#158 Terry Hershey – The Content of Our Character
Release Date: 07/08/2020
#362 Steve Garnass-Holmes- Life in Poetry
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes I can’t wait for conversation with poet and mystic Steve Garnaas-Holmes. Steve carries a much-needed role of as Divine Elder in the American caldron of longing for mystery and wonder and awe… and mostly hope. Steve Garnaas-Holmes is a gift to all of us. Let’s allow this conversation with him to carry us away in love, wonder, and Divine mystery. LINKS Please check out Steve Garnaas-Holmes’ daily poems at his website “Unfolding Light” . MOSTLY, if you are a lover of poetry (even if you are not) BUY THIS BOOK!
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#361 Marc Cooper: Becoming a Modern Elder
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes We live in a day and culture almost devoid of traditional Elders. Our society seems to contend that people get older, but they don’t get wiser. And most old people seem to have little concern about this serious conundrum. Our very special guest today, modern elder Marc Cooper, is doing something about this issue. In his latest book, Older to Elder, Marc holds a conversation with his audience about both the value and the traits of a modern elder in a highly individualistic culture of self-assurance with little desire for the wisdom and experience from what has historically...
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#360 Kavita Ahuja: Define Your Reason for Being
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Welcome friends to the Next Chapter with Charlie. Our fascinating guest today totally reinvented her life around 50 years old. From successful a successful life of 25 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Kavita realized her once fulfilling business life no longer offer the internal meaning she began longing for. Instead of just living with dissatisfaction she searched and found a new way of life derived from the Japanese concept of Ikagi—"a way of being” that promotes meaning, purpose, and passion. Her story of discovery and reinvention guides all of us to...
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#359 Rhonda Britten: Fearless Living
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes We are in for a very special show today with a woman whom I call a “rock star”, Rhonda Britten. I couldn’t describe Rhonda’s story any better the opening words found on her brilliant website where Rhonda writes… For twenty years, my life was a wreck. I was an alcoholic who attempted suicide three different times. Oh, and don’t forget those lovely DUIs and the week I was in jail. Yet today, I’m an Emmy-winning Life Coach who has been on Oprah and written multiple best-selling books. In her post trauma years, Rhonda has hosted more then...
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#358 Rhonda Britten: Fearless Living
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes We are in for a very special show today with who I call “rock star”, Rhonda Britten. I couldn’t describe Rhonda’s story any better the opening words found on her brilliant website where Rhonda writes… For twenty years, my life was a wreck. I was an alcoholic who attempted suicide three different times. Oh, and don’t forget those lovely DUIs and the week I was in jail. Yet today, I’m an Emmy-winning Life Coach who has been on Oprah and written multiple best-selling books. In her post trauma years, Rhonda has...
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#357 Brian Herriott: Living Your Eulogy Today
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our special guest today is Brian Herriot: author, speaker, financial advisor, and entrepreneurship coach. He empowers budding entrepreneurs to find lifestyle freedom and live extraordinary lives. Brian’s mission is to guide others to work on what they want, when they want, and for as long as they want. He teaches us to “live out our eulogy now.” Very, very cool. LINKS Please check out Brian’s website at .
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#356 Phyllis Leavitt: America in Therapy
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our special guest today is psychologist and author, Phyllis Leavitt. I like what Amazon wrote about her most recent book, America in Therapy: The review said… In the first book of its kind, Phyllis Leavitt highlights a crucial missing piece from national political discourse – the declining state of America’s mental health – and the book emphasizes that addressing our nation’s ills from a psychological perspective takes us beyond partisanship altogether. Today we will get into her new book and its psychological contribution to national healing as well as...
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#355 Phyllis Leavitt: America in Therapy
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our special guest today is psychologist and author, Phyllis Leavitt. I like what Amazon wrote about her most recent book, America in Therapy: The review said… In the first book of its kind, Phyllis Leavitt highlights a crucial missing piece from national political discourse – the declining state of America’s mental health – and the book emphasizes that addressing our nation’s ills from a psychological perspective takes us beyond partisanship altogether. Today we will get into her new book and its psychological contribution to national healing as well as...
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#354 Julie Wignall: The Path of Fireflies: Let YOUR Light Shine
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Every now and again I have a guest whose message resonates very deeply with my internal drivers. Today I am excited to chat with Julie Wignall, author of a book teaching us to model our live after fireflies who exist to let their light shine. Her book, The Extraordinary Power of Fireflies: How to Shire Your Light Brighter and Transform the World has received extraordinary reviews. With that… Let’s find out how to let our own light shine. LINKS Discover even more about Julie Wignall . Please check out Julie’s latest book: .
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#353 Ben Keesey: Where Action Meets Contemplation
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our special guest today is Ben Keesey—a social activist committed to serving the community of the disenfranchised, the poor, and the socially neglected populations first in Africa and now, right here at home. Ben is an executive director dedicated to the mission of the CAC—the Center of Action and Contemplation. A mission that reads in brief, “[CAC is] an educational nonprofit introducing seekers to the contemplative Christian path of transformation.” LINKS Find out more about the and the heart of Ben’s passion.
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I’m really interested in how our show evolves today, because I think today’s topic may be the most challenging we have ever discussed. What we are going to talk about is something that money can’t buy, translates into all languages, and yet it takes enormous desire, time and discipline to cultivate. And it may be the most important measure of who we are in a free society. And that is… the subject of Character.
My fear is that accomplishments, acquisitions and blatant consumerism have blinded us to that which really matters. It’s not about what we have; it’s about Who We Are. And yet… apart from some religious institutions, who is focusing on the subject of character. Oh I am sure it must be in the curriculum of some universities.
Still, few high schools teach the subject, it is not part of our electoral process, and it feels vacant in our consumerism in which we are far more interested in price and product.
But, what about the character of our leaders in industry and politics? Are we, as consumers, more interested in what they provide for us than the depth of their character?
As might be expected, today I plan appeal to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, from his historic I Have a Dream speech. I want to discuss less on “what we do,” that “who we are.”
For at the end of the day, as they say, You Are Your Values. Ultimately, your values represent the barometer by which you coordinate your activities, your actions, and your beliefs about other people.
Today I bring back our friend Terry Hershey, author 17 books, acclaimed public speaker and teacher, and minister of grace and human dignity.
Visit Terry at www.terryhershey.com .
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