#310 Lindsay Davis: Reimagining Your Future
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest today is truly one of my very favorite people in the world, Lindsay Davis. And you know what?... we have never met… except in dozens of hours of very deep telephone conversations. As many of you already know, Lindsay is a delight—and a brilliant one. Professionally, Lindsay Davis is a highly sought-after Creative Business and Professional Coach, educator, and classical concert musician. Lindsay calls herself a “converted perfectionist,” who now focuses on a continual nurturing of a fresh and innovative approach to life. And that is what we will talk...
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#309 Caitlin Cogan Doemner: When Authenticity is a Moving Target
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Today we have yet another favorite guest, Caitlin Cogan Doemner. After studying at Oxford University and then receiving an MBA from Biola University, Caitlin co-founded and launched her sales management company in March 2013. In less than three years, they had earned their first million dollars. Since then, Caitlin has traveled the world for 3 years with her family of three children—a special adventure for any family, especially with children from 5 to 9. You know, Paul, two qualities attract me to my dearest friends: I like intelligent people and I like interesting people....
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#308 Marshall Jenkins: Discovering Love Once Again
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest today is psychologist and spiritual director Dr Marshall Jenkins. Marshall and I have been chatting off and on for a couple of months now. I found a blog post of his online and fell in love with his thoughts and approach to living a successful life in the terms of the realm of love. In fact, Marshall says that love can only be discovered in the process of doing it. I am intrigued. Let’s see what Marshal has to say about that as we dive deep into a meaningful conversation. LINKS You can find out more about Marshall Jenkins...
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#307 Keith Page: Being Present with Death
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes I feel like this podcast may be one of the most important shows we have ever done. Our guest is Crisis Guide, Keith Page. As you will soon discover, Keith talks about stuff that no one “wants’ to talk about, but everyone “needs” to talk about, especially in times of crisis and loss. Keith Page is a Builder. He makes stuff happen… Keith brings to us more than thirty years of walking through life with others. He is known for his empathy and compassion when he “holds space” as a witness to our times of grief… as well as times of discovery. LINKS ...
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#306 Courtney Marchesani: Empathetic Gifts
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes #306 Courtney Marchesani Today’s guest, Courtney Marchesani, is one of my very favorites. I think she has been on the show four times over the past six years! Courtney is the author of the popular book Four Gifts of the Highly Sensitive. Her insights into sensitivity help readers identify their gifts of intuition, empathy, vision, and expression as a means to maximize their potential. As you will soon discover, Courtney’s empathic style emphasizes nonjudgement and acceptance and learning how sensitivity’s silent effects can impact mental, emotional, spiritual health and...
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#305 Steve Garnaas-Holmes: Renewing Our Language About God
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes After a three-month break from doing podcasts, we’re back. I am very much looking forward to our new season. You know, I needed a time of intentional pondering about what I might like to do in my final chapter of what I call “a life richly lived.” This year, in September, I turn 75. Three quarters of a century. Enough time to live a life meaning, adventure, and awe—which has been the theme the of The Next Chapter with Charlie for the past 9 years. After considering the purpose of my web presence, the theme of meaning, adventure, and awe continues… but perhaps with...
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#303 Charlie Hedges: The Next Chapter’s Next Chapter
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Podcast Opening I have an important announcement to make today. This week we are beginning a two-month break on the Podcast and the Blog for the Next Chapter with Charlie. We will be most silent for the next two months, December 2023 thru January 2024. We will begin again the second week of February. The time has come to Reconsider our purpose and our goals. For more than 9 years of blogs and 6 years of podcasts, our primary focus has been on In Search of Meaning, Adventure, and Awe. I am pleased with the work we have done. More than 300 podcasts and over 450 blogs. ...
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#302 Rebecca Whitman: Manifest YOUR Abundant Life!
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our special guest today is truly very special. Rebecca Whitman created her very successful life, manifested it, and lives into it. Today, I want to ask Rebecca about what it takes to manifest and create the kind of life that matches who you are inside. Just a couple of Notes on Rebecca. Rebecca’s mission: I am passionate about empowering overworked and overwhelmed women to transform from BURNED OUT to Balanced, Beautiful and Abundant. Rebecca’s Reputation: Selected as Top Coach of the Year 2022, by the International Association of Top...
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#301 Terry Hershey: We Plan… Then Things Go Wrong!
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes I planned and prepared for our podcast today. And come showtime I was ready to roll. One problem: Exactly at showtime, there was no guest to be found. Who knows why? Instead of just cancelling the studio time, I made a quick call to Terry Hershey who immediately said, “What are friends for? Let’s do the show!” So, here we are with a fun show. No prep. Little direction. Just a title from a Krista Tippett quote: “We plan… and things go wrong.” LINKS Click here for a link to get a copy Terry’s book, . Check out more about Terry and his blog Sabbath Moment...
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#300 Nikki La Croce: Thriving After “Personal Armageddon”
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest today is so fun. My personal assistant, the amazing Melissa DeLacey, loves Nikki and so will you after you hear what she has to say. Nikki La Croce is yet another of those rule-breaking millennials. Just so you know, I love the Gen Z’s and Millennials who bring to us a refreshed sense of passion and purpose… with values that are both traditional as well as shocking. So fun!!! Regarding a bit shocking… Nikki hosts a popular podcast with the title of “Who the F*ck?” Soon to be rebranded “Who the F*ck Am I?” Just the “name” of her show...
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Today I plan to dedicate our show to an unsung but essential topic: I want to discuss the potential shortcomings related to economic and social aid to the Developing World, (or in old terms, 3rd World countries).
Basically, the question is this: is your investment in the poor and disenfranchised in the Developing World being administrated with the longer term needs of communities being considered, or… is it about short term walk away money?
My guest, Darrel Larson, has vast philanthropic experience in several foreign countries, including Fiji, the Philippines and several countries on the continent of Africa.
With hearts for developing the social good to the most needy in the world, Darrel and I will spend our time today discussing how oftentimes, our desire to serve the poor and disenfranchised can frequently result in short-term benefit, but longer term disadvantage.
I recently watched a documentary titled, Poverty Inc. (a quite informative and a bit disturb documentary) that developed the concept stated in Steve Corbett’s popular book, When Helping Hurts. The thesis: if we give resources such as money, or in my case water wells, without empowering the communities to assume responsibility of these gifts we have given them, the result can be “dependence on foreign aid,” instead of independence, self-determination and self-respect. Like the familiar adage, we are giving them fish, not teaching them to fish.
Today, we will discuss the idea of projects “with” locals verses projects “to” locals. Three types of giving will be discussed: Relief Giving, Alleviation from Poverty Giving, and finally, Developmental Giving.
My guest, Darrel Larson is a seasoned vet in international affairs regarding poverty. He is currently International Director of Sawyer Filters, which provides clean and safe water for thousands of homes across the world. Darrel is also founder of the non-profit, Give Clean Water, and he has served Outreach Pastor at two churches in San Diego.
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