April 2022 - A Beautiful Voice

The importance of role models
Implications for our future: Understanding the dominator model and the partnership model

"Domination Systems have superior/inferior relationships and view power as 'power over.' Partnership Systems have egalitarian relationships and view power as 'power with' and 'power to' (creative power)." Author: Riane Eisler, JD, President, Center for Partnership Systems Author: Susan Troyer, BA, MS As a child, Riane Eisler, JD, fled [...]

Susan Troyer2022-06-22T10:13:06-05:00April 25th, 2022|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, International leader for compassionate healthcare, Neuroscience and early childhood education, Riane Eisler, Robin Youngson, Roshi Joan Halifax, Teaching compassion in major medical centers, The importance of role models in early education and in our culture|0 Comments

Disrupting the status quo
Rebel Saint: Bill Thomas Revolutionizes Aging

The Wall Street Journal has called Bill Thomas, MD, "One of the 12 most influential Americans to redefine aging." He and Jude Thomas had recently founded the Eden Alternative when I came across an article about him in April 1999. I had just arrived back in my hometown to support [...]

Susan Troyer2022-06-22T10:14:21-05:00April 19th, 2022|Categories: A Sense of Place, Creating Community|Tags: Ageism, Aging, Dr. Bill Thomas, Green House Project|0 Comments

Join the food revolution!
Brain fog? Read this…

Memory loss, brain fog, and fuzzy thinking can be scary and frustrating. You lose confidence and just can’t get as much done as you used to. And, you might worry that these symptoms mean you’re on your way to getting dementia or even needing 24/7 care. Backed by the most [...]

Susan Troyer2022-04-19T15:35:12-05:00April 19th, 2022|Categories: Food For Life, General|Tags: Brain fog, Fuzzy thinking, Improving brain health, John Robbins, memory loss, Ocean Robbins|0 Comments

Leadership matters
How Zelenskyy emerged as the antithesis of Putin and proved you don’t need to be a strongman to be a great leader

"It is natural for the West to pin a great many hopes on Zelenskyy, in his resistance to the authoritarianism of Putin. The West should, however, not forget the most central lesson of democratic politics – that the leaders are no better, morally speaking, than those they lead." Author: Michael [...]

Susan Troyer2022-05-14T13:04:53-05:00April 18th, 2022|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Angela Merkel, Democracy, Religion and Society, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine, Umberto Eco, Vladmir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy|0 Comments

Food matters
Leafy greens = 11 years younger? Really?!

Can eating just one cup of greens per day add 11 healthy years to one's life? A 2017 study from Chicago's Rush University involving 1,000 adults came to some stunning conclusions. The researchers found that people who ate just one serving of leafy greens per day (think spinach, kale, collard [...]

Susan Troyer2022-04-18T23:34:15-05:00April 18th, 2022|Categories: Food For Life, General|Tags: Anti-cancer author Kristi Funk, Chicago's Rush University, Gut health pioneer Will Bulsiewicz, John Robbins, lifestyle medicine physician Dean Ornish, Neurologists Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, Nutrition expert Joel Fuhrman, Ocean Robbins, The effect of of leafy greens on cognitive health|0 Comments

Food for life
The remarkable link between heart health and emotions

The Healthy Heart Masterclass introduces Dr. Mimi Guarneri, a holistic cardiologist, who will present the latest science for protecting your heart. The presentation will cover recent breakthroughs as well as prevalent heart disease myths. The intended masterclass audience: Anyone who has a heart! Ken ticked all the right boxes. [...]

Susan Troyer2022-05-14T12:58:31-05:00April 13th, 2022|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: Dr. Mimi Guarneri, President of the Academy of Integrative Medicine, Relationship of healthy heart to healthy brain, The latest science on heart health, What is holistic cardiology?|0 Comments

Transforming Thoughts
From old narratives to new narratives: A spiritual awakening to mindfulness, authenticity, and compassion in our societal response

Dear friends, We are holding this space for “transforming thoughts” - featuring actionable ideas from past and present thought leaders. This column presents beliefs articulated not only by the voice, the laptop, the mic, the megaphone of today’s great authors and thought leaders – but also the quill pen and [...]

Susan Troyer2022-06-18T23:20:29-05:00April 12th, 2022|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: "Loneliness Helplessness Boredom", Dr. Bill Thomas, Father Robert Fabing, Jude Thomas, Psychology, Spirituality|0 Comments

Come together!
Does what you eat matter? Here’s what I think…

It was 2012 - the first Food Revolution Summit had been presented to an online audience in April of that year and I was excited to be present! For a period spanning 14 years, I had been with my parents in my hometown in their final years. I had made every [...]

Susan Troyer2022-04-12T22:09:07-05:00April 12th, 2022|Categories: Food For Life, General|Tags: Food Revolution Summit-2022, John and Ocean Robbins, Linda McCartney, Sir Paul McCartney|0 Comments

A spiritual deficit in society
Minister for Seniors at Famed Church Confronts Ageism and the Shame It Brings

"I’ve learned how real and pervasive ageism is... It reflects poorly that our imagination is so stunted and limited when it comes to aging — that we can’t see all the gifts that are lost, all the creativity and the care and the relationships that are lost when we don’t [...]

Susan Troyer2022-05-14T12:56:49-05:00April 12th, 2022|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Ageism, Aging, Alzheimer's, COVID-19, Dementia, Invisible older people in our culture, Promoting storytelling with older people, Societal response to older adults|0 Comments

Come to The Summit!
You are invited to hear the latest science from trusted food and nutrition experts – an online event!

Following a long pause due to technical difficulties (a website crash!), ABeautifulVoice.org has been making a gradual return since mid-February. Not wanting to miss this important campaign, we are now able to actively join in to support and help promote the upcoming Food Revolution Summit. Many food posts will be [...]

Susan Troyer2022-04-19T20:01:22-05:00April 11th, 2022|Categories: Food For Life, General|Tags: John Robbins, Ocean Robbins, Plant-based whole foods recipes|0 Comments

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