C16/32a Imagine a world with dignity, justice, and peace for all.

July 16, 2016March 15, 2018Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Scott Brown aired August 9th-15th

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The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that
there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul,
although the two cannot be separated.
–Plato

Scott-Brown150 Scott Brown is a visionary who bridges divides: psychology and spirituality, the personal and the political, humanity and nature, peacemaking and activism. He is a leading advocate for consistent nonviolence and bringing the principles and practices of restorative justice to bear on the full range of social issues.

He is the author of the forthcoming book, Active Peace: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent world

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Scott has been blessed with a wide range of experience and training. This includes a master’s degree in Transpersonal Psychology and Ecopsychology, and professional experience in restorative justice, mediation, relationship coaching, mentoring youth in the criminal justice system, and guiding wilderness-based rites of passage trips. In all of these roles he has put restorative practices on the ground.

Scott trained as a peacemaker with the Colorado Peacemaker Institute (now the Engaged Mindfulness Institute) in 2006–2007. This is when he was introduced to meditation and the basic interpersonal skills and tools that have come to be so important to him. About this time he also began his training and volunteer work in restorative justice with the Longmont Community Justice Partnership and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office. Scott served as interim coordinator for the Sheriff’s Office program for six months. Read More

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C16/18a “Joie de Vivre” with love and respect- Alain Rheault

April 17, 2016March 15, 2018Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast

Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Alain Rheault aired May 3rd-9th

It is a choice to be polite to be kind to care for one another, a little gratitude and respect goes a long way and in its simplicity can heal our hearts and souls again.

1472024_10151831706578645_1682711198_n Alain was born in Ramore, a small town near Timmins (Ontario). When he was 12 years old, Alain and his family moved to Welland, located 20 minutes from Niagara Falls (Ontario). Every chance he had, he would ride his bike to “the falls” to enjoy the beautiful scenery. When Alain was 19 years old he enrolled in the Canadian military, a career he deeply enjoyed. Later, he changed his career to the oil ?eld of Alberta Canada.

Alain has a wonderful daughter named Dominique who he is very proud of. Being well? surrounded with great friends, an outstanding family and the various enriching? life experiences, Alain decided to write a book about the joy of living life and ?how to achieve this by being kind to people. To name but a few of his qualities,? Alain is very attentive to others and their needs, he is kind, generous and? considerate… a true gentleman! His written thoughts in this book are reflective? of his true feelings and actions, he believes that while respecting others is ?important, respecting yourself is crucial. He is very comfortable putting his real ?self forward, is con?dent in expressing how he truly feels inside his heart and? does not believe in fear.
Living life with Joie de Vivre is being entirely comfortable to be your authentic? self, to be really grateful and at your most happy in your life. It is the moments? you can truly saver knowing that you listened and trusted the real love in your ?heart, all the love in your life. It’s having full faith in yourself and to be the? best that you can be. Knowing you can trust your heart to live well with solid relationship you have established. With your authentic self and with others knowing you have done your absolute best. It’s living with no fear, with ?absolute joy, going after exactly what you want fully enjoying the journey of ?your life and really living in the present, this very moment, because you know? life is beautiful.

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TSM 15/41 Every Homeless Person has a Story

October 3, 2015October 20, 2024Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast 5 Comments

Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Dennis Cardiff aired from October 13th

Telling The Stories of Those Too Often Ignored

Throughout the past four years I have met many people, now friends, who for various reasons are, or were, homeless.

Writing about the homeless and helping the homeless, has given my life a purpose that it didn’t have before. Documenting their stories will, I hope, introduce them to the public in a non-threatening way. Some panhandlers look intimidating, but that disappears when one sees them laugh. A typical day for me involves taking the bus and walking two blocks to work. I pass Joy’s spot every day. I usually sit and talk with her for twenty to thirty minutes. Chester and Hippo may drop by to chat. Most afternoons, depending on weather, I walk two blocks to the park where the group of panhandlers varies in size from two to twenty or more. They don’t panhandle at the park. Like a soap opera, every day is different; some scenarios will carry over a few days or weeks. People will disappear for weeks or months due illness, rehab programs or incarceration. When I met Joy I was going through an emotional crisis. Meeting her and her friends – worrying about them and whether or not they would be able to eat and find a place to sleep – took my mind off my problems, that then, seemed insignificant. It was – is – truly a life changing experience.

SEVEN FRIENDS AND A DOG DIED DURING THE WRITING OF THIS BOOK ……………………….

Dennis Cardiff has been involved with street people since 2010, when he began to reach out, on his own, to some of the people without homes who he encountered in his daily life. In his new book, he documents conversations he’s had with them over the past 4 years and, in the process, gives those who are often robbed of their humanity a human face. Written in diary form by month, and including some of Cardiff’s own poetry, the author chronicles the lives of people who are often ignored, feared or reviled.

We can do something about it if we stop ignoring them.

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About this project, Cardiff says, “Some panhandlers look intimidating, but that disappears when one sees them laugh.”

Dennis Cardiff lives with his wife in Ottawa, Canada. They each have two grown sons from previous marriages. An artist of many talents, Cardiff has been a professional portrait painter since 1972. He studied art at the Ontario College of Art, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Ottawa. As a writer, his poetry has been published in the Sheaf, the University of Saskatchewan’s newspaper, the Writing.com Anthology and an online poetry magazine, Shadowlands Express. His recent book “Gotta Find a Home: Conversations with Street People” (book 1 of 4) was published by Karenzo Media. Books 2 and 3 are currently at the publishers, and the 4th book of the series will be available in January 2015.