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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from August 19th

I believe anything is possible. We can overcome. We can rise above fear, doubt, and pain. We are so much more than we give ourselves credit for, and together, we can change everything. When we ignite our spirit, we can thrive, we can create, we can soar. I believe in humanity. I believe in us.

Yes, the world is full of greed, cruelty, and fear—but I believe we can meet it with courage. I believe we can choose higher consciousness, kindness, respect, and self-worth. Change begins when we believe we can make a difference—when we hold ourselves accountable and are willing to learn, grow, and step forward.

I’ve lived this truth. For years, I didn’t believe I could escape the patterns that kept me small. But the moment I decided I could—when I stopped being the victim, valued myself, and set boundaries—my freedom began. If I can do it, you can too.

We all have that choice. We can stay in anger and blame, or we can believe we can open our hearts, learn, and grow. True power isn’t in control—it’s in empowering others. Some won’t take the journey, but many can, and many will.

I believe you can release fear, doubt, and self-persecution. I believe you can step into your light, your purpose, and your freedom. Every “I can” you claim creates a ripple—when you change your life, you can change the lives of those around you.

So ask yourself: Do I want to stay small, or will I take the leap toward more? You can. Believe in yourself. Take the first step. The rest will follow. I believe in you—and I believe you can.

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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Brenda Coffee, on air from May 13th

It was a fairy tale until it wasn’t…

For a long time, that’s what successful businesswoman Brenda Coffee told herself whenever she dared to look back on her twenties and thirties. In Maya Blue: A Memoir of Survival, She Brenda opens up about the life she once lived—and all the secrecy, madness, trauma, abuse, and danger that came with it.

Brenda details her years married to Philip Ray, the genius who conceived and developed the first desktop computer terminal, followed by the microprocessor and the first personal computer. Their infamous and isolated home in San Antonio, Texas was known as the “Spy House on the Hill” for its scandalous history of harboring Nazis spies. It was in the basement of their historic home where Philip began spending every waking moment working on his self-destructive “project,” making cocaine from scratch — becoming addicted to it in the process.

Motivated by the rush and the rewards, Philip lived large and he took bold risks, and Brenda was on board with almost anything he wanted, whether it was adventurous, dangerous, sexual, or illegal.

After ten years of thrills and close calls, she began to question her blind loyalty when her husband seized on the idea of making real cocaine from scratch, and before long, their lives took a terrifying turn.

Philip Ray also created the first smokeless cigarette — Philip and Brenda were watched and threatened by the Big Six tobacco companies and/or the federal government for endangering their major revenue source. It was Brenda who coined the terms vape and vaping.

The sobering reality — after losing his battle with lung cancer, Philip left her with mountains of debt and a daunting fight to preserve the groundbreaking public company she helped him start.

Brenda embarked on a solo trip to Belize to reclaim the pieces of herself she’d surrendered to Philip, followed by a visit to the ruins of the ancient Maya city of Tikal—only to be forced into the jungle at gunpoint by the ruthless Guatemalan military. The United Nations estimates that between 1960 and 1996. 200,000 people were murdered, and 45,000 Los Desaparecido,s “the disappeared,” were killed by the Guatemalan military and the group that took her.

Her marriage to James Coffee, the man who made her feel safe, and his untimely death — he died unexpectedly on Christmas 2010 of cardiac arrest while out for a walk. She talks about grief and how his loss was the most difficult thing she’s experienced.

Brenda Coffee is also a breast cancer survivor, enduring 10 breast cancer surgeries and 8 rounds of chemotherapy.

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Brenda Coffee is a published writer, photographer, and filmmaker with a BA in journalism and film. An avid adventurer, dynamic speaker, and successful businesswoman, she was a managing consultant and former board member of a public company she sold to Big Pharma. Coffee is also a breast cancer survivor, having endured 10 surgeries and 8 rounds of chemotherapy.

She is the creator of two Top 10 websites, including 1010ParkPlace.com, home to her popular BRENDA’S BLOG, delivering straight-talk about finances, fashion, life, and relationships to the best-educated, wealthiest, most powerful demographic in history: women over 50. She resides in Texas.

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