#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’d like to chat with you, and our producer Paul, about a subject that is most dear to me. Bottom line it’s about the positive impact each of us can make on the lives of other people: from the ones we love the most to just about anyone we engage with in a meaningful conversation.
As I have stated often, I have concluded that my single most important goal in life to help people feel better about themselves. It’s really not all that difficult, requiring only that you, in some way, communicate to them that they are important to you
Obviously there are myriad ways to do so but I would like to focus today on one thing, the Art of a Caring Conversation. Although the word “conversation” implies a two-way interaction is it actually too often a one-way conversation help be two people each with their own agenda and each with their own things they want to talk abou
I have operated for more than 3 decades with the belief I learned from a psychologist that people have 3 primary innate needs: To be heard, to be accepted (by some group that we view as important), and to be cared for or cared about. When those are met we discover a sense of well-being and deep personal satisfaction.
Today I’d like to focus on that first need: to be heard. So today I want to talk about the art of listening and suggest 3 traits that make for an excellent listener.
They are simple: Kindness, empathy, and curiosity.
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