Orchard of Wisdom

26-23. “The Soul Is Tired of Performing”

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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from May

The soul is tired of performing. Tired of pretending. Tired of wearing masks to fit expectations, roles, labels, and demands that often have little to do with who we truly are. For so long, humanity has been taught to perform for approval, perform for survival, perform for success, perform for love, and perform for acceptance. We have learned how to present ourselves to the world while quietly disconnecting from the truth of our own essence.

But the soul was never designed to live as a performance. It was meant to live as an expression of divine wisdom flowing naturally through us. It seeks truth, authenticity, connection, purpose, and meaningful presence. It does not wish to compete for worthiness or exhaust itself trying to become enough for others. It simply wishes to be fully aligned with its own knowingness and allowed to flow freely into life.

Within every person lives a wisdom far deeper than intellect alone. The soul carries insight, compassion, intuition, creativity, and an energetic understanding that often speaks quietly beneath the noise of the mind and the chaos of the world. When we become still enough to listen, that wisdom begins to guide us toward what is real, what is aligned, and what matters most in the present moment.

The soul does not need to dominate others to be heard. It simply wishes to ignite truth within others — heart to heart, spirit to spirit. When one person begins living authentically, it gives others permission to do the same. Truth has a resonance to it. It awakens something within people that reminds them of who they are beneath their own layers of performance and conditioning.

This does not mean abandoning the mind, because the mind too has its purpose. The mind is meant to clarify, organize, understand, and bring wisdom into practical action. But the mind was never meant to rule disconnected from the soul. When intellect operates without heart, humanity loses compassion. When knowledge exists without wisdom, people become informed but disconnected. The soul brings meaning to knowledge and humanity to action.

What many people are feeling right now is spiritual exhaustion — not simply physical fatigue, but exhaustion from constantly trying to be what the world expects instead of what the soul knows itself to be. People are yearning for spaces where they can breathe again, where they can stop performing and simply exist in truth without fear of judgment or rejection.

Perhaps this is the great awakening happening now. Not an awakening into superiority, but an awakening back into authenticity. A remembering that the soul already carries wisdom, and that wisdom becomes powerful when it flows into compassionate action, conscious living, and truthful connection with others.

The soul is not asking us to become more impressive.
It is asking us to become more real.

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BB26-23. Brittney Hall: Leverage Over Hustle

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Building Your Business with Sara Troy and her guest Brittney Hall. On air from June 9th

I started my company to really build what I always wanted to work in. The way I wanted people to support me, the integrity I wanted to see brought to the coaching business. I love helping people make more money because I believe that when good people make more money, they can do a lot of good in the world.

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Brittney Hall is the heart, soul, and strategic mind behind The Revenue Agency. A born leader with entrepreneurial roots, she grew up watching her parents build a thriving business over 40 years. That legacy sparked a passion for helping others grow, lead, and succeed.

From teaching group fitness at 18 to building a six-figure health coaching business while raising two kids, Brittney’s journey has been marked by purpose and passion. In 2022, she pivoted into personal development and quickly made a name for herself in high-ticket coaching sales and marketing strategy—generating six-figure revenue from programs she co-created.

With a gift for seeing the big picture, Brittney creates business strategies that simplify execution without sacrificing impact. She’s known for building strong relationships, empowering teams, and turning complex ideas into scalable systems.

When she’s not mapping out million-dollar strategies, you’ll find her on a sunny sideline cheering for her kids, exploring new places, or hunting down the best local coffee shop. Her home life is full of energy (and animals!), and she brings that same joy and authenticity into every client relationship.

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BB26-22 Cate Rainy Arnold is Branding from the Heart.

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Building Your Business with Sara Troy and her guest Cate Rainy Artnold, on air from June 3rd.

I help business owners when they get stuck in branding miscommunication. I often find business owners are struggling to attract the right target audience to their business, customers are confused about what services they offer, or they are making assumptions about the business based on the branding. The root of all of these issues is a visual miscommunication. Often we will visually judge a logo or branded item in about 5 seconds based on colour alone. I help purpose-driven businesses create brands that clearly communicate who you are, what you stand for, and connect you to people who truly value your work. I do this by understanding the core emotional feeling that we want their target audience to feel when looking at their logo, print collateral or illustrations. This visual realignment builds trust with their customers and confidence in the businesses professionalism. It’s a similar feeling to put on a great fitting outfit for a networking meeting that you feel confident in for your business. I want business owners to feel confident about how they visually show up in their business. 

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A brief narrative of where you started, how you arrived at your current work, and who you are behind the profession.

I started as a visual artist, I was very excited and engaged with my art classes in school. I got a bachelors in graphic design and worked for an agency after school. I decided to start my own business and recently transitioned from part-time running my business to full-time business owner of Cate Rainy Creative. As a business owner, it’s given me the flexibility to work with my strengths and my weaknesses to schedule my days how I like. I also love that I created this business that’s queer and neurodivergent friendly as I’m deeply connected to these communities. This is where my passion for advocacy and business blends into one. 

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26-22. “When is it OK to be old?”

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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air from May 26th

There comes a point in life where holding on to youth is no longer about vitality, curiosity, or joy… but about fear. Fear of becoming invisible. Fear of no longer mattering. Fear that aging somehow means less value in a world obsessed with appearance, speed, and productivity.

But aging is not a failure of youth. It is the graduation from it.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to feel alive, vibrant, engaged, sensual, creative, adventurous, or healthy at any age. That is not “trying to stay young.” That is honoring life itself. The problem comes when society tells us that to be worthy, we must erase every sign that we have lived.

When did wrinkles become something to apologize for?
When did slowing down become weakness?

When do Gaining weight, going softer become something wrong?
When did wisdom become less marketable than youthful image?

There is a sacredness in aging that many cultures once honored. Elders were the storytellers, the memory keepers, the guides who had walked through storms and survived them. Today, many older people feel pressured to perform youth instead of embodying wisdom.

Perhaps the real question is not:
“When is it OK to be old?”
but:
“When did we stop respecting what age brings?”

Being older should not mean giving up on life.
Nor should it mean exhausting ourselves pretending we are still thirty.

There is a difference between aliveness and denial.

You can dye your hair purple at eighty and still fully embrace aging.
You can wear comfortable shoes, speak softly, rest more often, and still be wildly alive.
You can choose peace over proving.
You can choose authenticity over performance.

Aging invites us into a different rhythm.
Less rushing.
More knowing.
Less chasing.
More presence.
Less needing approval.
More understanding of what truly matters.

The tragedy is not growing old.
The tragedy is never allowing yourself to arrive there with grace because you spent all your energy trying to outrun it.

There is enormous freedom in saying:
“This is my age. These are my years. This is the body that carried me through life. These are the scars that taught me. This is the wisdom I earned.”

Not everybody gets to grow old.
To age is a privilege.

And perhaps one of the most radical acts today is an older person who does not apologize for being older, who still shines, still contributes, still loves, still learns, but no longer feels the need to pretend they are young to deserve a place in the world.

I am at peace with being older, wiser, calmer, softer, and rounder. I no longer feel the need to chase youth or apologize for the years I have lived. Every line, every lesson, every joy and sorrow has shaped the woman I am today. I am aligned with myself, comfortable in my own skin, and grateful for the maturity and understanding that age has brought me. I am no longer trying to become someone else, I am simply, authentically me, wrinkles plus, and I love being so.

“Our Forgotten Seniors” is a book in development that gathers the voices, wisdom, and lived experiences of our seniors, celebrating the gifts they have shared with humanity throughout their lives. It shines a light on the challenges many elders face today, from loneliness and health struggles to financial insecurity and being overlooked by society. At the same time, it serves as a heartfelt message to younger generations, encouraging them to prepare for their own senior years with awareness, compassion, and respect. This book is not only a tribute to our elders, but a call to honor the wisdom of aging and ensure that no senior is forgotten.

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See this wonderful video on getting old here.

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26-22. Graduating Through Life

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Sara’s View of Life with Sara Troy, on air June 2nd

Graduation is not just about caps, gowns, diplomas, or walking across a stage. Graduation is life’s way of saying, “You have grown beyond where you once were.”

Right now, thousands of young people are stepping out of schools and into a world that feels uncertain, demanding, exciting, and sometimes overwhelming. They are told they must know who they are, what they want, and where they are going. But truthfully, life is not a straight staircase, it is a series of graduations.

We graduate from innocence into awareness.
From fear into courage.
From limitation into possibility.
From surviving into living

From doubt to clarity

And the beautiful thing is, we never stop graduating.

For our young people, this moment can feel both thrilling and terrifying. Some are celebrating with certainty, while others are silently asking themselves, “What now?” Some are stepping into university, trades, travel, work, or entrepreneurship. Others are simply trying to figure out who they are in a world constantly telling them who they should be.

But perhaps the greatest graduation is not academic at all.

It is the graduation into self.

The moment we stop living only by expectation and begin listening to our own knowingness. The moment we understand that success is not merely measured by money, titles, followers, or status, but by whether we are becoming whole within ourselves.

Life itself is an ongoing upscaling.

Each challenge asks us to grow larger than the fear.
Each heartbreak asks us to deepen in compassion and understanding.
Each failure asks us to become wiser and listen in.
Each success asks us to become more responsible with our gifts and use them wisely.

Upscaling is not about becoming “better than” others. It is about becoming more fully aligned with who we truly are.

For many graduates today, the pressure is immense. Social media has created a world of comparison where people feel behind before they have even begun. Yet every soul has its own timing, its own curriculum, its own classroom of growth.

Some people graduate early in wisdom.
Some graduate through adversity, lack of health, wealth, connection .
Some through loss and fear, facing the inner devil.
Some through service, understanding their unique role in life.
Some through love, self love , love of life, love of whom you serve in life.

And many adults listening today may realize they too are graduating right now, from old beliefs, old careers, old identities, old wounds, or old limitations

Life keeps calling us forward.

Perhaps we need to stop asking children, “What are you going to do?” and instead ask, “Who are you becoming?”

Because when people know who they are, what they do begins to align naturally.

This show is a celebration not only of school graduates, but of every person willing to rise into the next version of themselves. Every person choosing growth over stagnation. Every person brave enough to begin again.

Graduation is not an ending.
It is an invitation.

An invitation to explore.
To discover.
To stumble and rise again.
To trust your own voice.
To bring your gifts to the world.
To understand that life itself is a continual education of the soul.

And no matter your age, you are never too old to upscale your life, your thinking, your compassion, your purpose, or your dreams.

So to all graduates of every age and stage of life:

May you walk forward not in fear of the unknown, but in curiosity of what is possible.
May you understand that your worth is not dependent on perfection.
May you remember that every experience is shaping your wisdom.
And may you always allow life to keep graduating you into greater awareness, service, and truth.

Because the real diploma in life is not paper.
It is the wisdom we embody.

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