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Tune in to the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Jenna Finds a Dog is grounded in a real clinical understanding of family trauma and childhood anger. Cynthia Brian interviews author Dr. Terence Rousseau as he weaves descriptions of the hormonal shifts that occur under stress. The novel teaches readers how the

Tune in to the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! If you like to forage and eat fresh from the garden, are you certain that the plants you are consuming are safe to eat? Many beautiful leaves, flowers, stems, and berries are poisonous, and several are deadly. Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian shares information you

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Cynthia Brian has long advocated that teens are not just the future, they are “the today”. In Smithsonian’s Magazine about the 250th Anniversary of America, they write about the teen machine. Cynthia talks about how teens rule and the most important words of our t

Tune in to the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Our face is the first thing people see when they meet you. Do you have a skin care routine for both morning and evening? If not, we’ll give you the basics to help your face look and feel its best without making mistakes. If you don’t understand the difference bet

Tune in to the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! One of the best ways to save money in the garden is to save seeds. For most plants, just clip, gather, dry, and save the seeds in an envelope or brown paper bag. Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian tells you how to do it! If you are looking for a wonderful workout, s

Picture this: it’s the middle of the night. The power is out. It’s pitch-black and cold. You are sick with the flu, and there is pounding at your door. The firefighter says, “evacuate now…you have sixty seconds.” What do you do? It happened to us, and because I was partially prepared for an emergency, my husband and I were in our car in less than a minute. Mistakes were made; lessons were learned. Global warming is resulting in more frequent and devastating climate disasters.

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Be the Star You Are!® charity became a 501 c3 twenty-seven years ago. As BTSYA enters its 28th year of serving the world as an all-volunteer nonprofit, Founder/Executive Director Cynthia Brian shares how Be the Star You Are!® has been making a difference by empow

MIRACLE MOMENTS® “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Anne Frank A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN Cynthia Brian In the 1990s, while I was coaching youth and adults to be confident film actors, I was also producing and hosting a TV show that showcased ordinary people doing extraordinary things not for the money, but because it made a difference in the world. Audiences, crew members, and guests encourage

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Do you wake up at 3 a. m. and have problems getting back to sleep? The average person goes through four to six sleep cycles each night. If you wake up in the middle of the night consistently, you may have a sleep disorder. Find out how to get better sleep. Are yo

https://www.voiceamericamedia.com/show/express-yourself/leadher-up-and-female-empowerment/ Confidence doesn't just happen. It must be rebuilt after being bullied, criticized, excluded, or made to feel like you're not good enough. Radio host Kirpa Gill discusses the importance of empowering girls and maintaining a healthy mind, body, and spirit. She talks about the platform she created to do that, LeadHer Up, focusing on female empowerment, mental health awareness, confidence,

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Humans are carnivores, but if you are considering minimizing meat in your diet, it helps to know which options can keep you healthy. Do you want to become a vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, or ovo-vegetarian? A well-planned diet will be safe and healthy. Explore th

MIRACLE MOMENTS® “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by human beings for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison people because they are different from others.” President Lyndon B. Johnson https://cynthiabrian.substack.com/p/the-right-to-vote? https://www.vapresspass.com/2026/08/20/your-vote-counts/ A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN Cynthia Brian On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting R

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Most people say they need to relax but often just don’t know how. Cynthia Brian offers grounding and breathing tips along with other ways to take time to smell the roses. Speaking of smelling the roses, part of what makes scent a powerful sense is how differently

“August is one of the hottest months of the northern year…’twixt the flower and the fruit.” Hal Borland, Naturalist and Author It has been a warm summer, with August scheduled to bring on the heat. The hot days of this month showcase my seasonal favorite flowers. The Naked Ladies are back! When the calendar page flips to August and the days are long and hot, these gorgeous Amaryllis belladonnas shoot their bare stems skyward. Their fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers in various

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! It’s hot in our August gardens. What is growing? What is going on? Find out with Goddess gardener, Cynthia Brian, as we dig deeper into our summer landscapes. Today’s pets are critical members of our human families. More money than ever is being spent on gifts, ce

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Are you afraid of losing your job to artificial intelligence? Work is changing, and AI will take over some areas of our work. Tasks will be distributed, but change doesn’t necessarily mean that jobs will disappear. We hope that they will evolve. Walking is the ea

https://sites.libsyn.com/556617/teaching-financial-independence-to-youthhttps://sites.libsyn.com/556617/teaching-financial-independence-to-youth Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Young people are stressed today, and social media is a contributor. We want young adults to indulge in real relationshi

https://cynthiabrian.substack.com/p/truth-be-told MIRACLE MOMENT® “Truth is always the strongest argument.” Sophocles Share A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN Cynthia Brian We are fortunate to live in a country where the First Amendment of the United States guarantees five fundamental freedoms. According to Congress.gov, this amendment of the Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! In today's digital world, some people question whether books are still relevant. Yet books remain a valuable part of our lives. They entertain, educate, inspire, and help us see the world from new perspectives. teach my four young siblings the gift of literacy. Bu

“Summer afternoon -- summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James With the 250th birthday of our nation in 2026, many gardens are cloaked in red, white, and blue. A top garden design trend this year is patio culture, and with the semiquincentennial front of mind, I call it star-spangled living. Most Americans love being outdoors, and summertime is our sandbox. Whether our patio is in the front, back, or side