The Life Talk Show
Conversations to Enrich and Empower Your Life
The Life Talk Show Podcast/Blog archive. Shows aired 2013-2022. No longer in production, but feel free to check out these timeless and empowering episodes!
Randye Kaye, Nicky Tomboulides, Diana Hall
Sharing Ideas for Meaning, Joy, and Success
Randye Kaye, host: Radio Personality, Voice Talent, Stage Actress, Acclaimed Author/Speaker
Nicky Tomboulides, co-host/producer, Housekeeping Consultant, Entrepreneur, Author,Teacher, Penguins Best
Diana Hall, co-host/producer, veteran middle school teacher and proud owner of Interiors by Diana
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Your Hosts:
Randye Kaye
Randye Kaye is an actress, broadcaster and singer, with credits that include 20 years as a Connecticut radio personality, theatre/film/TV/ voice-over actress. She is also the author of Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words, Change Your Life and Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope, and a keynote speaker.
Nicky Tomboulides
Nicky Tomboulides is the owner of Penguin’s Best, LLC. She earned her MBA in Marketing from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. Nicky’s first Children’s book, It is a Green Clean World, is available on Amazon.
She also teaches Life Skill classes to many organizations on How to Keep it Green Clean at Home.
Diana Hall
Diana Hall is the founder of Interiors by Diana. Diana worked in the fashion and retail industries in New York and California for many years as a fashion coordinator, buyer and manager, then successfully earned a Master’s of Art Degree from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. After years of teaching middle school, Diana is now creating her “Gracious Interiors” full-time, and teaches design at the college level..
and – the occasional male voice chimes in!
Jim Masters occasionally joins our host panel with not only his most-welcome male perspective, but also a wealth of experience including a number of commercial television & radio outlets, as well as PBS nationally & locally, production & entertainment companies, internet sites and talent agencies.
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Lemons to Limoncello: Life is What You Make It - S2, Show #2
Life throws a lot at us. Do you wallow in despair or turn it around and thrive? Here are some some tips to get past the crisis, out of the funk, and make limoncello from those lemons! A "just us" show with Randye, Nicky and Diana.
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Limoncello Recipe: (thanks to friend of the show, Theresa Tillinger)
15 lemons
2 bottles vodka or other grain alcohol
4 cups granulated suagr
9 1/2 cups water, divided
Peel the lemons, and place peels into a large glass bottle or jar. Pour in one bottle of the vodka. Push the peels down with a wooden spoon. Cover loosely and let infuse for one week at room temperature, then add the second bottle of vodka.
Combine sugar and 7 1/2 cups of the water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Do not stir. Boil for 15 minutes. Allow syrup to cool to room temperature.
Add the syrup to the vodka mixture, and let steep for another 40 days. Strain, and add the other 2 cups of water. Pour into glass bottles, and seal each bottle with a cork. Let mixture age for 2 weeks at room temperature.
Place bottled liqueur into the freezer. When icy cold, serve in chilled vodka glasses or shot glasses.
Show #35: Self-Talk to Self-Love
How do you talk to yourself? Do your words lead to self-love, or self-doubt (or worse)? Join Nicky, Diana and newest member Jim Masters in this "Just Us" Episode of the Life Talk Show, and learn to keep it Positive!
Show #23: Finding the Funny: Humor Helps Our Lives
Do you have HUMOR in your LIFE? Could it be if we laugh more often we will live longer happier lives? What makes some people funny? Is it in your genes or is a survival mechanism? We interview Dr. Joyce Saltman, our expert in humor! After all she persuaded her mentor at Columbia University to write her dissertation on “ Humor in Adult Learning”!
Show #16: Body Image. Talk Back to the Mirror!
realistic for all?
Don't like what you see in the mirror? Maybe you are influenced by the media, unrealistic expectations, old messages, negative thinking. We explore the issues, from teens to older, males and females - weight, wrinkles, reality, etc. - with guest Ilise Gold, (Ilise Gold Life Management LLC) - learn to love your body again!
We also interview a man who lost 80 pounds - and has kept it off - about how it changed his confidence.
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Some books we mentioned
Show # 7: The Power of Purpose
Champions! Mentor and Mentee
Leo Rosten said, "The purpose of life is not to be happy; but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all." Randye, Nicky and Diana talk about the power of purpose, with special guests Tina Banas of Family Reentry Champions and Daee McKnight, Re-Entry Coordinator helping those released from prison to find ways to make their life matter now.
Show #6: Juggling: Attempting the Work-Life Balance
Work Life. Personal Life. Skills. Hobbies. Friends. Family. How do we juggle it all? Or do we? Randye, Nicky and Diana talk about striving for balance in this special "Just Us" Episode. Every six weeks, we go it alone, just the three of us sans guest. Like having coffee with friends!
Some tips we shared:(lots more in the podcast)
It's not easy! It's a continuous process. Try balancing on one leg and you'll see what we mean!
Working at home? Separate Workspace from Living Space
Remember to take care of yourself too. Have something to look forward to, even if it's just a cup of tea after the kids are in bed
Diana: remember that everyone else struggles with this too - cut yourself some slack!
Randye: Prioritize, Compartmentalize, Schedule...and do your best. Forgive yourself.
Nicky: "Never, never never give up!" Winston Churchill
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/lifetalkshow/episodes/2013-07-30T16_37_05-07_00
Show #4: Happiness Now
small book, big results!
Staying in the moment and focusing on gratitude are two of the keys to being happy - exactly where we are. Randye, Nicky and Diana speak with guest Dr. Paul Epstein, naturopathic physician, mind-body therapist, mindfulness meditation teacher - and he guides us all through a meditation!