Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Deb Miller, on air from July 8th
I wrote Forget the Fairy Tale and Find Your Happiness because I lived it, and I know I’m not alone. Too many women believe society’s script that says happiness depends on finding Prince Charming and checking all the boxes. I believed that, too, in the beginning. My journey of self-discovery began with a bold choice to rewrite the story I’d been given. From Midwest housewife to global marketing exec to professor and author, I’ve learned that happily ever after isn’t handed to you—it’s built, one brave decision at a time.
I’m here to remind women that it’s never too late to take the reins, ditch the outdated fairy tale, and create a life rooted in their unique definition of joy. This conversation is for anyone who’s ready to rewrite their happily ever after and be their own hero.
Deb Miller is the author of Forget the Fairy Tale & Find Your Happiness, a memoir that explores her personal journey toward self-reliance and strength, using the evolution of Disney princesses as a metaphor for her own transformation.
A passionate advocate for personal empowerment, Deb’s writing encourages readers to question societal expectations and discover their own path to happiness.
Having visited nearly 50 countries as a corporate executive, she is now on a mission to visit all of our national parks. A part-time marketing professor, Dr. Miller lives in Redmond, Washington, and can be found outside landscaping, walking her energetic Auggie, or hanging out with her grandchildren.
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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from May 6th
Today, I want to talk about self-leadership. What does that really mean? We often look for a leader in life—someone to guide us along the path of self-discovery or help us uncover our abilities—because we feel we can’t lead ourselves. But ultimately, no matter who’s guiding you—whether at work, in relationships, or anywhere else—you are the leader of your own life. Self-leadership means stepping into your own empowerment. It’s about knowing what you need, recognizing the path you must take, being aware, and caring deeply about yourself, the environment you’re in, what you’re giving out, and what you’re receiving. Your life, your arena—it all begins with you.
Awareness and Choice
Is your environment bringing out something in you that feels uncomfortable? Are you surrounded by people who claim to be leaders but are leading you astray? Are you in the company of negativity—those who are angry, bitter, vengeful, jealous, or retaliatory? Because those kinds of environments won’t serve you. So, how do you step into your own leadership? It starts with a choice. I will choose the path I take. I will choose the people I allow around me. I will choose how I interact, how I receive, and how I perceive the world. That kind of leadership begins with awareness—awareness of your surroundings and of what life is making you feel. We’re living in a time of heightened emotion: global unrest, political upheaval, wars, famine, division—it’s overwhelming. And in all that noise, it’s easy to feel powerless. It’s easy to feel like our voice no longer matters in shaping our own life.
Yet leadership doesn’t mean having all the answers. It means taking ownership of how we show up. Are we reacting from past wounds? Are we stuck in patterns that aren’t even ours? Generational trauma, societal programming, inherited fear—it’s all there. But we can pause and ask: “Is this mine? Is this helping me? What can I shift?” And from that question, the journey begins.
Empowerment, Exploration, and Leading by Example
Self-leadership doesn’t mean going it alone—it means tuning in. You may be using tools, programs, or practices passed down from others. They might have sparked something in you, or maybe you’ve created your own. Either way, it’s still your leadership. You’re in charge of your actions, your voice, and your direction. While the universe might hold the map, you’re holding the wheel.
Sara shares how her own path to podcasting began at age 57. She didn’t know what a podcast was, but said yes to the invitation. Now, more than 13 years and thousands of shows later, she reflects on how every step before led to this one. Her story reminds us that it’s never too late to begin steering your own journey.
She paints a powerful metaphor—life is a vehicle, and we must learn how to drive it. Know your gears: first, second, third, fourth, and when it’s time for fifth. Your trauma and fears might still ride with you, but they belong in the trunk or backseat, not behind the wheel. Learn from them, but don’t let them drive.
True self-leadership isn’t loud. It’s a calm confidence. It’s feeling your way forward even when the road isn’t clear. It’s choosing what resonates in your gut, heart, and soul. It’s quiet courage and soulful conviction. And when we embrace it, we inspire others to do the same.
We’re not meant to walk alone—we’re meant to harmonize. As we step into our own leadership, we become strong instruments in life’s orchestra, playing with clarity, confidence, and care. Together, we create symphonies that awaken and uplift the world.
So, take the wheel. Tune into your truth. Choose your direction, one breath, one step, one gear at a time. Because the greatest adventure you’ll ever take is the discovery of your Self.
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THEIR STORY MATTERS with Sara Troy and her guest John Masiulionis on air from December 13th
Through his own spiritual awakening and through the inspiration of Dr. Wayne Dyer, John Masiulionis knew that it was time to take his life and his work in a different direction. While his experience as the host of Monday Night Mayhem, one of the first-ever podcasts and one of the longest-running wrestling radio shows in the world for over a decade, would always be treasured, John knew that his soul was calling him to commit to a path of higher service.
In 2013, John co-founded Soul Luminous Radio, a program that touched thousands of lives with inspirational interviews and spiritual commentary. As the co-host of Soul Luminous Radio, John used his authentic networking approach to connecting with, interview, and promote best-selling authors, including Anita Moorjani, Dr. Joe Dispenza, and James Van Praagh.
In the spring of 2014, John knew that he had his own message of love to get out to the world, but felt that he did not have the “sexy chapter” of his life yet. After fully surrendering his life last summer to God, to Spirit, and to his beloved grandmother and guardian angel Jane Sajecki (who was lighting the way for his journey since her transition three years ago), after a perceived diagnosis of testicular cancer, John reaffirmed his perfect health several months later, and began to take true ownership of his life.
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John returned to the place where his life changed forever in the spring of 2014. Even though the calendar may have reflected “two years later,” with the setting being the same (the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), the Hay House I Can Do It event was the backdrop where divine timing was revealed, where John’s heart and soul opened up to his intuitive gifts and skills that he had for his entire life, but which he suppressed until that point.
As a recovering “people-pleaser,” John had several addictions that he had to come face-to-face with: an addiction to attention, overthinking, validation, stress and drama, women, and to the past. After he had returned from Toronto, John had to face his deepest perceived fears head-on. He also needed to learn how to put himself first, to fill his cup of love before anyone else’s. And he had to begin to fulfil his soul’s purpose, which was to allow himself to fully express his emotions, feel his feelings, and be entirely vulnerable and transparent to all. The Universe gave him the opportunity to do that later that summer, to release everything that no longer served his highest and greatest good. He was spiritually stripped naked for a second time.
On the eve of his 35th birthday, in the midst of his surrender, “Babcia” (John’s grandmother) spoke to him in prayer and meditation, providing him instructions to begin to offer spiritual guidance and healing services to those in need and to begin a spirituality, self-love, and healing Meetup group in the Buffalo area, entitled Walking Each Other Home, a quote that touched John’s soul when he first came across the works of Ram Dass. John answered the call, followed his divine guidance, and a healing practice of the same name was created.
John is grateful to serve humanity as a spiritual guide and intuitive healer, using his intuition, life experience, and energy to offer guidance and healing energies to those in need, to hold the sacred space as a vessel of facilitating the healing process, to provide inspiration and motivation for those wishing to move forward in their life’s purpose, to help those who are facing the illusion of challenges, difficulties, and obstacles, and to pass along the knowledge that he has been humbled to learn on his own path of healing, the root of which is self-love and forgiveness, of oneself and others. It is his goal to have you feel, in every cell of your being, the stroke of divine perfection and unconditional love that you are.
Through your private session, you will receive an exchange of love, that will cover the aspects of your life where you feel you need the most direction, which will provide your heart and soul with clarity, peace, and empowering positive energy.
John resides in the Buffalo, NY area. He has begun to write his memoir, My Empowering Miracle, which will also be released in divine timing. His hobbies include spending time with nature, writing, meditating, reading, grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s, and dancing on his yoga mat.
Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Tim Ward aired October 20th-26th
We are all on a journey of Self Discovery but who guides on our road and how “Indestructible” can we make ourselves along the way?
The collaborative work of Shai Tubali and Tim Ward, “Indestructible You: Building a Self that Can’t be Broken” is a practical guidebook for making yourself so strong inside that life’s relentless ups and downs cannot shake you and cannot break you. “Indestructible You” will help you uncover the powerful, driving force of your true self, and let go of everything that holds you back. “Indestructible You” is based exercises and practices developed by Shai Tubali through his research and work guiding several hundred individuals through psycho-transformational processes.
In essence: Life is like an eternal seesaw. At every given moment you’re either up – getting what you want and feeling powerful, or down – finding yourself rejected, weakened and frustrated. We are forever hoping to bend the laws of this ‘unfair game’ so that we stay on the up-side of life. But this unrealistic insistence is why we suffer. “Indestructible You” reveals the way to step down from the eternal seesaw and build an unbreakable self, a self that remains fearless and strong no matter what life throws at you. Impressively ‘user friendly’ from beginning to end, “Indestructible You: Building a Self that Can’t be Broken” is insightful, informative, practical, and inspiring. Very highly recommended for personal and community library Self-Help/Self-Improvement collections.
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Tim Ward is an author, publisher, teacher, traveler, and blogger for the Huffington Post. He has written eight books, including four about his travels through Thailand, India, China, Tibet, Europe and Africa. The publishing imprint he heads, Changemakers Books, publishes book about Transformation.
His newest book, Inedstructible You, looks at transformation from the perspective of Power, and how the struggle for power affects our sense of health and well being. His co-author, Shai Tubali, is a therapist and expert on the subject of power. Tubali’s ideas form the heart of the book. (And indeed, q good place to start is to ask, Tim, Why did you and Shai Tubali decided to write this book together?
New books to change your life in 2015:
Indestructible You
The Journey to Inner Power
The Caveman Rules of Survival
Awareness is Freedom
Burnout to Brilliance
Indestructible You
Honey in the River
Opening Love
Integration: The Power of Being Co-active in Work and in Life
ShaiTubali is a highly professional published author who specializes in the field of self-transformation.
His fourteen books in the Hebrew language (two of them have become best sellers; another received a prize from the Israeli ministry of education), three books in the English language and two books in the German language, are all dedicated to establishing new pathways of genuine inner self-change.
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