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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 AI Chatbots stealing your privacy? ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude could be helpful tools, but where does all the info you share go? Find out how to protect your privacy while using AI. Everyone encounters stress. Managing it is critical. Explore effectiv

https://sites.libsyn.com/556617/bracing-for-summer-heat-and-learning-to-say-no 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! America is not prepared for extreme temperatures. This summer may be the hottest ever. Extreme heat is not recognized as a disaster in the USA, despite the fact that it is the greatest

MIRACLE MOMENT® “No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?” Lee Iacocca, Retired Automobile Executive Share A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN Because my parents loved each other and my four siblings deeply and unconditionally, I was one of the luckiest children in the world. We were raised on a farm, surrounded by land, animals, and a gi

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 springtime, and besides being allergy season, it is also the beginning of tick season. Ticks bring many types of dangerous diseases. We take measures to avoid ticks while hiking, but how can we tick-proof our backyards? Find a few tips that will keep you heal

“If an herb looks nice in a border, then why not grow it there? Why not grow anything anywhere, so long as it looks right where it is? That is, surely, the art of gardening.” Vita Sackville-West If you have ever had the delight of visiting Sissinghurst Castle in Kent, you will have experienced one of the most romantic and influential gardens of England. Novelist and poet Vita Sackville-West and her diplomat, politician, and author husband, Sir Harold George Nicolson, designed

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! A garden is a living canvas of colors, textures, scents, and wildness. May is a month of magical majesty in the garden. Experiment with new specimens, attract hummingbirds and bumblebees, and enjoy the parade of spectacular rose blooms. The Goddess Gardener, Cynth

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! Ghost tapping is the newest credit card fraud, where small, unfamiliar charges show up on a contactless payment card without a clear point of purchase. The amounts are easy to miss, but they can signal unauthorized access to your payment method rather than a simpl

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! AAA indicates that senior adults can expect to live many years beyond their ability to drive safely. How do elders plan for their mobility in their golden years? Where will they retire? When is it time to give up the car keys? Can we trust AI to give us accurate m

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! Chief Seattle said, “The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth.” We are responsible for protecting the planet. I lead with hope and will continue to focus on how we can be proactive in driving change. Humanity is our greatest tool. Let us act as sens

MIRACLE MOMENT® “The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth.” Chief Seattle A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN I grew up on a farm where being sustainable was a way of life. We were dry farmers, which meant that the fields were irrigated solely by the rainfall. Water was a precious commodity, and after many years, my dad and brothers built a reservoir to collect the precipitation. We recycled, reused, repurposed, remade. We saved seeds to plant the he

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 interviews author, Jack Bialik, for his thought -provoking book, Lost in Time. Lost in Time examines the fragile nature of human knowledge and the forces—be they war, natural disasters, or changing priorities—that contribute to its disappearance. Bi

"We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy, but because it is hard." — President John F. Kennedy, 1962 Apollo planted a seed. Artemis is the tree. For the first time in over 50 years, humans are flying to the Moon. Not in a textbook. Not in a movie. Right now. NASA's Artemis program was officially established in 2017, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology. Host Saanvi Phaneedra breaks down the Artemis mission into three segments in this broadcas

“With joy and poetry, sunshine feels cozy. Spring is blooming with the power of posies.” Cynthia Brian Do you remember holding hands with friends, walking in a circle, singing the children’s nursery rhyme, “Ring-a-round the rosie, a pocket full of posies?” The origin of the song is unknown, but it has been attributed to the Bubonic Plague or Black Death beginning in 1347. A posy (also spelled posie) is a small bunch of flowers given as a gift. In the Victorian era, the select

Tune into StarStyle® with host, Cynthia Brian, for a hopeful, practical look at two urgent topics: protecting yourself from AI-generated scams and celebrating the power of posies in the April gardens! Listen now and empower yourself — knowledge is protection and growth! https://sites.libsyn.com/556617/ai-fraud-and-april-gardens AI Fraud, April Gardens Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on

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! What is the origin of April Fool’s Day? It dates back over 400 years and is a chance for good mischief. It is a global day of jokes and pranks. Find out a few silly hoaxes and falsehoods. Americans love their showers. Is it better to shower in the morning or the

Solo Aging and Nighttime Anxiety 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! 57% of single people who are aging depend on support from friends. How do solo agers develop their social networks and discover what they need to thrive as seniors? Is a busy brain keeping you awake at night? You toss and turn and

MIRACLE MOMENT® “There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” Michelle Obama Thanks for reading StarStyle® Empowerment! This post is public, so feel free to share it. Share A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN Women are leading the change and shaping the future. The month of March is dedicated to honoring women’s contributions to history, society, and gender equality. Our country will be celebrating its 250th birthday in 2026, yet women have had the priv

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 Americans moving to other countries for a better life? In 2025, the U.S. experienced definitive negative net migration for the first time since the Great Depression, with an estimated loss of about 150,000 people as reported in the Wall Street Journal. What i

“Fascination is fertilizer. Whatever you place your attention on grows.” ~ Alan Cohen The rain finally arrived at the end of February, followed by several warm days reaching into the high 70s. It felt like bathing suit weather, and I was tempted! Fascination is fertilizer. StarStyle® Empowerment is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. https://cynthiabrian.substack.com/p/march-forward ? I am tick

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! Spring is the time to look forward. March 20 th marks the vernal equinox, yet California has been enjoying an early spring since the beginning of February. Yellow is the predominant color in March, with wild mustard, Acacia trees, oxalis, Mexican stonecrop, and