Lucia Matuonto

Having gone through the experience of the poor health leading to the death of two husbands, as well as the deaths of my father, mother, aunts, and uncles as well as many friends, I have much experience in the grieving process, and I have…

The key to living longer is not a secret! The answer lies in the eating habits of the populations of certain countries. For years people have been wondering why particular countries produce more centenarians. Nations seen as having…

How do we love ourselves in a world made to point out our flaws?I have spent much of my life grappling with myself, my weight, my height, my disability and my general sense of value as a person.  Entirely magnified by social media, how do…

This October, The Relatable Voice (The RV) is starting a new weekly series airing on Saturdays called “Carpooling with The RV”. Every week on Carpooling with the RV, the episode will be dedicated to one specific and relatable topic:…

Addiction, recovery, and the forces that drive them make for some of literature’s most compelling reading. Those of us who seek others’ reflections on the often horrific path toward death or redemption have a treasure trove to visit…

One year while teaching Spanish at a local high school, Jennifer Degenhardt had a couple of classes who were struggling with the language. Thinking there must be a better way to grab their interest and attention, she wrote them a…

If one may ask, "Where do ideas for plot lines and characters develop?" An author may answer, imagination or … real life. Such was the idea that sprang to life within my imagination after visiting the St. Augustine Wild Reserve, in St.…

On todays's episode of the Relatable Voice Podcast, we had a nice talk with Nicole Thomas. Nicole is a wife, mother and first-time published author of the book “The Tales of El-Hanai”. The fastest way to see the world and experience…

HOW "THE RELATABLE VOICE" BRINGS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER?Sometimes all it takes for the right message to reach a community is the right collaboration between those who want to reach it.  Recently, The Relatable Voice has been just that…

There are a lot of approaches out there when it comes to teaching children the “right” or “wrong” way to do something. While it’s totally understandable that you would like your child to learn the right way to do something, of course,…