Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Radio Toni Lontis
Life may not come with a map, but everyone will experience twists and turns, from everyday challenges to traumatic events with more lasting impact, like the death of a loved one, a life-altering accident or a serious illness. Each change affects people differently, bringing a unique flood of thoughts, strong emotions, and uncertainty. Yet people generally adapt well over time to life-changing situations and stressful situations — in part thanks to resilience. READ MORE HERE
After 35yrs in nursing across many specialties and levels of heath, Toni sat down in 2018 to write about her life after being encouraged to do so during her healing and self discovery processes. Resilience Memoir of a Broken Little Girl discovering a woman of strength and beauty, was published in Jan 2019. In her book, Toni talks candidly about her colourful life. This powerful account is an unexpected page-turner that has you on the edge of your seat wondering what happens next. From her early childhood battle with a congenital facial defect, through debilitating battles in school to her traumatic entry into the adult world. It details her struggle with anxiety and depression, low self-esteem, and a longing for love and happiness.
After publishing her memoir Toni embarked on a marketing strategy the included working with and on social media, increasing her social media presence and creating networks of people. During this time she also produced the audio book and was introduced to the power of the spoken word. This lead to a conversation about podcasting, a phone call about online radio and Radio Toni was born.
Toni now has multiple live shows on many different platforms and uses the power of the spoken word to tell the stories that the world needs to hear. Believing that everybody has a story, everyone has something to say and she helps you say it.