Author: Lucia Matuonto

Lucia Matuonto interviewed Pat Barkley and Judith Obatusa on the “Carpooling with the RV”, which is the new series of the famous The Relatable Voice Podcast. Pat Backley is an author and mother to one beautiful daughter. She is English, but emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 59. She has led an exciting and colourful life, which you can read about in her recently published memoirs: FROM THERE TO HERE (WITH AN AWFULLOT IN BETWEEN) and now, at the age of 70, she has the luxury to spend much of her time writing. Her first book DAISY is a novel, a gentle family saga spanning from 1887 to 1974, based in Alabama, Harlem…

by Ravi B. Sahay – professor Ravi Sahay is a 73 year old former heart patient who is vibrantly healthy and has just published the book My Health Is Your Wealth: Triumphs Over Chronic Diseases & May You BE Healthy: Well-being for Pennies a Day. Based on a decade that saw thousands of published research papers on microbiome, it is abundantly clear that lifestyle changes with healthy eating, exercise and daily detoxification are the way to make us and our country healthy and wealthy. Discovered in 2007, the microbiome is probably the most profound paradigm shifting medical discovery in the…

by Michael SeaverMichael was raised in a West Michigan town of 2,500 residents. His grandfather started the family business, Seaver’s Lawn Service, Inc., in 1953 and Michael’s father, Jack, took over in 1987. From ages 12 through 24, Michael maintained lawns, landscaped properties, and plowed snow, leading crews of five to ten people. He learned the values of hard work, sacrifice and setting long-term goals. Michael and his wife moved to Phoenix, AZ in 2003 to escape Michigan’s snow and join a growing economy. Yet, as it slowed in 2008, they divorced, and Michael suffered minor bouts of depression and understanding…

We all have a story. For many of us, it’s not a pretty one. It’s often one of abuse, self-loathing, feeling lost, alone, and angry. What happens when we keep re-reading our story in the background of our subconscious and conscious minds, it become a way of life and destructive patters replay, over and over. Living in the past and dragging around our painful memories will destroy us to some degree over time. The old baggage will affect our health, marriages, how we raise our kids, our financial status and our true happiness. The past can rob us of our…

by Majken Nilsson I never intended to be an author. It wasn’t something I had ever considered, except for that momentary blip in time in seventh grade between wanting to be a veterinarian and a rock star. I have, however, always enjoyed writing. I was even one of “those people” at university who actually enjoyed writing essays. I liked to sit down and organize my thoughts on paper afterspending countless hours falling down research rabbit holes in order to gather the data needed to substantiate my conclusions.  Despite my closeted panache for writing, though, the idea of writing novels would have been laughable to me twenty years ago, after I had finished university and was young and idealistic, thinking that the world was my oyster. I was determined…

Dating violence is becoming so common in America, that many teenagers think the abusive patterns in their relationships are completely normal. One out of three teenagers will experience dating violence this year. Victims of dating violence are at a higher risk of long-term issues like alcoholism, eating disorders, violent behavior and suicidal ideations. 50% of young people who experienced physical or sexual dating violence attempted suicide. Relationship violence is commonly beginning as early as sixth grade. With statistics like that, you’d expect parents to be eager to protect their children from this epidemic. But sadly, 81% of parents believe teen…

By Nell Derick Debevoise This is an invitation to you to go first, find the courage to lead purposefully and inspire action. It is not a challenge, a threat, or a dare. It’s an invitation, because yes, it can be a little scary to go first. It can feel intimidating. And yeah, it takes more effort than following the crowd. Going first can be intimidating, but worthwhile rewards lie on the other side. In the Me, We, and World dimensions, finding the courage to go first is good for us as individuals. Setting the example by going first brings true…

World peace is possible – it’s in our hands. Karl de Leeuw, one of the world’s leading peace campaigners, has painstakingly and meticulously researched the world’s top five religions to bring you an extraordinary offering filled with messages of hope and understanding. As a light-worker – a spiritually minded individual whose aim is to raise humanity’s consciousness – the author has spent seven years in refining The Universe Code to bring the truth to humanity. The truth that there is but one Creator and that the search for this truth has divided humankind. By delving into the scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism,…

The RV podcast is a good resource for any person in the writing world. Season two has just started to fill up with interested professionals who want to speak out. So many authors have been guests on this podcast, and we discuss topics such as self-publishing, dealing with writer’s block and finding inspiration. The concept of “The Relatable Voice” came from its happy creator, Lucia Matuonto and her discovery that it’s not very often that authors and creators get a chance to share their story. Beyond tiny blurb on the back of a book, if that, not many people know much…

Pat Backley is an author and mother to one beautiful daughter. She spent most of the first 59 years of her life in England, but then decided to become a Kiwi and now lives happily in New Zealand. After an exciting and colourful life, which you can read about in her recently published memoirs: FROM THERE TO HERE (WITH AN AWFUL LOT INBETWEEN) Pat then turned to her true calling and became a writer, publishing her first two books just before her 70th birthday. Her first book DAISY is a perfect weekend or holiday read, a novel, a gentle family saga spanning from 1887…