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C22-28. LauraBeth Ryan and the The Resilience Factor.

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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest LauraBeth Ryan, on air from July 12th

My name is LauraBeth Ryan and I am the owner and founder of Cheerful Hearts.  Through my unique story of overcoming adversity and learning to find joy after tragedy, I have become a motivational life coach, inspirational speaker and created a specialty inspirational gift line that speaks encouragement and joy to the soul.

LauraBeth Ryan is the owner of Cheerful Hearts.  A company created to inspire, educate, and empower women.  She is an international empowerment coach, speaker, and author.  Learn how I share my inspirational journey of faith [from heart wrenching despair to finding new purpose and hope] through motivational speaking opportunities around the country.  If you are looking for a dynamic speaker for your next event, please contact me for details about how I may encourage and inspire your audience. If you seek Life Coaching, learn how to become empowered and have a Cheerful Heart in your professional and personal journey.  I offer self-growth on-line adult training programs and one-on-one coaching to help you define your path to a successful and fulfilling life.

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Living on her own by 16, surviving a life altering car accident at 18, and then becoming debilitated from a  spinal injury at 28,  LauraBeth knows well the adversities that life can present.  Her faith in God was tested as her entire world crumbled, and she went from being a hands-on mom to 4 sons, ages 8 and under, to being confined to bed due to chronic pain.

In her darkest hours, she cried out to God, and found solace and comfort in words that came to her in the form of poetry, prose, and songs.  Given time, she overcame her despair and pressed into God more deeply, learning to accept her situation, and determined to make the best of life, despite its difficulties.

She thought of creative ways to parent her children, and spent a lot of quality time with them in her room, which now became “the family room”.  Reading stories, playing board games, doing homework, check in points, talks, and watching favorite shows were now the norm.

Once the boys were older, LauraBeth knew she was being called to share her poetry, and her story with others, to offer anyone going through difficulties a sense of comfort and hope!  She had been given the name “Cheerful Hearts” about ten years prior as a vision.  And knew one day she would have a company that provided “Good Medicine” to the soul.

In 2006, while still confined to four walls, that dream was realized, as she turned ten years’ worth of writing into an inspirational greeting card, gift, and keepsake line!   She also began sharing her story as a motivational speaker, encouraging others that no matter their circumstance, with perseverance, faith, and determination,  that they can overcome any difficulty they face!  In 2009, she became a Live Your Best Life Coach, offering those going through their own challenges a clear path, with strategic steps to move forward to live their own inspired life full of possibilities!

It is her heart’s passion to encourage, uplift, inspire and motivate you, wherever you are in this journey of life!  She genuinely cares about people, and wants to bring joy to others through her work.

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AK22-28. Bill VanPatten author. “As a gay and Latino Author,”

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Authors Kiss, with Sara Troy and her guest Bill VanPattern, on air from July 12th

Bill VanPatten is a brilliant expert on language acquisition and bilingualism, he tells hilarious jokes on stage, creates movies and a telenovelas and writes well-crafted mysteries with a social message. Meet Bill VanPatten. Language has been his life’s passion for nearly four decades. He taught linguistics, Spanish, and second language acquisition at Michigan State University, Texas Tech University, and University of Illinois for over 30 years, traveling around the world to deliver over 1,000 lectures, publish 200 articles, and inspire thousands of students. He retired in 2018 from that chapter in his life, only to write another. His third novel, A Little Rain, was just released. 

“Language is a very powerful means for expressing who we are,” says VanPatten. “After teaching about language for so many years, I love the freedom to now use it to tell stories that both enlighten and entertain readers.”

“As a gay and Latino man,” says VanPatten, “my books shed light on two communities that are often marginalized and misunderstood. But I also provide a great escape to readers who want to enmesh themselves in the lives of others, who struggle to find their way in a complex world.”

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  • How his books provide opportunities to share meaningful messages and address social issues 
  • Why Americans enjoy tales of murder, revenge, and secrets
  • How he transitioned from being a scholar to a writer of mystery novels and thrillers
  • How he uses the power of language to deliver realistic, intense scenes
  • Why gay and Latino characters are central to his fiction

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Bill VanPatten has been an internationally-acclaimed professor and scholar of language acquisition and bilingualism. In his career that spanned three decades, he has presented over 1,000 lectures, written over 200 academic articles, and has hosted two podcasts for five years. Bill VanPatten now writes fiction in English and Spanish.

His first novel, Seidon’s Tale, received the 2019 Kops-Fetherling International Books Silver Phoenix Award for “Best New Voice in Fiction.” His second novel, Looks Are Deceiving, has garnered positive reviews from Kirkus, Reedsy Discovery, Prairie Book Reviews, Writer’s Digest, Readers’ Favorite, SPB, Indie Readers, among others. A Little Rain was released this Spring and is his newest book.

As an #OwnVoices author, gay and Latino characters are central in his fiction. Bill has always had a passion for stories and is the award-winning academic who co-wrote the best-selling educational telenovela, Destinos, as well as the movies Sol y Viento and Liaisons.

His work in academia led him to lecture in almost every state, as well as Europe, Australia, South America, and Mexico. A former professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at Michigan State University, he specialized in second language acquisition, which he investigates on both theoretical and practical levels, using approaches from linguistics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology. Bill earned his MA and Ph.D. from The University of Texas, and his BA from The University of Santa Clara.

While living in Chicago, he performed as a stand-up comedian at comedy clubs on occasion, and is known to always be ready to tell some jokes. Bill lives in the Central Valley of California.

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22-27 You Do Not Own Me……

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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from July 4th

Quite simply my body belongs to me and my choices are my own….not anyone else’s.

I am not anti-pro-choice, but I am anti-birthing when it is forced on someone who can not for some reason raise a child. Women who have been raped, incest, pressured into sex by a partner, or medically, emotionally, and financially can not support a child which is a lifetime commitment. Who are you to decide what is best for them?

Being a Mother is truly a wonderful experience, but it is a long one, a life time, and unless the man who got her pregnant is willing to step up with funding, support, and time to raise that child, then who are we to demand she has a child she can not take care of.

My idea is two fold, 1. NO SEX UNLESS THE MAN SIGNS A LEGAL DOCUMENT STATING THAT IF SHE GOT PREGNANT THAT HE WOULD FINANCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYICIALLY BE THERE TO HELP RAISE THE CHILD AND MAKE IT MANDITORY. 2. Demand a man have a vasectomy if he wants sex without protection.

There is NO accountability for the man who got a woman pregnant, she did not get pregnant on her own, so why is he not paying the price too? Having an abortion is not easy, so many emotions and conflictions and pain involved, and yet the man has nothing to go through? If a man does not want children and enjoys sex with consenting partners, then get a vasectomy. Free sex has a price too.

Women, we are so strong, so smart, so resilient, so empowering, so capable and so not going to give in to this. So lets us rise up and create our own laws ( like no sex until sign) and show the men that they to must step up and hold some responsibility for their actions too.

We as women have worked hard to have rights to be a woman, to be seen, heard, e qualified and that we are a force to be reckoned with. Don’t not mess with our minds, bodies, hearts, souls, spirits, for you will lose. We are mighty and we are not going to stand for this intrusion into our womanly rights any more on any level no matter how big or small.

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AK22-26. China Hand by Scott Spacek

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An Authors Kiss with Sara Troy and her guest Scott Spacek, on air from June 28th

A Thriller By Scott Spacek

Scott Spacek, author of China Hand. Originally from Cleveland, Scott Spacek has lived in China for most of the last two decades, working as a technology executive and advisor to leading corporations and governmental organizations. He attended Harvard University and speaks Mandarin Chinese. Teaching at an elite university in Beijing after college provided revealing details for CHINA HAND, his first novel.

INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS: When a high-ranking Chinese general wants to defect to the US, the CIA tries to recruit a recent Harvard grad teaching at a Beijing university to exfiltrate the man’s daughter—a treacherous operation that could shape the balance of power for decades.

The whole debacle was classified and buried. Until now.

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It’s 1998, and China’s political and military leaders are torn by ideological divisions. Amid these seething rivalries, Andrew Callahan arrives in Beijing fresh out of Harvard, planning to spend an adventurous year studying Mandarin and teaching at the renowned International Affairs University. The IAU is known as a training ground for diplomats and spies. But Andrew has no idea that his budding relationship with the attractive and self-assured dean’s assistant, Lily Jiang, will also entangle him in a conspiratorial web of worldwide proportions.

A CIA officer approaches Andrew and informs him that Lily’s father is a top Chinese general caught in a power struggle. The general wants to defect but won’t do so without his wife and daughter. Even more shocking is that the Agency needs Andrew’s assistance for Lily to evade round-the-clock surveillance and escape to the US.

If Andrew agrees, he’ll face lethal odds against China’s ruthless security services to help pull off one of the greatest intelligence coups in American history. If he refuses, it could cost Lily and her family their lives.

Set against the backdrop of a beautiful culture at a turbulent time, China Hand is the story of a reluctant spy and a mission whose deadly consequences continue to reverberate today.

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Scott Spacek, originally from Cleveland, has lived in China for most of the last two decades, working as a technology executive and advisor to leading corporations and governmental organizations. He attended Harvard University and speaks Mandarin Chinese. Teaching at an elite university in Beijing after college provided revealing details for this novel, his first.

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22-26 Let Summer Rejuvenate You…..

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Sara’s View Of Life with Sara Troy, on air form June 28th

Summer is here and we have been waiting for that sun to warm our souls, heal our hearts, lift our spirits and clear our minds. It has been a long hard winter but now summer is here, we can start freeing ourselves and let nature hold our hands and guide us into joy, love and living an exuberant life.

We feel so much better with the sun is kissing our brow, and the breeze is rustling through our hair, and that warm tingling feeling of less clothes on our bodies breathing in light and recharging every cell in our beingness. We feel so much better with our toes in the water washing away our woes, embracing our spirits and setting us free to be.

Summer is a time to let go and be free and make that discovery of self. Nature in its complex simplicity helps us to reconnect with our inner selves allowing for a deeper inner love of life and just being who we are. Take a walk on the wild side, say no to statuesque and be adventurous and explore what can be and free your self from the same old same old.

What you want is waiting for you, you just have to decide to go and get it. Stepping into a purpose, even if it is just to make people smile and or help someone out, it all helps to embrace that sunlight that is burning inside begging to come out. So let summer help you and get out side and be a part of natures healing and rejuvenate your soul, heart, spirit and mind.

ENJOY

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