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Producer, writer and director in the Hollywood television industry, Kac Young, will talk about awards season. Most recently she was Vice President of Television Production and Development for Universal Studios Hollywood and has also served on the boards of The Director's Guild of America and Women in Film. She’ll also discuss her book, Essential Oils for Beginners. Essential oils are powerful essences from plants, trees, shrubs, fruits, seeds, nuts, and bark. Used correctly they can be your best friends. Used incorrectly or undiluted they can bring you harm and discomfort. www.kacyoung.com Food Waste is a global issue. Cutting back on waste will help the environment, savie resources, and energy. What are ways that you can stop the pollution by eliminating food waste. Find out! According to Cynthia Brian, happiness is an inside job. She’ll read and discuss The Gift of Happiness from her award winning book, Be the Star You Are!® 99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference. The tr

Are you wearing green today? If not, get ready to be pinched! Although St. Patrick’s Day originally had a blue theme, even the Emerald Isle has adopted the color green to celebrate their national saint. Learn about the history and traditions. Erin go bragh! Shamrocks, spring, and sweet peas! It’s almost spring and gardening is on all of our minds. We’ll dig into the moist soil to discuss what’s new and exciting for this season. Leprechauns and fairies may be lurking in their mini houses. It’s a magical time of year in nature. If you’ve had your first Covid-19 vaccine of Modern or Pfizer, it is imperative to have the second one for maximum protection of 95%. There are few things you need to know about getting your vaccine.

Soap opera star by day, harried, single mom by night, Calliope Hart’s life is a delicate balancing act. When the network cancels her show, Callie’s world crumbles and she must decide whether it is more important to fight to save the show or take a risk and start over from scratch. Cynthia Brian interviews author, Sarahlyn Bruck, about her newest novel, Daytime Drama. When you interview for a job, do you always tell the truth? Researchers and career coaches indicate that most people tell white lies from slight exaggerations to full-blown fabrications. Where are you on the spectrum? We’ll take a test! If you want to be more creative, you need to eliminate stress. If you want to prevent weight gain, give yourself a reality check. Use the measures provided by cynthia Brian to get in shape mentally, physically, and emotionally to increase your creativity and esteem.

Her Highness is a female-first cannabis and CBD lifestyle brand based in New York designed for the modern cannabis consumer. Stylishly made by women for women, Cynthia Brian interviews co-founders Laura Eisman and Allison Krongard. Her Highness donates funds that directly support women incarcerated for non-violent cannabis crimes. With less than three weeks to go before the vernal equinox, this is an auspicious time to contemplate how we want to orient our window views for the future. Challenges abound for the Biden administration. Diminishing economic opportunities, continuing racial injustice, the deathly pandemic, and political polarity. What can we learn from former President Franklin Roosevelt’s leadership and how can we move forward gracefully and peacefully. As humans we brush our teeth twice a day. But do we brush our pet’s teeth? Veterinarians are now recommending preventative oral care for animals with tooth brushing at home at least four times weekly.

Love, Dad: How My Father Died  ..Then Told Me He Didn’t details Mike Anthony's true story as he pulls himself out of despair, and alongside his family, finds true connection and communication with his dad once again. So compelling is his story that Netflix chose to feature it in three episodes of their series Surviving Death. Life at Hamilton by Mike Anthony, details true stories of the interactions between himself, the bar manager at Hamilton on Broadway, and the patrons who were witnessing history while seeing this record breaking, life changing show. Mike’s stories let us in on love, loss and finding your own story amongst the sometimes blinding lights and sometimes darkest hours of life. The book pulls back the curtain to the blockbuster show Hamilton. As we leave the sign of Aquarius and enter the horoscope of Pisces, let’s pray that the lyrics from the Age of Aquarius ring true throughout 2021. Let the sun shine, let the sun shine in! And, please let it rain this month

Over 450, 000 and climbing is the number of fatalities from Covid-19 here in the United States, with thousands of deaths happening in senior living facilities. Aging at home could be a better answer to living with covid in retirement. Relationships are challenging any day but when two people retire the relationship can become more complicated. Sometimes it takes ten or more years in retirement before couples feel satisfied. So how can we transition from a working life as a couple to a couple that has lots of time together? We may need to relearn wants and needs. It is unclear how the corona virus attacks the brain. There are things we can do to keep our brains healthy. Learn tips to beat the challenges and build brain resilience. Embrace healthy lifestyles, wear a mask, continue social distancing, and get a vaccine when it is available. We can beat covid if we all assume responsibility for our wellness.

During Covid-19, people are afraid to visit a physician for preventative care. The good news is that patients can take care of their health at home with virtual consultations, home monitoring, and testing devices. Find out what you can do to stay healthy and stay home. February is a month of pruning, planning and perusing in your garden. Take a walk around your garden and make notes of where you need more wit and whimsy. Know where the sun rises, moves, and sets throughout your landscape. Do you need to add or extend irrigation? Do you have a favorite color palette, or do you prefer a cacophony of color authentically unique to you? The vaccine has been shipped and provided to the highest risk category. When can you get vaccinated and what precautions should be taken before and after a shot. Find out how to stay safe as we navigate this pandemic.

A breast cancer diagnosis at forty-nine forces Christine Shields Corrigan, a wife, mom, and meticulous list-maker, to confront her deepest fears of illness, death, and loss of control as she struggles to face cancer again. Her adult experience mirrors her teen bout with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, with one exception—she no longer has parents keeping her in the dark. Christine will talk about her book, Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists. In a time when the entire world is in upheaval, anxiety is high, suffering is everywhere, it is more important that ever to take care of one’s mind, body, and spirit. Find out ways to be mindful and manage stress. Are a perfectionist? Do you oversee a team or are you a solopreneur? Striving to be perfect can be a barrier to your success and your happiness. We’ll bust the myths and offer truths so you can reach your potential.

It’s Awards Season with the SAG Awards, Golden Globes, Oscars, and more. Cynthia Brian shares her favorites of 2020 for both TV, documentaries, and film. Go backstage on Broadway, behind the scenes on TV, and inside the complicated psyche of performer Melanie Chartoff. “Odd Woman Out” exposes the nature of identity in the life of a performing artist, snapshotting the hopeful search for a self Chartoff could love — and someone for her to love, too. A conversation about womanhood, love, and the entertainment industry! With so many circumstances out of our control this past year, it’s hard to put a positive spin on today and our future. But each small step we take towards optimism lifts our spirits and eases our stress.

Every January, people make resolutions to lose weight, earn more money, sleep more hours, travel to distant lands, and spend more time with loved ones. By the beginning of April, most of those great intentions have been long forgotten in the fast paced existence we call life. Although statistics indicate that it only takes 30 days to drop an old habit or learn a new one, most of us just don’t stick with our plans long enough to reap any benefits. January, the month of winter sleep, offers gardeners the opportunity to dream, to plan, and to imagine. There is not much work to be done in our yards, but we can still begin to chart the days ahead so that we’ll be able to share the bounty from our efforts. Be renewed by nature. Who can’t use more inner peace in the new year? Learn to be calmer and more present with a few mindfulness tips that at free and at your disposal from meditating to moon gazing!

You can survive a recession. Several tips to get past challenges and reinvent yourself or your company in this episode. Getting the right amount of sleep is critical to optimum health. If you want to boost your immune system, sleeping eight hours a night is key. Before you get a vaccine, prioritize sleep as you’ll gain heightened immunity according to researchers. A variety of animals have been traveling on airlines for a long time as “emotional support animals”, however, passengers have abused the privilege bringing on board comfort peacocks, comfort snakes, comfort turkeys, comfort spiders, and more. Rules have changed to ensure the safety of the traveling public.

In the Age of Quarantine, the Old West Makes a Comeback with John Layne’s Second Novel, Red River Reunion. From the author of Gunslingers: A Story of the Old West, Red River Reunion is a classic Western Fiction novel set in 1877 that traces the lives of U.S. Deputy Marshal Luxton Danner and Texas Ranger Wes Payne during their latest Texas adventures, where they risk everything to defend the meek, uphold frontier law, and satisfy their pursuit of doing what no other men can. The garden industry says it is in the middle of a “Great Rest!” according to the Garden Media 2021 Trends Report. There have been sad endings and joyous beginnings. How will gardens help us be more resilient in 2021? Everyone still wants all the services, but now they must be outdoors. 2021 will be the year of renewal by nature. A vaccine alone will not be enough to rapidly extinguish the pernicious pandemic of Covid-19. Most likely it will take at least another year for the layers of defense to provide a barrier.

Everyone is thrilled that 2020 is at an end. Now we look to the future of 2021 with hope and faith. We have to come together, reconnect, and rebuild our country. Purple is the color for 2021. As an Empowerment Architect, Cynthia Brian’s aim is to encourage, inspire, inform, and motivate. Her “heart book”, Be the Star You Are! 99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference offers readers a wealth of true stories, uplifting quotes, and simple exercises to help you be the star of your own performance In today’s StarStyle episode, Cynthia reads chapters on Leadership, Lifelines, Listening, Love, Magic, and Miracles to help you end 2020 with hope and start 2021 with a fresh, positive perspective. Buy copies of this book and others at https://www.CynthiaBrian.com/online-store.

Australian author and founder of Serenidad Consulting, Nola Hennessy brings harmony into Christmas festivities as she visits with Cynthia Brian on StarStyle®. Nola will discuss how developing resilience for life relies on both good and bad experiences, and how best to build a new year that is founded on the lessons learned in 2020. Nola sees peace through an educator’s lens, strongly and consistently advocating for ‘prevention’ strategies and proactive education to resolve the world’s global conflicts and increasing levels of violence and discord. Her multi-award winning book “Post-Traumatic Stress – Not a Life Sentence” includes a special Chapter on “Resilience for Life” in which Nola writes “maintaining the goal of inner peace…………..and (giving yourself) positive affirmations………..will help create your self-fulfilling prophecy “. Cynthia Brian shares The Gift of Harmony from her book, Be the Star You Are!® 99 Gifts about an extraordinary experience with fur seals in the Galapagos.

Since Be the Star You Are! 99 Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning to Make a Difference debuted, readers have been asking author Cynthia Brian to read the chapters to a world of listeners. In today’s StarStyle® episode, Cynthia reads the introduction to the gifts as well as several chapters that begin with the letter “A”. Included will be Abundance, Acceptance, Action, Adventure, Affection, and Affirmation You’ll be empowered by the chapters to be your best self. As an Empowerment Architect, Cynthia Brian’s aim is to encourage, inspire, inform, and motivate. Become the star of your own performance. Buy copies of this book and others at https://www.CynthiaBrian.com/online-store.

As winter approaches, we want to get our outdoor spaces and home ready for the cold and wet. Cynthia Brian offers tips on winterization. Don’t forget to test smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, clean out gutters, replace furnace filters, stack the firewood, and have plenty of hot chocolate fixings ready for those nights in front of a blazing fireplace! From dives of danger to flights of fright, author of Sleeping Around…Challenging My Comfort Zone, Mary L. Peachin, is no shrinking violet. “I like to live each day to the fullest” says the self-proclaimed adrenalin junkie. Mary will discuss her global adventures including encounters with saltwater crocs, bears, and sharks. Get your heart pumping. Watching the wide-eyed wonder of children during the holidays is an additional dividend of the magical season of Christmas. This is a great time to spark children’s enthusiasm for gardening. The rewards go far beyond reaping a harvest of fruits, flowers, and vegetables. Kids love to get dirty

Trust but Verify by Karna Small Bodman features a member of The White House staff and an FBI Special Agent who race to unravel an explosive plot. It is one that threatens the lives of international financial leaders and would sink stock market worldwide. Fraud is on the rise during Covid-19. Find out who are the primary targets, who is doing this, and what can you do to protect yourself and your loved ones. It’s been a busy year. Since the onset of the pandemic, every day I have worked many hours to improve my landscape: pruning dead limbs, repairing stairs, rebuilding arches, eradicating weeds, planting new specimens, fertilizing, firescaping, re-seeding, and adding amendments. Cynthia Brian offers thanks for family, friends, health, and her garden as she looks forward to winter.

America is a country of great abundance, yet, everyday most of us complain about the lack in our lives. Being human means that all of us, regardless of race, religion, economics, politics, or sex, will have difficult times and challenges to overcome. We have created a plan that works for us and we’ll share it with you. It’s called, Thanksgiving is Today. Building and remodeling are on the rise during the pandemic. Cynthia Brian offers a selection of home design trade secrets that can help you elevate your living space. Disasters are happening at an increasing rate. If you are a survivor of a disaster, what are steps you can take to rebuild your life? Hear information you need to get back to normal.

As the world turns the leaves on our deciduous trees to reds, ambers, and golds, this is a perfect time to replenish your mulch and enrich your soil. If your garden is small, you can buy bags of amendments at your garden center or hardware store, but if you have a large property, it is best to order a truckload. Discover your nature friends and applaud them as masterpieces. https://www.voiceamerica.com/account/HostEcardService#account-mylibrary Author of Becoming Lady Washington, Betty Bolte designs the backstory of Martha Washington when George must choose between duty to country and Martha. Compelled to take matters into her own hands, Martha must decide whether to remain where she belongs or go with her husband… no matter what the dangerous future may hold. Cyberbullying has been on the rise during Covid-19. According to experts, cyberbullying is up over 70%. What can a parent do to prevent the bullying and provide positive intervention? Find out.

Are you feeling more in touch with Mother Earth as we near the beginning of eight months of stay-at-home mandates because of Covid-19? Or are you feeling antsy, stressed, and out-of-sorts? Vote for decency and respect as you shelter with Mother Nature. Cynthia Brian interviews retired physician turned novelist, Dr. Sandra Cavallo Miller with her second novel, Where Light Comes and Goes. She describes these novels as science-based medical adventure”. Her novels brim with accurate medicine, science, and geology. They include outdoor adventure, romance, and mental illness. The protagonist is a young female physician at a clinic on the south rim of the Grand Canyon who is remaking herself as she battles an anxiety condition. When the world finally returns to “normal”, with or without a vaccine, pundits predict the year could be 2024. It will take that time to recover from political, social, economic, and psychological trauma. There isn’t an early exit from the pain and suffering.