Episodes

Welcome to Starstyle®-Be the Star You Are!® with your hosts Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany on the Voice America Empowerment Channel. Our goal is to seed, stimulate, and support space for positive, meaningful conversations that will get you talking around the dinner table. The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards airs live on TNT and TBS Saturday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. A primetime encore presentation will follow at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Who will win? Will it be 12 Years a Slave, D...

Are you on track for a healthy year? Heather Brittany, health guru, shares ways to keep you fit and balanced without breaking your resolutions. Gardeners have the strength of character and the desire to make the world a more beautiful place, one seedling at a time. Even in January there is much to do in our winter landscape. Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian walks us through the rain, sleet, and snow to prepare us for a spring show stopper. The magazines promote looking forever young by advertising...

Happy 2014! Are you ready to jumpstart your life to major success? With the dawn of a new year, author and professional counselor, Frank Healy, leads us through his special exercise 1 B, Flooding the Negative with the Positive to help us transform any negative memories into positive ones from his life empowering book, Heal Your Memories, Change Your Life. Frank Healy is one of only 33 people in the world who has been classified as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory from the Universit...

It’s a gala Christmas celebration with the Mother/Daughter Goddess Gals. The tree is trimmed, the fire is blazing, the carolers are singing. Ring your bells and join the holiday party with Santa’s angels, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany as they bring good will to all. Casting director and studio executive Jen Rudin, shares Confessions of a Casting Director for anyone pursuing an acting career. Filled with checklists, practical instruction and easy-to-follow game plans, as well as advice from ...

It’s a gala Christmas celebration with the Mother/Daughter Goddess Gals. The tree is trimmed, the fire is blazing, the carolers are singing. Ring your bells and join the holiday party with Santa’s angels, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany as they bring good will to all. With up-to-the-minute advice from longtime casting director and studio executive Jen Rudin, Confessions of a Casting Director is essential for anyone pursuing an acting career. Filled with checklists, practical instruction and e...

With the dawn of a new year, author and professional counselor, Frank Healy, leads us through exercises to help us transform any negative memories into positive ones with his life empowering book, Heal Your Memories, Change Your Life. Frank Healy is one of only 33 people in the world who has been classified as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory from the University of California. He is also the author of Living with Phenomenal Memory and What Type of Learner Are You? In T42, Heather B...

Health Matters host, Heather Brittany, has returned from her honeymoon on a remote island in Thailand. We’ll learn about the travel, culture, food, adventures, $7 massages, and her love for elephants. It’s the time of year when we start making arrangements to travel with our pets. If you will be visiting friends and relatives by car, Cynthia Brian has travel tips to keep your beloved canine happy and safe. Colony collapse syndrome has crippled honeybees on a worldwide scale since 2006. Thirty to...

Only 33 people in the world have been classified as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory from the University of California. Meet author, licensed Professional Counselor, and Certified Life Coach, Frank Healy. His new book, Heal Your Memories, Change Your Life, takes you on an adventurous journey through your own memories, and gives you the tools to heal from past hurts with exercises that help you remember more of your good times and heal the pain form the past. Where were you on Septe...

Multi-award winning author, business woman and peace advocate, Nola Hennessy, showcases and sells her two books No Boxing Allowed and From Pre-Menstrual Syndrome to Positive Mental Attitude Friday November 22nd at Miami Book Fair International, Florida. After the fair Nola returns to Texas to continue discussions with Texas government while scouting the best location for the global head office of Serenidad Consulting, her international consulting company. Serenidad Consulting brings empowering e...

Basal cell carcinoma is cancer of the skin, the most common of all types of cancer. Basal cell carcinoma accounts for 8 out of 10 skin cancers and usually develops on areas exposed to the sun, such as the head, face and neck, but they can occur anywhere and to people of all ages. Learn tips on prevention and treatment. Do you want to host a spectacular soiree but are paralyzed by fear? Entertain with ease and stress less with these fool proof tips to the perfect party. With the warm glow of autu...

Like squirrels gathering nuts for winter storage, gardeners need to know how to keep vegetables fresh for those long, cold nights. Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian shows you how to store winter root veggies for the best taste all winter long. The Internet is a great place for information and communication, but it's also a source of worry for parents with teens. Dangers from predators lurk online. Teens often don't realize that the comments, photos, and videos they post can later create problems. W...

Everyone loves a wedding. Whether it is large, small, traditional, or contemporary, the BIG day is a big deal. Health Matters host, Heather Brittany tied the knot, and proud momma, Cynthia Brian, talks about the wedding wrap up. From the Yahoo reality TV show surprise engagement to the walk down the aisle, it’s been a year of dreaming, planning, and enjoying. Would you like to know how to make glorious floral arrangements and sumptuous bouquets? Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian, explains simple w...

Cindy Woodsmall is a New York Times best-selling author of numerous novels with a connection to the Amish community. She brings us two new books, For Every Seaon, book 3 in the Amish Vines and Orchards series and The Dawn of Christmas, a Romance from the Heart of Amish Country. When it comes time to pay the bill at a restaurant, do you become bad at math? Here’s a tip-give waiters and waitresses what they deserve when eating out . America’s servers earn mimimum wage, most have to divide their ti...

Debut novelist, Yangsze Choo turns her pen to the rare yet fascinating custom among Malaysian Chinese of spirit marriages, where the living are married to the dead to placate a restless ghost. We travel to the late nineteenth-¬century Malaya through the eyes of the highly relatable Li Lan, a poor but spunky young woman, who is approached by the wealthy family of a dead man to become his bride. Is coffee necessary to keep us healthy? New research indicates that a cup of java may relieve dry eyes,...

What’s keeping you up at night? Are you worried about finances, health, job issues, or your love life? Lack of rest contributes to serious health problems. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian give you simple tips to end the sleepless nights. Want vertical interest in your garden? It’s time to grow up! Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian shares a short list of plants that shimmy up poles, curlicue around strings, twist, turn, and go wild. When it comes to parenting we need to give ou...

Rebecca Donovan is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the highly-acclaimed New Adult trilogy, The Breathing Series. Her novels include: Reason to Breathe, Barely Breathing, and the Out of Breath. Rebecca talks to Cynthia Brian about her first book, Reason to Breath, one girl’s story of life-changing love, unspeakable cruelty, and her precarious grasp of hope. What are the two beverages that boost our brain power? A clue, one wakes you up and the other relaxes you. In Health Matters, Heather Bri...

Tattooing has been practiced by centuries in numerous cultures around the world serving as rites of passage, status, bravery, and symbols of slaves, outcasts, and criminals. Heather Brittany discusses tattoos in America and how they have become a sign of artistic self-expression. Hot, dry, and tired, fire crews across California have been working for weeks on end with little sleep to battle some of the biggest blazes in history. Cynthia Brian looks at the dedication of these men and women who fi...

From the bestselling author of Witches of East End—soon to be a Lifetime television series this fall starring Julia Ormond and Jenna Dewan-Tatum—and the Blue Bloods YA series comes the WINDS OF SALEM, the spellbinding conclusion to the Witches of East End trilogy featuring the beguiling Beauchamp family of witches. Cynthia Brian welcomes New York Times and USA Today best selling author, Melissa de la Cruz, back to Starstyle®-Be the Star You Are!® to talk about her latest novels. It’s T42, a Moth...

Only 33 people in the world have been classified as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory from the University of California. Meet author, licensed Professional Counselor, and Certified Life Coach, Frank Healy. His new book, Heal Your Memories, Change Your Life, takes you on an adventurous journey through your own memories, and gives you the tools to heal from past hurts with exercises that help you remember more of your good times and heal the pain form the past. Where were you on Septe...

Our skin is the largest organ of the human body. How can we have more vibrant, younger looking skin? Health starts on the inside. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian give tips on having clear, beautiful skin no matter what your age. The kids are back in school, we are packing lunches, and our vegetable gardens are overflowing with nutrient rich edibles. It’s fall harvest and a great time to get the entire family involved in picking and planting fresh fruits and vegetables for m...

Within a month of getting an agent, ten-year old Elsie Fisher landed a lead role as Agnes in Despicable Me. This year she returns in Despicable Me 2 in the lead role as the precocious unicorn-obsessed Agnes. Elsie chats with Cynthia Brian about what it is like to be a child actor with so many fun opportunities to explore. Cynthia Brian talks about her 14th edition of her best selling book, The Business of Show Business, now available as an enhanced audio ebook complete with updated information o...

From the widow and collaborator of Alex Haley, award-winning author of Roots, comes a new American epic from the Civil War. The Treason of Mary Louvestre is based on the true story of a seamstress slave who risked her life to steal plans of a Southern battleship and got them to the North in one of the worst winters in Virginia history. First there was Roots, now there is The Treason of Mary Louvestre. Almost 20% of adult Americans have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. What you do...

In Melodie Johnson Howe’s City of Mirrors , she returns to her roots in Hollywood to create a gripping tale of fame, corruption, greed, dysfunctional relationships, and good old fashioned revenge. In her years as an actress, Howe appeared alongside such leading men as Clint Eastwood, Alan Alda, and James Caan. “Hollywood is filled with wonderful ghosts for me,” says Howe. City of Mirrors is the novel that brings my writing life and my acting life together.” Ladies, have you ever wanted to skip y...

Year by year author Richard N. Bolles continues to build on the tradition he started in 1970, of providing new help, with new ideas, and new guidance, each year, based on his continuous interviews with, and reports from, people in the field—job-hunters, human resource managers, and career-counselors alike—as to what is working this year, and what is not. The latest edition, What Color Is Your Parachute 2014, is filled with the latest strategies, new and enduring advice, poignant examples, and mo...