IG26-31. Mark Springer, Gardens in the Galaxies


Ignite your heart and soul with Sara Troy and her guest Mark Springer. On air from August 4th

A New Novel Explores What The World Would Be Like. If Adam & Eve Never Gave Into Temptation. What could life have been like for Adam and Eve if they had never disobeyed God?

This is the interesting premise of Gardens in the Galaxies, the new speculative fiction novel by Mark Springer. It’s his second work of fiction, following Flesh Becomes Words, the debut novel that blends science fiction with spirituality.

Join Adam and Eve in this fictional adventure as they await judgement and sentencing for the original sin of disobeying God. Travel back in time with the first couple and an angel named Josiah who shows them how life began on earth. Then move into an unrealized future of gardens in the galaxies, the high life that God had always planned for them and all of mankind. Finally, return with Adam and Eve to their present situation as you witness the judgement and sentencing of their eternal fate by an all-merciful but just God.

The book is speculative fiction; historical fiction that poses a question of what would have happened if a single event happened a different way. In this case, what would have happened if Adam and Eve did not disobey God in the Garden of Eden and bring about the fall of mankind?

“The foundation of the book is based on an assumption of the truth of the scriptures,” says author Springer, “and it explores the connection between Adam and Eve, the first Adam, and Jesus Christ, proclaimed in the scriptures as being the “last Adam” and what that means for all of us today.”



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Mark Springer has over three decades of experience as a senior-level writer, and editor of technical and scientific documents. He also has crafted promotional content for the medical device, biotechnology, and life science industries. For the past nine years, he has been working for Gilead Sciences, including the last five as the manager and technical editor in labeling operations.

Prior to that, he served for two years, as the senior technical editor for BD Biosciences, editing all customer-read documents that met factual, legal and regulation requirements. He received a Special Achievement Recognition Award there. His career began as a senior technical writer and managing editor of technical publications for change management software at a startup company. The biggest portion of his career consisted of 19 years at Life Technologies, where his positions varied from senior science writer in brand marketing, senior manager in public relations, to senior writer in technical communications.

He is the author of Flesh Becomes Words, his debut novel that blends science fiction with spirituality. His first non-fiction book, Identity Theft, was published last year. His newest book is historical fiction, Gardens in the Galaxies.

Along with a colleague of his, he developed an online magazine in the late 1990s called BioBeat Online Magazine. For about six years, he wrote articles for this publication and other trade publications that were associated with a life sciences company in the Bay Area. The articles were related to significant research and medical applications related to the use of DNA sequencing and genetic analysis technologies. He and his colleague won numerous Apex Publication awards for the content over this six-year period.

Springer graduated from University of California at Berkeley with a BA, double-majoring in Cell Biology and English Literature. He is deeply devoted to his faith, reading the Bible two to three hours daily. His books reflect both his science acumen and his dedication to faith. Born in Albany, NY, he grew up in Fresno, CA, and now resides with his wife in San Mateo, CA. They have two children.



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IG26-30. Patrick Marando, Waking Up To Your Self’


Ignite your heart and soul with Sara Troy and her guest Patrick Marando, on air from July 28th

I am a psychologist, spiritual teacher, and author passionate about helping people reconnect with their authentic selves and cultivate greater peace, clarity, and emotional wellbeing. Drawing on both my professional expertise and my own journey of inner growth and transformation, I combine evidence-based psychology with timeless spiritual wisdom to share practical tools that help people navigate anxiety, stress, uncertainty, and the challenges of everyday life. Through my books, teachings, and healing work, my aim is to inspire people to move beyond limiting beliefs, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and live with greater purpose, freedom, and authenticity. My message is that lasting fulfilment comes not from trying to become someone else, but from awakening to the truth of who you already are.




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My path to this work has been shaped by both professional training and a lifelong search to better understand the human mind, the nature of suffering, and what it truly means to live a fulfilling life. Along the way, my own experiences challenged me to look beyond conventional approaches and explore the deeper connection between psychology, spirituality, and self-awareness. Those experiences continue to inform the way I teach, write, and work with others today. Beyond my professional roles, I am someone who has always been driven by a desire to discover and express my own truth. This search for authenticity has flowed into every part of my life, from acting and screenwriting to writing, storytelling, and creating meaningful connections with others. Through creativity and human connection, I continue to explore what it means to be fully present, to embrace who we truly are, and to inspire others to discover and express their own unique truth.

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IG26-28. Brenda L. Balding is Divine Living


Ignite Your Heart and Soul with Sara Troy and her guest Brenda L. Balding. On air from July 14th

Breath in Love and healing light. Breathe out to the Divine what you are ready to release.

Brenda L Balding has been a registered nurse since 1971, a Reiki energy healer for five years, currently an author and self-discovery guide. Brenda is passionate about being of service to others and support you on your path through some of life’s challenges. She created “Love’s Inner Voice” podcast/YouTube and her “Discovery Is” books to support everyone’s self-discovery heart journey related to grief, should, acceptance, forgiveness, and others you may be experiencing. Brenda’s mission is to encourage each person to enhance their own Love’s Inner Voice, or sacred connection for their highest good and the wellbeing of family and friends.



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Books: Discovery is Recovery – Brain, Emotion and Spiritual Self-Reflection Through the Creative Process, Sacred Connection – Finding Our Path to Deeper Connection with Self and the Divine an anthology that includes my article Sacred Discovery, and Discovery is Vital – Awaken Love’s Inner Voice, and The Values of Women: Stories of What’s Important and Why anthology that includes my article on Self-Worth.

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IG26-25. Dr. Colette D. Sinclair, Emotional Posture®


Ignite your heart and soul with Sara Troy and her guest Dr. Colette D. Sinclair, on air from June 23rd

Dr. Colette D. Sinclair introduces a pioneering and scientifically grounded approach to emotional and spiritual well-being, revealing how our emotional states can rewire the nervous system, restore physiological balance, and accelerate conscious awareness. Backed by clinical research and biofeedback data, her work shows that 87 percent of participants experienced positive increases in consciousness, while 67 percent improved their overall physiological coherence after brief emotional training. Rather than viewing emotions as reactions to suppress or manage, Dr. Sinclair explains that they are powerful electrochemical and electromagnetic forces that influence every cell in the body. Through six intentional emotional postures—gratitude, acceptance, ease, forgiveness, compassion, and love—individuals can retrain the nervous system, regulate emotional responses, access greater coherence, and awaken higher states of awareness. Her work bridges neuroscience, integrative wellness, and applied consciousness, opening a new frontier in understanding how emotional, energetic, and spiritual health can create measurable and lasting transformation.



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Dr. Colette D. Sinclair has practiced for twenty years at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and contemplative science. She is the creator of Emotional Posture®, a pioneering methodology for cultivating elevated emotional states that restore nervous system balance, expand consciousness, and build sustainable inner alignment. She is the founder of Integrated Mental Wellness, a collaborative collective offering natural alternatives for mental and physical wellness.

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What if everything you’ve been told about emotions is backwards? They’re not obstacles to overcome or manage, they’re biological organizing fields with measurable electromagnetic signatures. When you cultivate six specific high-coherence emotional states, you don’t just feel better. You measurably change your cellular biology, rewire your nervous system, and shift the electromagnetic field that shapes your reality. This is not metaphor. It’s neuroscience. 


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IG26-19. Matt Edmiston, From Logic to Light:


Ignite Your Heart and Soul with Sara Troy and her guest Matt Edmiston, on air from May 12th

I’ve had many changes on my journey, evolving from an atheist in a suite and tie, to a flower crown wearing energy worker with clairs.  During that journey I learned to journal, meditate, keep track of my body, and many other skills.  Those were hard changes to make, but it’s funny how I did my ‘Mind, Body, and Spirit’ from an atheist life lens, only to have it break my break when my clairs started opening up.  Many steps along the way, and each broke me in different ways.  Many of those I had to make the journey alone, and I really could have used some help along the way.  Now I’m shining light on other’s journey, so the hard parts get easier ::)



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In high school I was working for my best friend’s dad and stayed local for college, studying engineering.  I was 20, when one day I got a call  “hey Matt I’m going to go be a priest.  Go form an LLC, you know who the clients are, here’s how much I was charging them.” And I became an entrepreneur in a 30 minute call.  I figured out engineering was not for me, but entrepreneurship was.  Then during the 2008 housing bust my business was wiped out, and I worked Valet and Dorman for the Ritz-Carlton. From there I realized it wasn’t a career, and transitioned into commercial real estate brokerage, with a focus on retail assets. Properties such as grocery anchored shopping centers, fast food restaurants, banks, etc. When covid killed that long enough for me to self evaluate, I realized I didn’t want to work for the ultra wealthy anymore.  I did odds and ends for a while (uber, temp, etc) while I figured out the next step.  That turned out to be taking my broker skillset of changing other’s behaviors, and pointing that at heathy personal habits.

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