Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Stephen Gillen, on air from November 3rd
Stephen Gillen’s life journey, work creations, media career, and global coaching successes have received a high level of worldwide engagement and TV, radio, and film interest. A person who, after growing up in the civil war in Belfast who then going through a traumatic care system, then a life of Organized Crime and twenty years as one of Britain’s most dangerous Criminals reformed becoming a globally successful entrepreneur & philanthropist – In May this year he was nominated by the Secretary-General of the Universal Peace Federation and a UK peace ambassador for the prestigious “SUNHAK” International Peace Prize. Awarded in past years to presidents and other influential global dignitaries, Stephen was privileged enough to be forwarded for this honour, not just for the many humanitarian initiatives he is currently involved in, but in the category of “Conflict Resolution” and for overcoming great adversity and then focusing on benefiting and improving the lives of others.
Already receiving global acclaim and widely talked about in broadcast media and featured in influential tabloids, Stephen Gillen’s book “The Monkey Puzzle Tree”, inspired by the true events of his life, is being hailed as a literary masterpiece. A book that is dealing with important dark issues and will change and improve lives all over the world.
The book ‘The Monkey Puzzle Tree’ already being called an International Bestseller has received widespread broadcast and Media coverage around the world. A Main Sponsor of the Prestigious ‘2020 British Film Festival’ this year this gripping True Story is Center Stage & visible to the Worlds A-Listers, film-makers and influencers as the eagerly awaited major film adaption of the book speeds forward!
Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Jackie Van Campen, on air from October 6th
I grew up in a country where being sexually active at 12/13 y/o was normalized. Teen pregnancy was (and still is) a common occurrence. By the time I was 12, I was already making out with 15/16-y/o boys. By the time I was 13, I was making out with a 23-y/o man. It was normal for young women to date much older guys. Enter the movie “Cutie” on Netflix. After reading so many posts of distraught women bashing Netflix for the hypersexualization of children for the way they were promoting the show, I decided to watch it for myself and gather my own opinions on it. If all you got from it was the hypersexualization of children, you missed very significant pieces and layers, including what leads to these issues. As I watching the show, I was reminded of my own experiences and things I saw growing up
– Poverty
Religious and cultural oppression of women
Peer pressure
Lack of open communication between parents and children
There’s so much I want to say about these points and how some of them directly impacted me as a tween/teen and then as an adult. I’m still gathering my thoughts…One thing I’ll say is that as I look at my own girls (22, 15, and 12), I’m grateful that their experiences so far have been very different than mine at their respective ages. We don’t protect our children by hiding things from them. We protect them by having open dialogue and communication – something I did not have growing up. I hope that instead of freaking out over things, we can actually have open and honest conversations, especially as women, because if we want to change the way children are hypersexualized, we need to start by confronting the issues that lead to it, including the demons in our own closets..
Jackie VanCampen is the author of Letters to My Daughter: A Mother’s Journey of Healing and Transformation, and co-author of Amazon Best-Seller Miracles, Momentum, and Manifestation – Unleash the Secret Powers of Having the Life You Desire and The Little Black Book of Fitness. Her album titled Jackie VanCampen’s Soulful Expression debuted in the Top 10 on Amazon and has touched many people. She is a medium, direct channel, and energy healer. She’s also a motivational speaker and founder of Wise Heart Within, which serves to support and facilitate healing and transformation in every area of life. She believes that when you can fully love and embrace your light, you can shine it for others to walk their own paths powerfully. After experiencing a spiritual awakening in 2011, when she was visited by what she calls, “Beings of Light,” Jackie knew she her life was going to change completely. As a gifted intuitive, she helps people discover their soul work and release mental, emotional, and spiritual densities that keep them from living fulfilling lives. She is a bridge between the Earth and the Spiritual realms and facilitates the connection between oneself and one’s spirit guides as well as deceased loved ones. Jackie has been featured on various podcasts and interviews and was also a contributing writer on various online media outlets, including having one of her poems published in Spiritual Writers Network’s book Whispers of the Soul, A Poetry Anthology and in Journey of the Heart. She is an NLP and Timeline certified practitioner, as well as a Reiki and Access Bars practitioner and is immersed in the personal and spiritual development world. She combines her expertise and tools with her intuitive gifts and abilities to provide the ultimate healing and coaching experience. Jackie is a Women’s Leader in the Soka Gakkai, a lay Buddhist organization dedicated to spreading happiness through peace, culture, and education, and Community Leader with Women for Women International. She’s a wife and the mother of three beautiful, creative, self-expressed daughters.
Letters to My Daughter: A Mother’s Journey of Healing and Transformation ($15)
In this heart-warming, inspirational book, Jacqueline shares her life-story with her 14-year-old daughter in order to show her that when we listen to the wisdom of our heart, we are more empowered to choose a context for our lives that allows us to live from a place of victory as opposed to victimhood.
This book is a collection of poems which were selected by the Spiritual Writers Network, and includes one of my poems.” To purchase a copy, please click HERE.
Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, on-air from September 8th
The Prince is working to improve the lives of Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Hijra, and Koti minority groups and communities. With the main focus on the cultural, social, spiritual, physical, and mental health of all sexual minority groups.
I am the 39th direct descendant of the 650-year-old Gohil Dynasty and Crown Prince of Rajpipla in western India. I happen to be the first member of a royal family in the world to openly come out as gay.
I am the only Indian to be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey 3 times and have also been featured on “Keeping up with the Kardashians” on 2 episodes. I am the co-founder and Chairman of Lakshya Trust dedicated to the empowerment of the LGBT community. I am also the Ambassador Consultant for India for the world’s largest and oldest nonprofit organisation for HIV testing and treatment.
Currently, I am busy developing an LGBT community Campus in my royal establishment at Rajpipla for the social and financial empowerment of LGBT.
His story drew the attention of Oprah
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the Prince to discuss LGBT. concerns.
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Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest Dr. Patti Ashley, on air from July 28tth
Many of us are experiencing grief as we navigate the current world circumstances but it doesn’t have to paralyze us with fear or inaction. How can we heal our wounds and return to love and grace as we emerge from the chaos and not only survive but THRIVE?
Best-Selling Author, International Speaker, and Psychotherapist Patti Ashley, Ph.D., LPC, discusses how we can emerge with hope and transform grief and fear into love and grace.
Dr. Patti AshleyPsychotherapist, best selling author and international speaker Patti Ashley, Ph.D., LPC brings unique insight to the identification and treatment of trauma, shame, grief, and dysfunctional family patterns. Her signature Authenticity Architecture model creates long-term changes in the brain and central nervous system, breaking through ingrained barriers to personal freedom and authentic growth, and excavating the truth of self-love, belonging, and connection.
With over 35 years of experience, Dr. Ashley has counseled myriad individuals, couples, families and groups in mental health agencies, psychiatric hospitals, and private practice settings. She is also responsible for having developed and taught continuing education courses for physicians, hospital wellness programs, universities, and several private organizations.
Patti holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the Union Institute and University. She is the author of Living in the Shadow of the Too-Good Mother Archetype (2014), Letters to Freedom (2019) and the upcoming Shame-Informed Therapy: The Art and Architecture of Reconstructing the Authentic Self (scheduled for release July 7th 2020).
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Their Story Matter with Sara Troy, and her guests, Erica Ramsey-Bowen, and Barrett Clemmensen Powell, on-air from June 9th
We speak to the lack of representation of Black children in books as bright, adventurous and capable children. What do they have to be inspired by when they do not see themselves in any books?
“From both my personal experience as well as data compiled from various sources on the subject, it has been demonstrated time and time again that from an early age, children infer from the lack of diverse protagonists that there is a limitation to their abilities and potential. If the sight of the white cisgender Christian able-bodied protagonist keeps appearing in the majority of children’s books (and for me, particularly in fantasy literature), then there is an unspoken understanding that children of color, children who identify as a gender other than a cisgender male, children who are of a different religion than Christianity, and children who are differently-abled ARE NOT SEEN. Every year, an infographic is produced and shared showing the statistics for diversity in this country compiled by Sarah Park Dahlen and every year, children of color consistently have a much smaller percentage of children’s literature starring THEM vs books with a hero who is white, male, Christian, heterosexual, BUT there are ALSO MORE books featuring an animal as the protagonist versus children of color, or another gender, or religion or physical ability. So, just to be clear, a polar bear or a talking cat OR a naked mole rat can get more validation, if you will, of their abilities to be the hero in life than any of these other groups of human children. And last but not least, let’s examine this from the flip side: from the white, cisgender, male-identifying, Christian, physically-abled point of view if you are accustomed to literally seeing yourself as the hero and focus of most adventures, would that not shape your attitude towards the worth of others different than you that you never see in those same pages? It’s no wonder there is a broad unspoken assumption of that white male able-bodied Christian is always to be on the pinnacle, the indisputable top of the heap.
Poverty
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