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    Peace, Harmony, and Christmas with Nola Hennessy and Cynthia Brian
    Cynthia Brian
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    Peace, Harmony, and Christmas with Nola Hennessy and Cynthia Brian

    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 th
    Winterizing, Sleeping Around, Dig it with Kids
    Cynthia Brian
    • Dec 12, 2020
    • 4 min

    Winterizing, Sleeping Around, Dig it with Kids

    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 long, dark 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
    Trust but Verify, Covid Cons, Garden of Gratitude
    Cynthia Brian
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 4 min

    Trust but Verify, Covid Cons, Garden of Gratitude

    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. Trust but Verify by Karna Small Bodman features a member of The White House staff and an FBI Specia
    Time Management, Birdnesting, Women, Work, and Covid
    Cynthia Brian
    • Oct 22, 2020
    • 4 min

    Time Management, Birdnesting, Women, Work, and Covid

    Time management can be challenging any time, but with the pandemic, working from home, and the stress of all of it, it may feel overwhelming. Cynthia Brian offers tips on how to refresh, be calm, and get your to-do list done. “Birdnesting” refers to an arrangement where parents alternate time in the family home and take turns being “on duty” with their children while moving toward separation or divorce. The children stay in the home full time, which gives them more time to ad
    Fall Planting, If You Tame Me, Secondhand
    Cynthia Brian
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 4 min

    Fall Planting, If You Tame Me, Secondhand

    SAG/AFTRA member Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platform to shine. Find out how brilliant our world talent is right here on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are! To grow healthy, nutritional produce, farmers work daily, rain or shine, in every season, to provide city dwellers with sustenance. They get paid when th
    Ready to Evacuate, Elections, Daring, Dazzling, Divine, Flu and Blood Pressure
    Cynthia Brian
    • Oct 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Ready to Evacuate, Elections, Daring, Dazzling, Divine, Flu and Blood Pressure

    SAG/AFTRA member Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platform to shine. Find out how brilliant our world talent is right here on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are! Natural disasters know no boundaries. One never knows if a fire, earthquake, flood, mudslide, or other calamity is on the horizon. It’s imperative to be
    Hannah’s War, Smoke Taint & Spaghetti Sauce, Flu & Safely Re-Beginning
    Cynthia Brian
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    Hannah’s War, Smoke Taint & Spaghetti Sauce, Flu & Safely Re-Beginning

    SAG/AFTRA member Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platform to shine. Meet global shining stars sharing their brilliance from home right here on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!® Join our party LIVE 4pm PT Wednesdays .http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2206/be-the-star-you-are #HomestageSAF, #CynthiaBrian, #StarSt
    Saving the Ocean, Supermodel Eugenia Kuzmina, Teens and Covid
    Cynthia Brian
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    Saving the Ocean, Supermodel Eugenia Kuzmina, Teens and Covid

    https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/125490/saving-the-ocean-supermodel-eugenia-kuzmina-teens-and-covid Humans owe our lives to the ocean. Marine life produces 70% of or oxygen and almost 50% of the world depends on food from the sea. But the ocean is dying. We are harvesting fish faster than they can regenerate, and climate change is causing an irreversible damage. Cynthia Brian will look at how we can preserve the ecosystem for our survival. Russian Supermodel Eugenia Kuzmi
    Dreaming the Marsh, Travel Insurance during Covid-19, Planting for Fall
    Cynthia Brian
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    Dreaming the Marsh, Travel Insurance during Covid-19, Planting for Fall

    https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/125489/dreaming-the-marsh-travel-insurance-during-covid-19-planting-for-fall SAG/AFTRA member Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platform to shine. Find out how brilliant our world talent is right here on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!® Dreaming the Marsh is an environmental
    21st Anniversary of Be the Star You Are!®, Bridging Borders Project, Magical Universe of the Ancie
    Cynthia Brian
    • Sep 9, 2020
    • 5 min

    21st Anniversary of Be the Star You Are!®, Bridging Borders Project, Magical Universe of the Ancie

    SAG/AFTRA member Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platform to shine. Find out how brilliant our world talent is right here on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!® Today is the 21st Anniversary of Be the Star You Are!® charity receiving its 501 c3 designation. On 9/9/99 Be the Star You Are!® launched its first prog
    Dangerous Air Quality, Phone/Internet Savings, Scandal at Crystalline, Telemedicine
    Cynthia Brian
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    Dangerous Air Quality, Phone/Internet Savings, Scandal at Crystalline, Telemedicine

    SAG/AFTRA member Cynthia Brian continues Wednesdays with Writers and Performers on StarStyle® giving authors, actors, artists, and entertainers who have had their live performances and events canceled due to Covid-19 a platform to shine. Find out how brilliant our world talent is right here on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!® The air quality in California because of the fires is worse than in New Delhi. The concentration of the tiny particles (PM2.5) is roughly five times the
    Epic Vision Zone, Telecommuting, Sweet Summer, Tick Tick
    Cynthia Brian
    • Jul 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    Epic Vision Zone, Telecommuting, Sweet Summer, Tick Tick

    Creative Intelligence Coach and Founder of Epic Vision Zone, Jane Applegath, joins Cynthia Brian to discuss how she brings role models to her summits to inspire others to become trailblazers. Jane says that by choosing creativity, we plant the seed for a new kind of trailblazer. The more the ability to imagine solutions with novelty, the brighter our world becomes. cynthia Brian was guest on the Epic Vision Vummit, https://vimeo.com/428857323/666eee51a8 For many months employ
    Grounded!
    Cynthia Brian
    • May 28, 2020
    • 5 min

    Grounded!

    “I rejoice when I see anyone, and especially children, inquiring about flowers, and wanting gardens of their own, and carefully working in them. For the love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but always grows and grows to an enduring and ever-increasing source of happiness.” Gertrude Jekyll It’s not only the airlines and cruise ships that are grounded! Young people everywhere are also enduring the sheltering-in-place mandate. As we embark on our eleventh week
    Immigration: Why We Are Coming with Yasin Kakande
    Cynthia Brian
    • May 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    Immigration: Why We Are Coming with Yasin Kakande

    From veteran journalist, Yasin Kakande, expelled from two Middle East countries because of his daunting investigative reporting, comes the real story of why Africans flee their beloved homelands for unfamiliar and uncertain surroundings with his book, Why We Are Coming. Host Siri Phaneendra talks with Yasin about his amazing journey to combat corporate greed, exploitation, political greed, and the plight of migrants worldwide. Economic, social, and political conditions in his
    May Power and Blessings
    Cynthia Brian
    • May 2, 2020
    • 6 min

    May Power and Blessings

    Share: May Day Power and Blessings http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/672296/170770587e Click to view this email in a browser MIRACLE MOMENT® "A person of power embraces challenges in complete gratitude. No matter the situation life may bring, discontent is never justified, rather all is experienced as an opportunity and a privilege to adventure and grow."James Ray,Author and Speaker  MESSAGE FROM CYNTHIA BRIAN  Founder/Executive Director Happy May! Can you believe we
    Wild and Free
    Cynthia Brian
    • Apr 30, 2020
    • 4 min

    Wild and Free

    https://blog.voiceamerica.com/2020/04/30/wild-and-free/ "I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly more than that — sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements. " Henry David Thoreau Mother Nature has an astounding way of rebounding. The blackened, charred hills behind my house from the October wildfire are now a carpet of emerald green grass
    The Brain and The Best Week that Never Happened
    Cynthia Brian
    • Apr 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Brain and The Best Week that Never Happened

    After watching a series of brain-related TED Talks for her neuroscience class, host Brigitte Jia extracted fascinating facts about the brain and this new, exciting field of study. She shares her own experiences with neuroscience research and discusses the surprising science of happiness. Dallas Woodburn guests with her debut novel, The Best Week That Never Happened, a love story set in Hawaii, with a dash of mystery and magic, about living each day to the fullest. Kirkus Revi
    Gardening is OPEN, Wine Wednesdays with Heather Brittany
    Cynthia Brian
    • Apr 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    Gardening is OPEN, Wine Wednesdays with Heather Brittany

    We may be mandated to stay at home but gardening is not canceled. If you have a pot or a plot, Cynthia Brian has tips to help keep you sane and safe while you enjoy blossoms, blooms, and bouquets AT HOME. We do have it in our power to begin the world anew. Listen to and abide by the mandates of the experts. We may not be able to predict the course of the virus, but we do have agency over our actions and reactions. The Goddess Gardener’s April Gardening Guide provides a pletho
    Quarantine Communication and Contemplation with Brigitte Jia
    Cynthia Brian
    • Apr 11, 2020
    • 3 min

    Quarantine Communication and Contemplation with Brigitte Jia

    Brigitte Jia hosts a meditative hour that includes research on the neuroscience behind staying connected during the lockdown of the corona virus. Forced isolation studies conducted on animal species that have definitive social orders have returned results that evidence a hugely negative impact on subjects’ brains, cognition and physiological conditions that is replicable in human cohorts. Brigitte discusses long distance planning using Zoom, FaceTime, Skype, etc. If you’re lo
    Gardening is NOT Canceled
    Cynthia Brian
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 5 min

    Gardening is NOT Canceled

    “We have it in our power to begin the world again.” Thomas Paine What a difference a day makes! Who could have ever predicted that as the vernal equinox approached in the Northern Hemisphere the entire world would be mandated to stay home, pause, and practice social distancing? Are you in compliance? As adults, we have the ability and the responsibility to be role models in keeping ourselves and our families safe and healthy whilst we are housebound. Thankfully, spring has sp
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