in love? That’s not in Cupid’s job description. We, mortals, are left struggling with what to do after the initial love-struck euphoria fades and reality hits. No wonder so many blissful marriages end in bitter divorces.
A New York Times bestselling author and internationally recognized expert on couples’ communication, Dr. Warren Farrell has repeatedly observed a heartbreaking fact for many couples: sustaining love is biologically unnatural. In his latest book, Role Mate to Soul Mate: The Seven Secrets to Lifelong Love, Dr. Farrell reveals his solutions to breaking through our natural defenses against making love last. As he has found, real couples can live happily ever after if they learn how to handle personal criticism from each other without becoming defensive.
Dr. Farrell has discovered seven core secrets to keeping the early spark of love burning strong in a relationship through decades and life’s inevitable challenges. Yet, as he impresses on couples, sustaining love takes commitment and practice. Drawing on his 30 years of experience teaching couples’ communication workshops, Dr. Warren Farrell can share his trusted secrets and tested practices with your audience. For starters, he can discuss how to:
Appreciate your partner creatively, consistently, and specifically
Transform the “Four Depleters of Love”—Criticisms, Complaining, Complacency, and Controlling—into ways to deepen love
Master the eleven “Soul Mate Wisdoms.”
Play together, keeping the fun and passion alive, to stay together
Create win-win solutions to even the stickiest problems
WARREN FARRELL, PhD, a New York Times and internationally bestselling author, has coached couples and psychologists nationwide in couples’ communication for the past 30 years. Recognized by the Financial Times of London as one of the world’s top 100 thought leaders, he has been a pioneer in both the women’s movement (elected three times to the Board of the National Organization for Women) and the men’s movement (called the “Martin Luther King of the men’s movement” by GQ). He advocates for a “Gender Liberation Movement, freeing both sexes from rigid roles of the past.” His books have been published in 19 languages and include Why Men Are the Way They Are (1986), The Myth of Male Power (1993), and The Boy Crisis (2018). His most recent book, Role Mate to Soul Mate (2024), grew out of his popular course on the art and discipline of sustaining loving, intimate relationships. He and his wife Liz have been together for more than 30 years.
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest D.C Copeland, on air from February 4th
I’m a millennial speaker/dramatist/disruptor who’s written a book entitled Societal Dropout: A Cultural Manifesto. Each chapter is a standalone essay, inspired and informed by my experience answering questions on Quora (888,800 readers). The book gives voice to truths many of us feel but don’t know how to articulate. Topics I explore include mental health and happiness, critical thinking, creativity, gender, sex, suicide, drugs, art, etc.
I am writing for those who need a witness to testify that we do live in a dark time and that the hackneyed methods used to motivate us out of it are not working. I write for readers who want to listen to a story about overcoming the conventions of contemporary culture and the psychological and spiritual illnesses fostered by it. My manifesto is for college-age students who are looking for fodder to feed their own inner rebellions and revolutions, artists and those who love art and academics, those who love and are immersed in academia, mental health who feel their voice is underrepresented in contemporary culture. My work is for the normal, everyday person who experiences society not giving a rat’s tail about themselves as individuals and for the individual who is simply unsatisfied with the care that society provides.
D.C. Copeland, a Yale graduate, began her literary journey as Harold Bloom’s assistant, working on notable works like The Best Poems of the English Language and Where Shall Wisdom Be Found. Bloom praised her as a voice of her generation, lauding her originality in Kafkaesque parables and avant-garde plays influenced by Beckett and Ionesco.
An accomplished playwright, Copeland’s works have been showcased in prestigious venues like Manhattan Repertory’s One Act Festival and Alex Timbers’ The Tank. Her plays have premiered across New York and Portland, with notable titles including Forget-Me-Not, These Foolish Things, and The Truth According to Rose. Her screenplay Angie has garnered interest as a potential Netflix pilot.
Copeland’s poetic collaborations with Joronne Jeter have been featured in publications like The Gravity of the Thing and Aaduna. William E. Very Jr., publisher of Aaduna, described her as a “gem” whose diverse works resonate deeply with readers.
Copeland has appeared on podcasts, television, and panels as a speaker, including her recent feature on Hard Girl, Soft Life, with over 1.5 million subscribers. On Quora, she engages 732,300 readers on topics like mental health, Jungian archetypes, and embracing the shadow self.
Her early achievements include winning national contests, directing high school plays, and acting at the prestigious Williamstown Theatre Festival alongside Chris Pine and Jeremy Strong. At Yale, she directed productions like Angels in America and Die Fledermaus while excelling academically with a thesis on Gertrude Stein.
Copeland’s manifesto An Artist’s Manifesto and its evolved version, Societal Dropout: A Culture Manifesto for the New Millennium, articulate the struggles and truths of modern life, resonating with millennials, artists, and those seeking cultural critique. With over 50 five-star ratings, her works inspire readers to defy societal conventions and embrace individuality.
Through her writing, plays, poetry, and public engagements, Copeland continues to establish herself as a powerful voice addressing contemporary culture, mental health, and the millennial experience.
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Lisa Cheek, on air form December 10th
Lisa Cheek, author of SIT, CINDERELLA, SIT: A Mostly True Memoir?
A debut memoir of midlife adventure proving that magic can happen when you dare to believe in yourself, see and hear beyond cultural differences, and open your heart to a dog
“With a quick-witted tone and the creative lens of a gifted filmmaker, Lisa Cheek takes us through the mid-life resurrection of a woman who isn’t afraid to make her own way. In the end, she reminds us that we aren’t meant to do life solo and that true surrender requires far more strength than weakness.”
—Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Perennials.
SIT, CINDERELLA, SIT: A Mostly True Memoir by Lisa Cheek is a humorous, heartfelt story of reinvention and self-discovery. At 45, after being abruptly fired from her successful career editing TV commercials in LA, Lisa faces an unexpected crossroads. Just when she’s ready to give up, she’s offered a job editing a Mandarin-language film about the original Cinderella story, filmed in rural China. With no knowledge of the language or a clear idea of what lies ahead, Lisa takes a bold leap into the unknown.
Living in rustic conditions near the Tibetan border, Lisa contends with cultural barriers, homesickness, and the unpredictable world of filmmaking. Along the way, she forms meaningful friendships with her translator, Max, and the young star of the film, Sunny. From celebrating her dreaded birthday with a cake fight to rediscovering her purpose by rescuing a neglected dog named Cinderella, Lisa’s journey transforms her in unexpected ways.
Told with humor, poignant flashbacks, and a fairy-tale lens, Lisa’s memoir reminds us that magic happens when you step outside your comfort zone, look beyond cultural differences, and dare to believe in yourself. Readers will be enchanted by this inspiring tale of resilience, adventure, and the universal language of hope.
Then, reality hit. This Cinderella story would be told entirely in Mandarin—the only language spoken by every member of the cast and crew, except for Lisa and her assistant/translator, Max. And it would be filmed on ancient locations in extremely rustic and remote villages near the Tibetan border.
LISA CHEEK is a writer and film editor. After 25 years of editing and producing other people’s work, she finally took the advice of friends and coworkers to heart and decided to focus on telling her own stories. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two mutts, Josie and Elvis Bruce Wayne, and two cats, Eartha Kitt and Trixie. A frequent traveler to all kinds of interesting places, she has several film and television scripts in various stages of development and is working on her next book.
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest CAROL L. REMZ, PhD, on air from November 26th
What would motivate an almost 80-year-old woman (hitting the milestone Christmas Eve 2024) to write a book about the CAROL L. REMZ, PhD, Best Sex Ever After Menopause?
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.
When she had reclaimed her sexuality, her husband said, “Write a book. Tell your story about how you healed and changed.” Before she could raise any objections, he added, “Get help.” That came from medical and health writer and intimacy coach Molly Carter.
With the decision to write a book, Carol realized she was launching an “encore career.” Marc Freedman, author and social entrepreneur, popularized the concept. It means continuing to work in a new way in the second half of one’s life. Financial reasons can be an incentive. Carol chose applying her acquired skills and experience for positive social impact. What are they? Ten years as a teacher after receiving her BS in 1966 and MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching in 1967 from Cornell University. And for 35 years after receiving her PhD in Educational Technology from Catholic University, forming her own business that led her clients’ employees from Fortune 500 companies, federal and state agencies, private business, and non-profits to develop instructor-facilitated, video-based, and online training programs. From sales teams to health care providers, learning’s key goal was change for the better in what people do, achieve, and feel. It is the same goal for Best Sex Ever After Menopause: Through Mindset and Healing and Aphrodisiac Plants.
Carol considers her book sex ed for seniors. She gives readers validated research and applicable knowledge and skills. They’re structured into three parts: the brain being our most important sex organ, its role in our sexuality and health, and mind over matter; remedies for vaginal dryness and arousal, both pharmaceutical and natural, and Molly’s expertise in body know-how and its application “in the flesh.”
Best Sex Ever After Menopause is about a whole new paradigm of senior sexual pleasure: like fine wine, definitely better with age!
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