#402 Diane McDowell- Has Your Brain Been Hijacked?
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Show Notes Retrain your brain. Reclaim your emotional power. Rebuild real connection — without years of therapy or needing your partner to change. Today my guest is Diane McDowell, therapist-turned-coach and leading expert in emotional therapy. Please enjoy this fascinating conversation. LINKS Please check out Diane McDowell’s website .
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#401 Gregg Lunceford- Planning for Your "Third Age"
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Show Notes Today my guest is Gregg Lunceford, author, financial planner, and life-design consultant. I am quite interested to find out more about midlife lifestyle design and the lost season of “our third age” as we bring Gregg Lunceford on the show! LINKS Please check out Greg’s book, Exit from Work, .
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#400AshPerrow-Heart
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Show Notes #400 Ash Perrow: Working from the Heart Today with my guest Ash Perrow, I release my 400th podcast episode. When I began this project, I had no idea where this journey would lead — only that I felt called to speak, reflect, and explore what matters most. Very few podcasts ever reach 400 episodes. I read that fewer than 1% of all podcasts reach 400 episodes. The real milestone, however, isn’t the number of shows. It’s the conversations, the growth, and the community that has formed along the way. At this time, I especially want to thank you for listening and thinking with me....
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#399 Charlie-Consistency When No One is Watching
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#399 Charlie: When No One is Watching I believe that a well-lived life isn’t built in grand moments. It’s made in small, unseen choices. It’s about staying consistent when no one is watching. Obviously, there is no single path to a well-lived life, but there are qualities that seem to appear along the way. In my mind those are: Authenticity, curiosity, resilience, and spirituality. These four are not achievements—they’re practices, quietly chosen, over and over again. These qualities certainly don’t guarantee ease, but they do deepen presence. And over time, they shape a life that...
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#399 Charlie-Consistency When No One is Watching
The Next Chapter with Charlie
#399 Charlie: When No One is Watching I believe that a well-lived life isn’t built in grand moments. It’s made in small, unseen choices. It’s about staying consistent when no one is watching. Obviously, there is no single path to a well-lived life, but there are qualities that seem to appear along the way. In my mind those are: Authenticity, curiosity, resilience, and spirituality. These four are not achievements—they’re practices, quietly chosen, over and over again. These qualities certainly don’t guarantee ease, but they do deepen presence. And over time, they shape a life that...
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#398 Brian Muldoon: Open-Ended Pilgrimages
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Show Notes Today we are chatting with Brian Muldoon, author of the fascinating book, The Luminous One, a fictional speculation on the young adult years of Jesus. Brian Muldoon is an attorney with deep insights into the non-objective truths of Scripture and the life of the Christ. Let’s find out more as we bring Brian Muldoon on the show! LINKS Please look into Brian’s most recent book, The Luminous One, right .
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#397 Susanne Eden: Aging with Optimism
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Show Notes #397 Susanne Eden: Aging with Optimism and Purpose Today we are chatting with Dr Susanne Eden, author of Healing from the Inside: Living Fully as You Age, which is a delightful journey into a vibrant, yet realistic old age. At the age of 87, Susanne believes she is in better shape today—physically, mentally, spiritually—than she was 30 years ago. Let’s find out more as we bring Dr Susanne Eden on the show! LINKS Check out Susanne’s book, Healing from the Inside, right . You can find Susanne’s website .
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#396 Chris Avery: The Emerging Role of Men
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My guest today is Chris Avery. With a humble but steadily growing community of 5,000 Christian men, Chris Avery brings a grounded voice to topics like discipline, fatherhood, and the gritty side of spiritual growth. Chris wasn’t born with unshakeable confidence. He’s walked through the valley of fear, experienced doubt, and rebuilt himself one mile at a time (which we will talk about more as the show proceeds). Chris has coached more than a thousand people, helping men find clarity, resilience, and deeper identity in Christ. Let’s find out more as we bring Chris Avery on the show!
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#396 Chris Avery: The Emerging Role of Men
The Next Chapter with Charlie
My guest today is Chris Avery. With a humble but steadily growing community of 5,000 Christian men, Chris Avery brings a grounded voice to topics like discipline, fatherhood, and the gritty side of spiritual growth. Chris wasn’t born with unshakeable confidence. He’s walked through the valley of fear, experienced doubt, and rebuilt himself one mile at a time (which we will talk about more as the show proceeds). Chris has coached more than a thousand people, helping men find clarity, resilience, and deeper identity in Christ. Let’s find out more as we bring Chris Avery on the show!
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#395 Steve Garnass-Holmes
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My guest today is friend and poet Steve Garnass-Holmes. Steve Garnass-Holmes’s life is rich in thought and in experience. Talking to Steve is like talking to a writer of wisdom literature. Today we will begin the show by addressing the question, “What does it really mean to follow Jesus?” Is it a heart or head issue? The heart says to love while the head becomes laden with thoughts of being right. But there is really only one way to be right and that is To Love. Steve Garnass-Holmes will challenge what you may believe and then encourage you with one simple truth. Let’s find out...
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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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