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Summer Scents, Self Confidence, Apps for DIY

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Summer Scents, Self Confidence, Apps for DIY

With a glass of vino in hand and several varietals opened on the patio, Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian and her sommelier daughter stroll through the garden to snip, crush, and crunch leaves and flowers to experience flavors in wine. Warm weather is here and it’s time to find out how to get a sip of summer. https://www.CynthiaBrian.com/gardening We are all attracted to confident individuals. How can we become self-confident and exude this confidence to others. Self-esteem and

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Courage and Meditation

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear––not absence of fear.” Mark Twain Do you meditate? Would you like to? What about bringing meditation into the classroom? Hosts Kenneth Jeon and Siri Phaneendra interview William P Meyer about his transformative book, Three Breaths and Begin. Get a deeper awareness and move through feelings with meditation. A teacher can use meditation every day in the classroom, on field trips, for sports assemblies, and more to help students

Retire to Expire, Species Extinction, Loving Spouse & Kids

Cynthia Brian

3 min

Retire to Expire, Species Extinction, Loving Spouse & Kids

Do you dream of retiring early? Do you have a plan for what you’ll do with the rest of your life? Golf, travel, and rocking chairs may not be enough. New research indicates that health problems intensify after workers qualify for retirement benefits and abate with introduced work. One million of the earth’s 8 million plant and animal species face imminent extinction. It’s happening at a rate of tens to hundreds time the speed as the rate over the past 10 million years. Our ec

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2 min

Appreciating Conveniences

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge.” Martin Luther King Jr. Conveniences of the past are not the conveniences we rely on today. Joven Hundal hosts with readings from Be the Star You Are! Millennials to Boomers Celebrating Gifts of Positive Voices in a Changing Digital World plus a riveting exploration of global conveniences in his segment of World Watch. Surprisingly one of his

Health Now, Growing Wisdom, Buying Appliances

Cynthia Brian

3 min

Health Now, Growing Wisdom, Buying Appliances

How can you live a long, happy life? Get healthy! Cynthia Brian poses the questions that we all ask ourselves and offers long-term solutions to everyday concerns. Want to know the best way to control your high blood pressure? Too stressed out? Should I be tested for Alzheimer’s gene? StarStyle has the answers! Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian remarks: “Every day I learn something new in the garden, usually by the mistakes I unwittingly make.” She’ll show you that the more you r

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4 min

Sophrology, Feedback, Nature’s RX

The Life Changing Power of Sophrology is a book by Dominique Antiglio, a London-based expert in the field. Sophrology is a stress-management and self-development method based on a practice for body and mind. Sophrology uniquely blends the essence of Eastern practices like meditation and yoga with Western science like relaxation, psychology, neurology into a simple practice to build resilience, positivity and transform your daily experiences. Giving constructive, positive feed

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2 min

College, Films, Communication

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” - George Bernard Shaw It’s no surprise that art being created today often heavily revolves around exploring the intricacies of communication. What does the film The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del Toro have to do with communication? Host Kenneth Jeon brings us a 20/20 Vision discussion of societal exploration and relationship-building while host Katie Choo shares the different communication

Sustaining Goals, Color Your World, All Age Gardening

Cynthia Brian

3 min

Sustaining Goals, Color Your World, All Age Gardening

You’ve made it for the quarter of the year, but how can you harness your inspiration to keep on track for the long haul when it comes to your goals? Let’s make a plan and stick to it! Coach cynthia Brian helps you with the particulars. If you want to color your world to fit your lifestyle, you only need to make a visit to the paint store. Paint is powerful. It has the potential to energize, increase appetite, calm you, and help you be more productive. Professional ASID interi

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3 min

Innovation and Clarity

Clarity and Innovation “The more of me I be, the clearer I can see.” - Rachel Andrews Young people are under a lot of pressure to choose their careers and determine what they want to do with their lives early on. Brigitte Jia and Kenneth Jeon tackle the subject of clarity with Brigitte expressing her struggles with her first year of college choices. Even if things seem clear, they aren’t always right - don’t be afraid to change if you feel you need it. Shawn Anderson, Author,

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3 min

Burn Baby burn!

The loss of lives and the devastation to California forests and homes in the past couple of years has many people re-thinking global warming. There are bigger, costlier and more frequent wildfires burning in the state more than ever before. As the temperatures rise and the vegetation gets drier, California can expect a 50% increase in burning blazes. What needs to be done and how can we protect ourselves from the next inferno? Cynthia Brian fuels the debate on how to manage o

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3 min

Getting Published

“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” Lao Tzu Rachel Glass, one of the five original reporters that launched Express Yourself!™ in 2011 sits behind the microphone to host this inspirational and intuitive hour focusing on awareness. She interviews literary agents, publishers, producers, and authors Bill and Gayle Gladstone discussing how books lead to increased awareness. A critical take-away from the conversation is

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3 min

Design Trends, Fire-wise, Cannabis 101

Trends come and go while style is what is lasts. We’ll look at what is trending now and what home design features can add value to the sale of your home. Fires are going to be part of our future. Do you know how to landscape with a fire wise mentality? Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian, shares information one Firescaping, a landscape design that reduces house and property vulnerability to wildfire. While enhancing the beauty of the property, we surround the house with plants th

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2 min

Art for Everyone

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas Brigitte is Back! Resident BTSYA artist, Brigitte Jia co-hosts with Kenneth Jeon with lively discussions and in depth analysis on the meaning of art. Brigitte wrote the chapter, The Gift of Art in the new book by Cynthia Brian, Be the Star You Are! Millennials to Boomers Celebrating Gifts of Positive Voices in a Changing Digital World which both hosts read aloud. Kenneth offers his 20/20 Vision segment relati

Rendezvous with the Fat Man, Taylor Swift’s Lessons, Nature’s Natives

Cynthia Brian

4 min

Rendezvous with the Fat Man, Taylor Swift’s Lessons, Nature’s Natives

In 1972, Jan Sherman was a beautiful 22 year old actress/stunt woman who fled the Hollywood ‘rat race’ by moving to the island of Ibiza off the coast of Spain. Her life changed forever after attending an eclectic party of expatriate artists and hippies when the hostess invited her to South America to buy and smuggle a kilo of cocaine. Talent agent and sister of Jan, Gail Sherman Jones unveils her new book, Rendezvous with the Fat Man, about the true saga of her sister’s doubl

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3 min

Appreciation

“There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation than for bread.” Mother Teresa The more we appreciate the little things in life, the more big things will appear that enhance and empower us. All three books in the Be the Star You Are! series boast a chapter on Appreciation. Kenneth Jeon kicks off this episode by reading Joven Hundal’s chapter on Appreciation from the book, Be the Star You Are! Millennials to Boomers Celebrating Gifts of Positive Voices in a Changi

The Gratitude Formula, Helping Kids Fail, The Gift of Gratitude

Cynthia Brian

3 min

The Gratitude Formula, Helping Kids Fail, The Gift of Gratitude

In The Gratitude Formula, McCarthy offers a definable, practical system that you can put to use every day to achieve success in your relationships, career, finances, health, personal pursuits, spiritual growth, and virtually any other aspect of your life. www.maymccarthy.com It may be easy to be a helicopter parent but the example you set for your children is negative. Instead of raising confident children, you breed risk averse adults. Learn to teach your children that figur

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3 min

It’s a Dog’s World: The Gift of Animals

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” Groucho Marx Dogs. Companion dogs. The best non judgmental, good listeners after a tough day at the office, great motivators to humans to get up off the couch and go to the park! Kenneth Jeon interviews Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce about their newest collaborative book, Unleashing your Dog. Unleashing Your Dog builds on the latest research in canine science and provides many practical

Supplement Scams, Being a Great Boss, Modern Slavery

Cynthia Brian

3 min

Supplement Scams, Being a Great Boss, Modern Slavery

That bottle of pills that has been touted as curing everything from insomnia to anxiety but be nothing but snake oil. The FDA can’t patrol the $43 billion domestic sales of every supplement so it may be time to get some extra information. If you want to be a better boss, we have the qualities, habits, and policies that you’ll want to emulate and incorporate into your work culture. If you are seeking a new job and want to be successful and happy, it will behoove you to seek a

R & B Singer Songwriter Pris-K & Activism

Cynthia Brian

3 min

R & B Singer Songwriter Pris-K & Activism

“You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.” - Yoko Ono Joven Hundal and Kenneth Jeon spearhead an episode of Express Yourself! dedicated to activism. Besides discussing personal experiences, they read Brigitte Jia’s chapter from the book, Be the Star You Are! Millennials to Boomers Celebrating Gifts of Positive Voices in a Changing Digital World, then introduce Pris-K, the French R & B singer songwrite

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3 min

New Castle Disease and School Scandals

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/114382/new-castle-disease-and-school-scandals A highly contagious and deadly bird virus, the dreaded Virulent Newcastle Disease has moved north from Southern California. Most infections have occurred among chickens raised at homes on the outskirts of urban areas, where former farms and stables have become incorporated into cities but still have dense pockets of animals.Because of the threat to the state’s $2.5-billion poultry industry, pou

Passion, Purpose, & Possibility Producer

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Empowerment Architect