#252 Nora D’Ecclesis: The Everyday Value of Zen
Release Date: 09/21/2022
#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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#299 Steve Farrell: Vital Connections and Your Conscious Future
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest today is truly a “next chapter kind of guy.” Steve Farrell attained the pinnacle of success as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, founding two high-tech firms. Then he pivoted to take the lead of Humanity’s Team, which is a global nonprofit designed to help people everywhere awaken to our interconnectedness. Steve’s latest book, "," is the inspiring story of Steve's journey from the pursuit of wealth and traditional ideas of success toward a more fulfilling life of caring and service to others and to humanity. LINKS Check out...
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#298 Dr Dan Karlin: Psychedelics and Psychiatry
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes DON’T MISS THIS EPISODE! Our fascinating guest today is a game-changer in progressive psychiatric treatments to manage mental issues like anxiety and depression and ADHD. Dan Karlin is the Chief Medical Officer of a company called MindMed, whose mission is to improve patient outcomes by unlocking the full therapeutic potential of psychedelics and other novel therapeutic targets. So yes. Today’s show is all about psychedelics and improvements in mental health. As a hippie in the 1960’s I am not unfamiliar with LSD and psilocybin. So I have...
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#297 Logan Crow: Art House Cinema and Horror Films
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest, Logan Crow, is the founder of The Frida Cinema, the only non-profit art house cinema in Orange County, CA. Logan Crow, an avid and lifelong film lover, with an affinity for horror, cult, avant-garde, and genre cinema. He has distinguished himself as one of Southern California’s preeminent advocates for film and art house cinema. I am very much looking forward to our chat. You probably don’t know that I am a huge fan of the movies, especially those films that may be considered a bit “avant-garde.” I go “the movies”… probably once a...
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#296 Terry Hershey: Managing Fate and Burnout
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Today, I want to chat with Terry Hershey about a subject that I have been pondering and journaling on for several months. The subject is, how you might Manage Your Fate. NOTE: However, we begin the show with a detailed conversation about Burnout. On to Managing Fate… Think of your life as an ongoing process of becoming. In my mind, two primary factors influence everything that happens in your life. Fate and Choice. Fate represents all that you cannot control in life. (Or think you cannot control). And… Choice manages the impacts of that fate and...
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#295 Rich Kirkpatrick: Unlocking Your Creative Genius
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Hi All, Our discussion today is about one of my very favorite subjects: Creativity. We will delve into the questions: Are you a Creative and if you are, what might a Creative Process look like? Our special guest today is author, speaker, and popular musician Rich Kirkpatrick. Late last year Rich published an incredibly useful book titled MINDBLOWN. It’s all about Unlocking Your Creative Genius. And yikes…we have a lot to talk about! Just a bit about Rich Kirkpatrick. Rich Kirkpatrick, a native of San Jose, California, has worked as a church...
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#294 Ann Hince: Unwinding Your Past
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes A common subject these days has to do with the trauma… and how each of us has experienced some kind of trauma in our past and, unfortunately for many, it is still a very present reality. A theme I have been working on for a couple of years now, is that each of us is an amalgamation of who we have been and what we have experienced in our past. And very often, that past continues to slip into our present making, us prey for our demons of our past. What if we could find a way to manage and deal with negative events of our past that we could possibly we could live freer...
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Typically, at this point in the introduction, it’s not uncommon for me to say how much I am looking forward to the show. And it is always the truth. However, today is different. I am really looking forward to this show Our guest speaks the same spiritual language that I do: one of meditation, silence, and deep contemplation on the verities of life. Only our guest speaks another dialect.
Nora D’Ecclesis is a Zen Buddhist master, with special expertise in practicing the annual tradition of Zen Rohatsu, which is the title of her most recent book. Her book, Zen Rohatsu serves as a backstory of “Why… we meditate, live mindfully and have a spiritual practice.”
At this point in the introduction, I would normally offer up an overview of Nora’s accomplishments. But as is typical with those in humble spiritual practices, Nora is quite private. It’s almost impossible to even find what we might consider a bio or resume. Nora lets her work speak for itself.
I can say this: For more than three decades Nora has been devoted to her spiritual practice as well as leading retreats, guiding individuals, and writing books. Nora has authored at least 14 books, at least 2 of which have been Amazon bestsellers, including the book we will discuss today, Zen Rohatsu.
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Find out more about Nora D’Ecclesis at her website: https://noradecclesis.com
Please check out Nora’s latest book Zen Rohatsu.